OMAX Hires Senior Sales Manager

Earlier this year, OMAX^® Corporation (Kent, WA), a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced abrasive waterjet cutting technology, named Chris Baer as its new senior sales manager, government and education. He replaced Steve Brown, who retired in March after ten years with the company.

Baer is responsible for all Department of Defense and government accounts in the United States, working directly with government and in tandem with the company’s government distributor Phillips Corporation, and handles future business development for government applications. He also oversees all sales to four-year colleges and universities as well as development of training curriculum for educational customers.

Prior to joining the company Baer served as a director of strategic projects within the industry. He holds a degree in chemical engineering, and in his 25-year career has been involved in process engineering, project management, and management of a wide range of sales, marketing and corporate issues and projects.

Mike Ruppenthal, the vice president of North American sales at OMAX, said, “Chris is a great choice to handle two important and growing market segments for us. Considering its longer sales cycle compared to commercial accounts, managing and growing government sales offers a significant challenge. In addition, abrasive waterjet is gaining acceptance in the university community as institutions more frequently apply the flexible and easy-to-use technology for their internal projects and prototypes. Chris’s familiarity with a wide variety of abrasive waterjet projects and applications will enable him to help colleges and universities find the machines and systems best suited for their applications.”

OMAX Corporation designs and manufactures the world’s most advanced abrasive waterjet technology in a variety of table sizes and price points at its headquarters in Kent, Washington. Backed by unmatched support and powered by the company’s intuitive control software, OMAX and MAXIEM^® JetMachining^® Centers bring affordable performance to a continuously expanding range of industries.

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