Ampetronic | Listen Technologies Announce Promotions and a New Hire Listen Technologies and Ampetronic announces two promotions and a new hire. The brands have promoted David Serpa to vice president of finance, and Sam Burkinshaw to head of strategic business development and partnerships. They have welcomed Irene Kondos as global inside sales and customer success manager. As strategic partners, Listen Technologies and Ampetronic have combined their complementary assistive listening and communication solutions into one portfolio. They also co-developed the first Auracast based assistive listening system, Auri. Their award-winning solutions are installed in venues worldwide. Read more about Listen Technologies' and Ampetronic's strategic partnership. As vice president of finance, Serpa works closely with the executive team to shape financial strategy and support growth initiatives. He drives forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-planning and ensures financial decisions are data-driven and aligned with the organization's long-term goals. He mentors the finance team and collaborates with sales, operations, and product leaders to drive results across the business. Previously, Serpa was the financial controller at Listen Technologies. "David leads with confidence, insight, and impact. He anticipates what the business needs next, simplifies complexity, and has built trust across the organization. His financial expertise, counsel, and management have been instrumental to our success," says Maile Keone, president and CEO of Ampetronic | Listen Technologies. In his new role, Burkinshaw works closely with marketing, product management, sales leadership, and partners to shape go-to-market strategies and support the evolution of the full Ampetronic | Listen Technologies product portfolio. He also leads the exploration of new partnership opportunities and emerging technology collaborations. Previously, Burkinshaw served as head of business development at Ampetronic | Listen Technologies. "Sam has done an exceptional job building the bridge between strategic business development and marketing, creating meaningful market engagement that fuels growth and opportunity. His work aligns marketing and vertical market expansion, ensuring both move forward together. By collaborating with end users, channel partners, and industry stakeholders, he continues to uncover new opportunities that advance our products, our markets, and our mission," says Kim Franklin, chief marketing officer at Ampetronic | Listen Technologies. As the global inside sales and customer success manager, Kondos drives revenue growth, ensures customer interactions, and supports international partner engagement. She collaborates across functions to ensure inside sales activities are aligned with company goals. Before joining the Listen Technologies and Ampetronic teams, Kondos led sales and business development for a company in the language industry. In that role, she used and recommended Listen Technologies solutions to support interpretation and language distribution. Kondos reports to Martin French, vice president of global sales at Ampetronic | Listen Technologies. French comments on Kondos, "Irene has a record of success leading international inside sales teams and delighting customers with solutions that enable communication. Her experience, collaborative workstyle, and commitment to service align perfectly with Listen Technologies' and Ampetronic's 'customer-centric' culture and passion for advancing audio accessibility." "We welcome Irene to the Listen Technologies and Ampetronic teams and congratulate David and Sam on their new roles. It's great to have them on this journey with us as we continue to bring the latest in assistive listening and accessible audio solutions to venues and end users around the world," says Keone. 
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