International Kramer Electronics appointed Itzhak Bambagi as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Bambagi has a proven track record of exemplary leadership who served in key executive roles at IBM and Digital/Compaq for the past 18 years.
Among the various projects and technologies he worked on, he also led IBM's IT transformation expertise using cloud technologies and various digital workplace initiatives across EMEA.
It's an exciting time for Bambagi and Kramer. "I am proud and honored to join Kramer as its CEO. For the past 4 decades, Kramer has led the way with advanced AV solutions and the Kramer brand is known and respected around the world. I have been a long-term admirer of Dr. Joseph Kramer's dedication, work and vision and look forward to working with Kramer's global teams to further enhance the company's evolution and make Kramer even bigger," stated Bambagi.
With a strong history in software and cloud developments, Bambagi will be instrumental in driving Kramer's spirit of advanced professional AV solutions using tighter integration, software and cloud-driven functionality.
He explained, "Taking cloud software and components further into the AV professional realm is the next step. By enabling remote support and management, we can bring standard uniformity to multi-site installations, anywhere in the world. Seamless solutions and an outstanding user experience are key and my experience with IBM will help me deliver technology that 'behaves' in ways that are totally familiar and expected by IT departments."
Announcing the news, Dr. Joseph Kramer, founder, president and president of Kramer, said, "We are incredibly excited to share this fantastic announcement. Itzhak's decades of experience in sales, service and operational management coupled with his deep knowledge of advanced networking and cloud technology will be invaluable assets as Kramer faces the ongoing challenges of the converged AV and IT industries."
