GMG Americas, the Massachusetts -based office of Germany-based GMG, a developer and supplier of high-end color management software solutions, announces the promotions of Joe Varone to president and Paulo Monteiro to VP of sales.

The company says that Varone has not only built a successful sales organization that has resulted in significant growth, but also has undertaken general management responsibilities, overseeing the GMG Americas organization based in the U.S. With his new position, he will yield his day-to-day sales activities to Monteiro and concentrate solely on general management and strategic initiatives, overseeing all corporate departments.

Monteiro was previously business director, Latin America, for GMG Americas and he has been an executive at the company for nearly ten years. He has been responsible for building and managing distribution channels for GMG color management solutions throughout Central and South America. In doing so, he has built a strong sales and service group that has taken GMG from virtually no presence at all to a very effective organization. Paulo is now responsible for increasing GMG's coverage not only in Latin America, but in the rest of North America, increasing and fortifying geographical coverage in all regions of the U.S. and Canada.

“GMG Americas has seen growth not only in revenues, but also in the product portfolio we all manage at GMG that is targeted to a wider swath of graphics, printing and packaging companies,”explains Ian Scott, Managing Director, GmbH & Co. KG.“This presents exceptional opportunity for us, but also requires more, directed attention towards strategic planning. Joe has demonstrated that he is a very capable senior general and sales management professional, not only at GMG but also in previous career roles. We are very fortunate that he is directing our interests in the Americas.”