ARGYLE, TX — GoVision named Jay deBlonk, a 10-year veteran of Daktronics, to fill a newly created position, Solutions Manager. In his new role, deBlonk work with GoVision’s sales staff, helping to design and engineer the LED screens, trusses and rigging for a variety of the company’s more complex projects.
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ARGYLE, TX (April 28, 2014) – GoVision has experienced tremendous growth and success over the years thanks in large measure to a talented sales team backed-up by an envelope-pushing technical staff that continuously looks for innovative LED applications to add excitement to clients’ events.
In an effort to further integrate the sales and technical elements at the front end of the process, GoVision created a new position of Solutions Manager, and recruited Jay deBlonk for the role. The 10-year veteran of South Dakota-based Daktronics will work with the sales staff on the company’s more complex and creative projects, helping to design and engineer the LED screens, trusses and rigging necessary to support them.
“Jay is going to play a critical role in helping GoVision leap to an even higher level on our clients’ larger and more creative projects,” said Chris Curtis, CEO of GoVision. “We’ve obviously done fine doing things the same way for years, but we felt that in order to continue being one of the most innovative LED solution providers in the industry, we needed to modify our process. Jay brings the expertise, the energy and the attitude we’ve been looking for. I’m very pleased he has joined the GoVision family.”
deBlonk initially joined Daktronics in 2004 as a Project Manager/Applications Engineer, where he worked directly with sales on the front end while managing the project on the backend. He later moved into Video Products Engineering as Product Manager for mobile and modular products as well as Architectural Lighting and Freeform Elements.
“I believe my experience at Daktronics gave me valuable insights into how sales, project management andengineering interrelate, and how to implement cost-effective and repeatablesolutions, rather than one-offs,” said deBlonk. “I’ve worked with GoVision for nearly an entire decade at Daktronics, and I’ve always admired the company and the way Chris treats his team like family. Chris says what he does and does what he says, and that’s the kind of leader I’m happy to follow.”
deBlonk graduated from South Dakota State University in 1989 with a B.S. in geography. He was commissioned by the United States Army to the Corps of Engineers prior to graduating, and later spent more than three years stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. He has also served as a Field Artillery Officer in the Minnesota National Guard.
deBlonk is in the process of moving his wife and three young children from South Dakota to North Texas.
