Brings 25 years’ experience at Haier, GE and Synchrony
YSN Staff
Almo Corp., one of the country’s largest independent distributors of appliances, prosumer tech, furniture and housewares, has named Maggie Kassebaum senior vice president of its Premium Appliances division, effective immediately.
Kassebaum brings nearly 25 years of experience in home appliances and retail consumer finance, including nearly two decades of leadership roles at GE and Haier Smart Home, most recently as vice president of U.S. sales for Fisher & Paykel. She joins Almo from Synchrony (formerly GE Retail Finance), where she served as senior vice president & general manager, luxury retail, managing credit partnerships with luxury brands.
In her new role, she will oversee strategy, revenue and profitability for Almo’s premium appliance business, with responsibility for new business development, product sales, sales support, product management and marketing.
Almo’s Premium Appliances division offers a range of professional-grade luxury indoor and outdoor home brands, the company said.
In a statement, Almo CEO Martin Szpiro said, “Maggie’s expertise in product management, sales and digital transformation will benefit our strong, committed customers, dealers and manufacturing partners as well as our channel community of resellers, architects, builders and designers. Her background brings an experienced, analytical perspective, equipping her to steer Almo’s Premium Appliances division to future growth opportunities.”
Almo was founded in a Philadelphia storefront in1946 by Albert Margolis and Morris Green (Al + Moe = Almo). Under the leadership of Morris’s son-in-law Gene Chaiken, the company would later grow into one of the nation’s largest independent home goods distributors, with over 2.5 million square feet of warehousing across nine regional distribution facilities.
The family-held business was acquired by DCC Technology (dba Exertis) in December 2021, and the long-time leadership team of Chaiken, as chairman, and his son, CEO Warren Chaiken, stepped down earlier this year.
