Unitron, a global innovator of advanced hearing solutions, today announced the appointment of Kate Handley as Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Customer Experience, Unitron US. In this position, Handley will be responsible for defining and delivering an exceptional customer experience for Unitron US hearing healthcare customers, supporting them with the right products and solutions to enable differentiation and business success in a fast-evolving business landscape.
“Since 2000, Kate has been an integral part of the Unitron family,” says Mike Dittmann, President, Unitron US. “Her passion for building strong and lasting customer relationships coupled with her ability to understand the unique needs of hearing healthcare professionals has been invaluable to our organization. Creating an exceptional customer experience is so much more than delivering great customer service. It involves every single touch point and extends to every interaction a customer has with our organization. Kate has consistently demonstrated her understanding and belief of this.”
“The hearing healthcare industry has significant opportunity for growth by making patient experience a top priority,” says Handley. “Unitron’s focus on delivering an experience that supports the success of our customers has become a point of distinction and a core brand value for our company. I’m fortunate to be surrounded by professionals who are committed to continually working with our customers to understand their priorities and to incorporate the voice of the customer into the products and solutions we deliver.”
Handley’s responsibility for ensuring an exceptional customer experience touches every area of the company, including the U.S. launch of new products and services, training, hosting customer events, customer service, audiology training and technical support, and government services. She’s also responsible for supporting strategic customer accounts, attending to their individual support and business requirements.
“It’s an exciting time to be in this industry,” she states. “We’re seeing tremendous advances in technology and in the personalized delivery of hearing healthcare. We want to help our customers capitalize on this opportunity for practice growth. Practices that focus on delivering an exceptional patient experience will achieve greater business success.”
Prior to this appointment, Kate Handley served as Director of Customer Experience for Unitron US. Her other roles within the organization have included Director of Strategic Sales Initiatives for Unitron Global (based in Switzerland), Managing Director of Unitron Australia, Marketing Manager for Unitron Canada and Product Marketing Manager for Unitron Global.
For more information about Unitron, visit unitron.com or the Unitron Expo Page on AudiologyOnline.
