Matthew Hegt Email & Phone Number

Manalapan, NJ

Manalapan, NJ, United States

United States

Acquired, cultivated and managed a significant client base offering an array of solutions from several manufacturers including Focal, Naim, Musical Fidelity, SPL, Earsonics, Micromega, Vicoustic, Iso Acoustics, Crystal Cable, Siltech, XLO, and Cocktail Audio.Business Development responsibilities included expanding presence of all brands at retail as well.

Responsible for sales and marketing in the US for Mu-so product by Naim Audio.

• Sales Management responsibilities include managing direct accounts as well as an Independent rep organization. Managed a dealer network that consisted of over 125 independent dealers and specialists as well as online.
• Responsible for writing and executing a business plan to take Canada direct from a distribution model. Sales almost tripled in year one of the transition to the dealer direct model. Hired two Regional Managers to set.
• Latin America sales responsibilities included identifying new avenues of distribution, engaging, opening, and educating those accounts as well as maintaining and educating their employees and dealers.
• Overall grew the business in all three territories year over year, every year

Responsible for sales, marketing, and product development for the Americas. Creating a new brand identity for an already well perceived brand in the market. Work with the sales team comprised of six direct salespeople and eighteen outside rep firms to achieve our sales goals. Work with marketing on point of purchase materials as well as email blasts.

Sales and marketing of consumer electronics to retail stores and distributors in the NJ Metro market.

We are manufacturers of high quality home alarm systems, medical alert devices, water shut off products, wireless detectors and sensors, GPS Tracking product, offender monitoring hardware, and more.

This was a start up electronics company working directly with an overseas factory. I was running the sales division, in charge of three salespeople as well as 16 independent rep firms. Together, we did over $1M in business in the first calendar year, with very little inventory. It was a challenge every step of the way, and would have been a very successful.