Industry Veteran Robert Patten Appointed to Regional VP Sales Post
St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) July 22, 2013 -- Bedding industry veteran Robert Patten has been appointed east coast vice president of sales for Boyd Specialty Sleep, announced company president Denny Boyd.
Patten, who’s based in Atlanta, will begin his new post on July 27 and will attend the upcoming Las Vegas Market.
Reporting to Boyd, he’ll be responsible for sales and sales development of the company’s specialty sleep products—which include bedding and sleep accessories under the newly licensed Thomasville® and Broyhill® brands—as well as Boyd’s Accent Furniture products, across 16 eastern states including eastern Pennsylvania. “Robert has extensive experience in our industry and over the years has made many great contacts,” noted Boyd. “He’ll be a valuable asset to our company and we look forward to his contributions.”
Before joining Boyd, Patten had served as senior vice president of sales since 2011 for Advanced Sleep Concepts, a regional producer and Englander licensee based in Rome, Ga.
Over the years 2007-10 he held executive sales positions with Natura World in Toronto and with the former Spring Air Company. Patten also worked in sales training for retail giant Rooms to Go, and before that spent 11 years with the Simmons Company (1995 – 2006), primarily as a national accounts director.
Located in Las Vegas showroom B-901, Boyd Specialty Sleep dedicates itself to quality, innovation and excellence in a range of highly diverse specialty sleep products.
The company has earned more than 30 patents for its innovations and is strategically focused on the health and safety of consumers and on the environmental impact of its products and processes. The company also maintains an online presence that includes their latex mattresses, air beds, waterbeds, and memory foam mattress segments.
Boyd Specialty Sleep, NightAirBeds.com, http://www.nightairbeds.com, 3149975222, [email protected]
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