Mote joins the Wisconsin manufacturer as vice president of national accounts.

Alto-Shaam made a changes and additions to its sales and marketing team. Todd Griffith moved to vice president of sales, Jeff Mote joined the company as vice president of national accounts-retail and Kellee Johnston was promoted to director of marketing.

In his new role, Griffith will lead the company’s culinary resources team and continue to play a role in corporate strategic planning – concentrating in the eastern United States. He has spent the past 18 months leading the functional development and integration of the company's marketing support resources group.

Mote joins Alto-Shaam with more than a decade of industry experience in the retail and commercial foodservice equipment industry. He will work alongside Brian Zornes in developing company sales strategy and business development and growth in the retail supermarket and convenience store business segments.

Johnston was promoted to director of marketing and is responsible for developing and executing the Alto-Shaam’s marketing and brand positioning strategies. She joined the company in July 2013 as a marketing manager.