Northridge, Calif. - Harman International's consumer division tapped Johnny Williams, previously a Klipsch Group executive, as its new director of national sales accounts.

Williams was regional VP for headphones at Klipsch Group. He also worked in sales management in the specialty retail and custom channels and held sales management roles at Velodyne and Audio Products International.

In his new position, Williams will be responsible for managing and growing U.S. national accounts across all Harman consumer brands. He will also act as global account manager for the Best Buy and Amazon accounts.
He reports directly to David Rogers, VP/GM of Harman's consumer division.