Carl Zeiss Sports Optics names product specialist

Shooting Industry, July, 2005

Carl Zeiss Sports Optics has named Robert J. Kaleta as its hunting product specialist for the North American division. Kaleta is responsible for new product development, creating and implementing dealer training programs, targeting growth opportunities within the hunting market and representing Zeiss at hunting-related events and trade shows. He also serves as a technical liaison with Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, Germany.

"Bob has been a hunter for 30 years and has a great passion for the sport. He also has more than 20 years experience in the optical industry and has shown exceptional talent and leader-ship during his years in the Carl Zeiss Optical division. We're confident that his level of expertise and commitment to optical excellence will be of value to our dealers and will help grow the overall business," said Rob Siemers, Carl Zeiss Optical president.

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Kaleta has been a Carl Zeiss employee for more than 14 years. An avid outdoorsman, he is a graduate of State University of New York at Fredonia where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Anthropology.