American Standard's Bath and Kitchen Americas Group named Kenneth Damato vice president of sales. In this newly created position, Damato will set and drive strategic sales direction for retail, wholesale and national accounts throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. Previously, he had been vice president/global business development with American Standard's commercial air conditioning business, where he implemented the business's global vertical market strategy and also was responsible for global and national account sales. Before joining American Standard, Damato was general manager/marketing and sales for GE Lighting, a division of General Electric. In addition to having a bachelor's degree in marketing and business administration, Damato is certified in Six Sigma.