NEW YORK – Revo is proud to announce the latest additions to its Executive Team: Jerry Bedingfield has been named Vice President Sales, Sport Specialty – North America and Christoph Nitz and Kurt Lunger, have been named Vice Presidents Sales, Sport Specialty – Europe. All are new positions for Revo as it grows its sport specialty business around the world.
Jerry Bedingfield joins as Vice President, Sales for the Sport and Specialty segments of Revo’s US-operations. Jerry is a 25-year optical, action sport, and winter/specialty professional, and joins from Smith Optics where he had a senior role in product and business development. His commercial expertise is complimented buy a long-time passion for lens technology.
The team of Christoph Nitz and Kurt Plunger both join Revo as Vice Presidents, Sales for the Sport and Specialty markets in Europe. Both bring to Revo 25+ years of experience in the European outdoor lifestyle and winter sport segments.
“We are thrilled to continue to build out a best in class team. Our guiding mission is to realize the full potential of Revo across existing and new markets. In the US, adding an executive with Jerry’s impressive experience is exciting.” said Cliff Robinson, CEO of Revo. “Jerry brings deep eyewear and winter/outdoor sport expertise to Revo; his commercial and product competencies nicely complement our current team. In addition, adding Kurt and Christoph as Vice Presidents of Sport Specialty in Europe, with their proven track record of success and in depth knowledge of the outdoor and winter sport markets, will help poise Revo for even more accelerated growth internationally.“
About Revo
Revo was founded in 1985 by NASA optical engineer Mitch Ruda. Revo was the first sunglasses brand to feature NASA technology in its lenses, an advanced coating that offers a superior view in any condition and effectively protects the eyes from harmful radiation. More than three decades later, Revo continues to build on its rich tradition of technology and innovation by offering the clearest, most advanced, high-contrast polarized eyewear in the world. Revo is distributed in the optical channel by Clearvision in the USA and Centennial in Canada.
For all inquiries, please contact:
Kristin Durante
kdurante@revo.com
Vice President, Marketing
