Sales force grows with business: Sweetwater.

SWEETWATER, THE FOURTH-largest music instrument and pro audio retailer in the world, has hired ten new employees, four full-time and six part-time. This brings the total of Sweetwater employees to 296, up from 257 at the beginning of 2007.

Sales Engineer A.J. Petersen is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He recently graduated from the Institute of Production and Recording in Minneapolis with an associate's degree in applied sciences. He plays drums, keyboards, and guitar.

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Sales Engineer Brad Phillips, a native of Carmel, Indiana, holds two degrees: a B.S. in recording industry studies from Butler University and a masters in music technology from Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has worked at The Lodge Studios and Airborn Studios in Indianapolis. He is an accomplished jazz pianist.

Hailing from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sales Engineer Austin Putt holds a B.S. in music from Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, with an emphasis on classical guitar and composition. He recently completed course work at The Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Assistant Service Coordinator Vanessa Montalvo is a Fort Wayne, Indiana, native and graduate of Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. She was previously employed at Petroleum Traders in Fort Wayne.

Six part-time shipping specialists have also been hired to assist in Sweetwater's Distribution Center.

Sweetwater Founder and President Chuck Surack remarked, "Sweetwater continues to hire high-quality individuals from around the country as we near completion of our new $34 million campus. Our plan was to increase employment to 300 jobs by the end of the year, and we're now on pace to exceed that number."