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Daktronics Expands Aviation Team

The team is expanding to meet the increasing demand.

Published

9 months ago

March 13, 2024

Marie Adamick

The Daktronics Aviation team exhibited at the 2024 AAAE/ACC Airport Planning, Design & Construction Symposium. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Spencer Degen, Vice President of Transportation; Jay Bouton, Aviation Business Development; Koreen Bjorklund, National Sales Manager for Transportation; Kristina Lankow, Marketing Strategist for Transportation; Derek Dorow, Sales Engineer; Kevin Palmeter, Aviation Market Manager; Christ Van Liew, Aviation Sales Manager.

Daktronics (Brookings, SD) is expanding its aviation sales team to meet growing needs, according to a press release.

Jay Bouton joins Daktronics to focus on aviation business development, and Chris Van Liew joins as the aviation sales manager. Both serve on the aviation sales team within the transportation market at Daktronics. Derek Dorow also joins the team to provide pre-sales technical expertise for highly complex projects.

“Daktronics provides more than 30 years of experience in airports,” Kevin Palmeter, aviation market manager at Daktronics, is quoted in the press release. “With the addition to our aviation team, we are poised to provide unprecedented attention and expertise to the airport industry. Airports are embracing large-format, complex indoor applications. We are excited to expand the team to help aviation professionals communicate with travelers in new and exciting ways.”

The aviation team is supported by the regional sales team and ProAV team, as well as the engineering team at Daktronics.

For more information, visit daktronics.com.

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