Martin Brodigan becomes Chairman and CEO of Ricoh Americas, after spending the past couple of years overseeing the company’s sales and service channels in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Based in West Caldwell, New Jersey, Ricoh Americas is part of Tokyo’s massive Ricoh Group, which operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approximately $23 billion).
Brodigan succeeds Kevin Togashi, who is taking on a new role within Ricoh Group in Japan. “Martin is a talented leader with a broad base of sales, operations and financial experience to lead Ricoh Americas Corporation going forward,” stated Togashi. “His unwavering commitment to our customers, dealers and our employees, along with his knowledge of the industry and emerging market trends, will be a great asset.”
Brodigan has spent the past 20 years of his career at Ricoh. Most recently, he served as Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer for Ricoh Americas, from where he oversaw North and Latin American sales and service channels. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer for Ricoh Americas for two years since 2010, while acting as President and CEO of Ricoh’s United States operations from 2007 to 2010. Brodigan has also held assignments in Europe and Canada, and led Ricoh’s global services business.
“I am both honoured and excited to lead Ricoh Americas Corporation,” stated Brodigan. “Today, Ricoh has one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of products and services, a team of talented and experienced employees and a strong network of dealers. We have a compelling vision for the future and will continue to transform our business model to provide our customers with the integrated services, expertise and technology they need to help manage information and workflow throughout their organizations.”
Ricoh describes itself as a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services.
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