PPDS Appoints Marco Priebe as Account and Business
Development Manager
Marco Priebe, Key Account Manager and Business Development Manager, PPDS
Adding more than 23 years of top-level AV experience, Marco Priebe joins PPDS as
Key Account Manager
and Business Development Manager LED to spearhead the company's ambitious growth strategy.
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view
LED and professional TVs, is delighted to announce the appointment of experienced LED specialist,
Marco Priebe, as the company's new Key Account Manager and Business Development Manager LED for the
DACH market.
With more than 23 years of top-level LED sales experience, Marco is one of the industry's most
accomplished talents, having held a series of senior management positions, delivering success to
some of the world's most established and recognised brands during an illustrious career. This
includes 16 years as Key Account Manager at Philips Lighting (2000-2016) and Philips CSS
(1998-2000).
Based in Hamburg, and reporting to Rainer Bloch, Business Director DACH, Marco's vast
knowledge and
experience will play a crucial role in further developing and advancing PPDS' LED market strategy
and growth ambitions in DACH, which remains one of the company's faster growing adoptive markets.
Driving growth
Equipped with an evolving range of high impact, high bright and highly flexible Philips dvLED
solutions - including dedicated software - PPDS has become the 'go-to' provider for a growing number
of customers in a widening range of markets, completing national and international projects in
retail, corporate, education, public venues, transportation, and hospitality, among others.
With a primary focus on the German, Austrian and Swiss markets, Marco's key responsibilities in the
role include achieving sales and margin targets, developing, implementing, and executing new sales
and marketing strategies, driving brand and product awareness in the AV channel and to prospective
customers, and educating the market on PPDS' sustainability strategy.
He will also seek to develop and identify new solutions and sales opportunities across all market
verticals, supporting and expanding PPDS' network of system integrators - including specialist dvLED
training - and assisting local and global PPDS teams (International Key Account Directors) for
regional and international projects and opportunities.
Standout choice
Discussing Marco's appointment, Rainer Bloch, who has been with the company since 2007, explained
that Marco's past experience, and his in-depth technical knowledge of the LED and digital signage
markets, made him the standout choice for this important role. He stated, "PPDS is an ambitious
company and it's essential we have the right people in place to ensure opportunities are seized,
objectives met, and that our upward trajectory continues. Our innovative suite of Philips dvLED
solutions have and continues to make a big impression in the DACH market, and demand for our
solutions continues to grow. We are delighted to welcome Marco to the team and wish him every
success in this exciting period of the company's history."
Marco acknowledged that, having witnessed PPDS' ability to deliver "highly innovative" and in many
cases "world first solutions" to the market, and understanding the company's ambitions, both in DACH
and globally, made the opportunity to be part of the journey simply too good to miss. He explained,
"PPDS is a company that leads from the front, and is making significant waves in the DACH market.
The company's commitment to delivering world-leading and sustainable solutions to customers, backed
with dedicated software solutions such as the recently launched Wave ecosystem means PPDS has become
a company that cannot be ignored. With the existing, new, and upcoming range dvLED displays,
expanding product lifetimes and lowering energy consumption - such as the new Philips In Room 6395
LED -without impacting performance, PPDS is not only delivering incredible solutions, we're also
helping customers to save on costs and create more sustainable business environments. I'm proud and
excited to be here."