Irvine, CA (May 16th, 2025) – Advanced Marketing, the parent company of Elettromedia USA, American Hard Bag, Velocity and Biketronics brands are proud to announce the promotion of Rob Wempe to President of Mobile Audio for Advanced Marketing companies.

“Rob has been our VP of Sales and Marketing for 15 years. Under his leadership, he has grown the Hertz and Audison brands to amazing growth levels.”, said Steve Bolden, owner of Advanced Marking Companies. “Rob’s experience as a retail buyer coupled with his experience with Rockford Corporation (Domestic and International) has been a huge asset to Advanced Marketing.”

“Rob is already doing the job as President since he began by not only managing the Sales and Marketing functions within the company since he has also been managing inventory and P&L functions for our Mobile divisions. With the addition of Randy Davis as the new National Sales Manager and Jeff Peters as National Marketing Manager of all AMD brands, It was time to make it official.” Said Phil Bolden, Co-owner of Advanced Marking Companies.

“The future is very bright for all our brands at Advanced Marketing. Hertz is growing at record Levels in 2025. Hertz Marine is all new and has an amazing future at AMD. Audison has the most exciting new products in Forza DSP amplifies and the new VOCE II line of speakers. Our new acquisitions of American Hard Bag, Velocity and Biketronics will assist us in being THE motorcycle one stop shop in our industry.” Said Rob Wempe.

Advanced Marketing is the parent company selling Elettromedia, American Hard Bag, Velocity and Biketronics brands. Advanced Marketing can be reached at 949-251-1851. Rob Wempe can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 602-432-1398.