NEWINGTON, N.H., (June 11, 2024) – SIG SAUER is pleased to announce that Robby Johnson has been named as Chief Marketing Officer. Johnson currently serves as Senior Vice President, Commercial & Defense Product Management and will maintain those responsibilities. In his current role, he has been responsible for tremendous cross-functional collaboration by connecting marketing, sales, product management, engineering, and manufacturing with the execution of numerous strategies and initiatives in the commercial and defense markets.
From the left: Robby Johnson, Tom Taylor and Jack Barnes
Johnson will report to SIG SAUER President & CEO, Ron Cohen and will work closely with the former Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales, Tom Taylor, who will be assuming a new role in the company as Executive Vice President, Global Brand Development. Johnson will also serve as Senior Vice President, SIG SAUER Academy where he will assume management of the world-renowned SIG SAUER Academy and SIG Experience Center.
“Robby brings a tremendous breadth of experience to the ever-evolving and growing SIG brand,” said Ron Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, SIG SAUER. “Robby served our country as a U.S. Army Ranger, Amry Mountain Warfare School Instructor, and was a competitive shooter and trainer with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. His 21 years of military service and experience in the industry at Remington, as well as various roles at SIG SAUER puts him in a great position to make a smooth transition into his role leading SIG SAUER Marketing.”
Taylor, who has over 40 years of sales and marketing experience with 20 years collectively at Smith & Wesson, Mossberg, and SIG SAUER, plus 23 years at Coca-Cola and Frito-Lay, will work closely with Johnson for a seamless transition.
Jack Barnes, is Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales and will now report directly to Ron Cohen.
Quite an accomplishment and honor for both of these guys, but to see Robbie Johnson promoted to C-Suite executive at such a prestigious company is amazing. Work hard folks, keep your head down and keep grinding- they have thrived in the Defense space under his leadership and that work has paid off tremendously for both parties. Congrats to Robbie.
RJ! The man, the myth, the legend.