John Herrington Named President, Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America

John Herrington

Sharp Electronics Corporation has announced that John Herrington has been named President of Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America. He replaces Mike Troetti, who left Sharp earlier this year and was recently named president of Coby Electronics. In this position, Mr. Herrington is responsible for all the U.S. sales and marketing of all Sharp's consumer electronics products including those in the display, audio and video categories, as well as health and environment-related products. Mr. Herrington reports to Mr. Toshihiko Tanimoto, Sr. Executive Vice President, Sharp Electronics Corporation.

Mr. Herrington has extensive experience and a highly successful track record within the consumer electronics and appliances industry. Most recently, as President of U.S. Sales at LG Electronics USA in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, he set the strategic foundation and led LG Electronics' revenue and market share growth in the home electronics and home appliance businesses. Mr. Herrington joined LG Electronics USA in 2002. Prior to LG, he spent 10 years at Amana appliances in various marketing and sales leadership roles where he rose to Vice President of Marketing and National Account Sales.