Electro Rent Corporation (NASDAQ:ELRC) today announced the appointment of Herb Ostenberg to the newly created position of National Sales Director, Advanced Technology Partner Channel. Earlier this week, Electro Rent was named Agilent Technology’s sole ATP for the United States and Canada. Ostenberg will lead the sales organization devoted to servicing Agilent’s customer base. As previously announced, Electro Rent expects to hire 50 employees in support of this new channel.

Ostenberg, 60, spent part of the last 10 years at Agilent as National Sales Manager and Vice President and General Manager, where he was responsible for leading the company’s sales, support, marketing and order management functions for the Americas, as well as developing the sales team strategy for the western United States and Canada. Prior to Agilent, Ostenberg spent over 20 years with Hewlett Packard, where he held a number of positions, including Worldwide Test and Measurement Marketing and Order Generation Manager and North Americas Test and Measurement Channel Manager. Ostenberg earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University.

“We are extremely fortunate to have someone as extensively qualified as Herb lead our Agilent ATP efforts,” said Dan Greenberg, CEO of Electro Rent. “In addition to a decade of experience at Agilent in a variety of senior sales positions, Herb has spent a large part of his professional career in test and measurement equipment sales.

“Our new agreement with Agilent is very important for Electro Rent, and Herb’s wealth of experience, most notably his vast and immeasurable understanding of Agilent and its products, will be a huge benefit to us as we begin to service Agilent customers and grow this new and important sales channel,” Greenberg said.

About Electro Rent

Electro Rent Corporation (www.ElectroRent.com) is one of the largest global organizations devoted to the rental, leasing and sales of general purpose electronic test equipment, personal computers and servers.

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