Yamaha Appoints Gutwein as Pro Audio & Combo District Manager

Yamaha has announced the appointment of Frank Gutwein as district manager for the company’s Pro Audio & Combo Division. His territory includes Northern California, Northern Nevada, Utah and Colorado. He reports to Frank Yardley, western regional sales manager.

Prior to working at Yamaha, Gutwein held the position of district sales manager at Peavey Electronics, where he covered much of the same region he will oversee at Yamaha. At Peavey, Gutwein managed and developed all of the musical instrument, multi-chain store, audio-visual and rental company accounts. His work earned him “Rep of the Year” in 2014.  

Other experience includes territory sales representative for PCM Marketing, where he maintained and developed accounts with large format independent musical instrument, multi-chain store, audio-visual and rental house clients. There, he received top sales awards from Shure, Monster Cable, Auralex, Gator and Hosa. He also served as store manager at several Guitar Center outlets.

Gutwein earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and has more than 25 years of experience playing, performing and teaching guitar.