PPDS has promoted Patrick VanTreese to the role of Director of Education Sales in North America.
VanTreese, who joined PPDS in September 2021 as Education Sales Manager, has played an integral role in leading the company’s strategy for creating more engaging, collaborative, and inclusive learning environments with Philips Professional Displays in schools, colleges, and universities across North America, surpassing all company targets and ambitions.
From classrooms to cafeterias, through sports facilities to student dorms, PPDS now has one of the industry's most complete portfolios of dedicated education AV solutions in North America, providing advanced and highly innovative visual hardware and software to support every area of the campus.
As Director of Education Sales, VanTreese will lead and advance the team’s education strategy in North America, identifying new business opportunities, partnerships, relationships, and revenue streams as PPDS looks to firmly establish itself as the trusted solution provider of choice throughout all educational levels.
He says “Since joining PPDS two years ago, the company, both nationally and internationally, has evolved and excelled.
The strength of our teams, and the quality and innovation of our dedicated display hardware and software solutions, inspire me, our partners and, more importantly, tutors across North America.
In my new role as Director of Education Sales I’m excited about the opportunity to help take PPDS to the next level.
I’m proud of what our team has achieved to date, and we’re still just getting started.
When I joined, I described the company as a sleeping giant in the education space.
That giant is now very much awake.”
VanTreese's vast knowledge and experience – now entering his fourteenth year – continues to bring invaluable support and influence for PPDS teams in North America and to those in PPDS’ sales regions globally.
He has also become a prominent and distinguished figure within the EdTech community, regularly attending local and international industry events.
PPDS Director of Sales, Bruce Wyrwitzke, to whom Patrick continues to report, says: “Since day one, Patrick’s commitment and enthusiasm have been an inspiration and have only further fueled our belief in our Philips education displays and solutions, which continue to bring new opportunities and transformational change.
Not just in the classroom, but across entire campuses, and even for those studying remotely.
"I’m thrilled Patrick has accepted this new position as Director of Education Sales, continuing the upward trajectory he and the team have worked so hard on.”
