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Kawasaki Promotes Sytsma

Kawasaki Engines has promoted Todd Sytsma to Director, OEM department. In this role, Sytsma provides strategic leadership to Kawasaki’s customers in commercial and residential landscape equipment, light industrial, and other markets within the U.S.

In addition, Sytsma will continue to oversee day-to-day operations of the department, providing guidance and support to the team’s sales managers, administrators and coordinators. He will also continue to work closely with the Kawasaki Engines leadership team on strategic departmental and divisional initiatives.

Sytsma joined Kawasaki Engines as a sales manager in 2016, and in 2020 he was promoted to lead the OEM department overall. Under Todd’s leadership, the team has consistently met and exceeded their goals and made a positive contribution to the business overall.

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