Joseph LaPlaca

Joseph LaPlaca

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director of Sales at Ricoh Americas Corporation

  • Education

    • DePaul University

      1976 - 1980
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Finance, General
    • Loyola University of Chicago

      1985 - 1986
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance, General
  • Experience

    • Altman Corp.

      Aug 1980 - Aug 1981
      Account Executive

      Responsible for outside sales of Minolta output devices.

    • Pitney Bowes

      Aug 1982 - Aug 1986
      Copier Sales Consultant

      Responsible for selling full line of Pitney Bowes office products. Working with other sales support reps to penetrate accounts utilizing team sales concept.

    • Ricoh Americas Corporation

      Aug 1986 - now

      Responsible for leading Ricoh sales organization to partner with Chicagoland area businesses to offer a portfolio of services and products helping our customers improve business processes and drive employee productivity to increase our customers' return on investment. Responsible for leading entire Ricoh sales organization to focus on market penetration of office service solutions and business process improvement to businesses in the Chicagoland and Indiana markets. Responsible for stategically leading all Chicago sales teams with managed and document services in major accounts and small to medium accounts. Responsible for managing the entire Ricoh sales organization, committed to delivering exceptional services and value to potential business partners. Led a team of nine sales representatives to market output devices in the Chicago Loop area.

      • Director of Sales

        Apr 2011 - now
      • Marketplace Manager

        Jul 2007 - now
      • General Sales Manager

        Nov 1988 - now
      • Sales Manager

        Aug 1986 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications