SALTO Systems Promotes Joseph Buist to North Western Regional Sales Manager

SALTO Systems, a leading manufacturer of electronic access control solutions, has promoted Joseph Buist to the commercial sales team position of North Western regional sales manager.

Buist will oversee sales activity and territory growth and will provide support for SALTO Inspired Business Partners (IBP) and Inspired Technical Partners (ITP) in Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Buist is based in Roy, Utah, and reports to SALTO Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales Michael J. Mahon.

“Joe is a great asset to the SALTO team and his in-depth knowledge of our products will be a great benefit to those in the North Western United States seeking to learn more about our electronic access control solutions,” said Mahon.

Buist most recently served SALTO as a technical solutions architect. Prior to that was a SALTO hospitality operations manager and hospitality regional sales representative. He also has experience as a loss prevention director for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, account executive for Integra Telecom and area loss prevention manager for Harmons Grocery. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in technical sales from Weber State University.

“As a security professional and end user, I came to appreciate the quality and innovation that SALTO puts into developing electronic locks and access control solutions, which is why I was pleased to join them as an employee several years ago,” said Buist. “This new opportunity to serve as North Western regional sales manager is a true pleasure and I’m excited to start this new chapter with SALTO.”

Buist can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at (770) 877-0250.

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