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Lakeland Industries Bolsters Executive Management Team with Creation of New Position for EVP Global Sales and Marketing
Steven L. Harvey, a Data-driven Multinational Sales Veteran, Appointed as Company's First Executive to Lead Coordinated Global Sales, Marketing and Customer
About this update from Lakeland Industries, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Steven L. Harvey, a Data-driven Multinational Sales Veteran, Appointed as Company's First Executive to Lead Coordinated Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Service StrategyDECATUR, AL / ACCESSWIRE / January 5, 2021 / Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAKE) (the \"Company\" or \"Lakeland\"), a leading global manufacturer of protective clothing for industry, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, today announced the appointment of Steven L. Harvey to the newly created position of Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing, effective January 4, 2021. Mr. Harvey is a proven sales leader with over 25 years of progressive executive responsibility focused on managing sales organizations and utilizing analytics to drive revenue growth from large multinational corporate accounts and national and municipal government agencies. The EVP Global Sales and Marketing position will report to Charles D. Roberson, President and CEO of Lakeland Industries.Commenting on the executive appointment, Mr. Roberson stated, \"We are very pleased to expand the depth and strength of our executive management team with the addition of Steven Harvey at a time when we have been rapidly growing our top line and global customer base. The newly created position is consistent with our continued vertical alignment of our operational functions which is intended to provide agility within business disciplines to capitalize on market opportunities while yielding productivity efficiencies. As Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Steve will leverage more than two decades of experience in technology and data driven sales systems for publicly traded and private companies larger than Lakeland.\"Under Steve's leadership, we will for the first time globally coordinate and unify all sales, marketing and customer service strategies. This effort follows similar steps we have recently taken, including the company's appointment of our first Global Supply Chain Manager, to develop and implement strategies to further enhance our manufacturing resiliency and flexibility which we expect to attain from capacity expansions at our production facilities in multiple international locations. These expansions will be fungible across our primary product lines for disposable, chemical and Critical Environment. Each of these dev...