Oct 18, 2012

Kuhn Rikon Expands Team with Three New Hires

Kuhn Rikon announces that Rebecca Arnn, Linda Rodriguez and Casey Findtner have joined the company, which is expanding its team as it continues to grow its kitchen tools, pressure cookers and specialty cookware business. All three new hires report to Chelsea Schlunt, Managing Director.

Rebecca Arnn is the new Marketing Assistant. She is responsible for implementing and maintaining the Kuhn Rikon website, managing and expanding the company’s social media presence, and producing internal and external email marketing campaigns. She will also take product photographs and design product packaging and other marketing materials.

Prior to joining Kuhn Rikon, Arnn was a Graphic Designer and Social Media Specialist for Wine Country this Week. She is also a wine writer for Examiner.com, and holds a position as the Graphic Design Adjunct Instructor at the Solano Community College in Fairfield, California. She has a Bachelor of Science in Design and a minor in Art History from the University of California at Davis, where she graduated with Highest Honors. She has also studied at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, where she received an Associate of the Arts Degree in Visual Communications.

Linda Rodriguez joins Kuhn Rikon in the newly created position of Director of Finance. She oversees all accounting and financial operations, including end of month reports, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Rodriguez brings over 10 years of financial experience in the banking and corporate sectors to the company. Before joining Kuhn Rikon, she was the Project Leader/Accounts Payable Manager for CEMEX’s Latin America operations. She is completing a Master of Business Administration Degree from Indiana University, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tecnológico de Monterrey, where she graduated with Honors.

Casey Findtner is Kuhn Rikon’s newest National Account Manager. Her responsibilities include managing major national online and gourmet accounts and assisting in sales efforts.

Before joining Kuhn Rikon, Findtner was the Business Development Manager at CGP Education in Irvine and San Francisco, and served as the Practice Manager and Staffing Director at San Roque Veterinary Hospital and Pet Hotel. She studied at Western Oregon University, and has an Associate of Arts degree from Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.

Kuhn Rikon is the #1 brand of Swiss cookware and cooks’ tools, marrying Swiss design with American ingenuity to make cooking seriously fun. For more information, call 800-662-5882, or visit www.kuhnrikon.com.

PR Contact: Sarah Sims, Kristyn Fuller

Field Marketing & Media, 713-869-1856

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Kuhn Rikon: www.kuhnrikon.com