Mark Friedman
Mark brings 23 years of factory and rep experience to the management of The New York Marketing Team. Mark's most recent experience was as President of JBL Consumer Products where he was involved in worldwide sales, marketing, and product development for the JBL loudspeaker brand as well as the Pyle and Concord brands. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Development worldwide for Carver Corporation. Mark spent over 10 years as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Onkyo USA Corporation. Before Mark's involvement in factory management, he was a sales representative in the New York Metropolitan marketplace representing JVC and Akai. Mark was the keynote speaker for the Audio Segment at the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronic show.
Steve Glatzl
Steve started in our industry by working at retail for Audio Exchange and Harvey Electronics from 1968 to 1986 and rose in the ranks from Store Manager to Co-General Manager of Harvey's from 1984 - 1986. From 1986 to the present, Steve has been an independent rep in New York beginning with the firm of Newman Marketing which became Sound Decisions. He has extensive product and technical knowledge in the field and is one of the best known and most respected reps in Metro New York.
Nick Gavalas
Nick is very knowledgeable in all aspects of home audio, in particular, custom installation and has personally done numerous installations as the owner of his own retail and custom company. He is very conversant in mobile audio as well and is MECP First Class Certified. Nick comes to The New York Marketing Team directly from a two year stint with one of New York's premier video distributors, Diplomat Merchandise.
Mark Boecker
Mark is a very experienced industry veteran having worked as a manufacturer's representative in our industry in the New York Metropolitan market for many years. During his history as a rep Mark represented almost 20 electronics manufacturers and expanded the dealer base in the area he covered by over 60%. Mark has very strong technical knowledge, having worked as a systems designer for one of the best custom installation companies on the market.
In this role he worked closely with architects, interior designers, and builders, relationships, and skills that are very important in his role with the New York Marketing Team. Mark's technical and product knowledge also allows him to provide technical support and help write specs for our dealers when the need presents itself.
Eric Arons
Eric is our generation Y team member and he brings extensive knowledge in digital communication and web design to our company. Eric is a techie with excellent communication and people skills. His experience includes managing a successful retail
organization, being involved in all aspects of customer service, sales and operations. Eric's main role with our company is inside sales and operations and the maintenance of a 24/7 web portal where our customers can access information on the product lines that we market.
John Bodovinac (CAVD Associate)
John is a 27-year veteran of the A/V industry building his career in Metro New York. After earning a bachelor of science degree from Monmouth University, he started his career as a hard-goods manager for the Sam Goody retail chain in the late 1970s. He advanced his career by going to work with Audio Associates as one of their manufacturer's representatives where he remained for the next eleven years. John was then promoted to head up a newly formed subsidiary of Audio Associates, AAC, the distribution arm of the rep company. For the next six years, as general manager of AAC, John was key inestablishing the company as a market leader in the custom installation as well as the retail market.
Reuben Eskenazi (CAVD Associate)
Reuben started his audio career at Sam Ash Music in New York. Over the next fifteen years, he held
sales and operations positions with several major audio video retailers. Being a musician and doing audio production rounded out his experience in both the commercial and residential audio and video fields. Reuben has an extensive technical background and conducts regular training seminars. Prior to joining The New York Marketing Team, Reuben was operations manager for five years at AAC, a leading Cedia focused distributor in New York.
