The Citizen your username your email Password recovery Chris Karssiens. Hoshizaki America, Inc. headquartered in Peachtree City on June 1 announced the formal appointment of Chris Karssiens as president. This comes after serving as interim president since March 25 and senior vice president of sales & marketing prior to that. With over 40 years’ experience in the foodservice equipment industry and proven expertise in leading companies, driving successful sales strategies and team building, it was an easy decision, a company spokesperson said. Karssiens takes the reins at Hoshizaki America working strategically with Hoshizaki Japan to build on new opportunities created by this past year’s events. “We have a strong team,” Karssiens said, “which is agile and ready to capitalize on growth for value creation.”