Jersey Jack Pinball’s Jack Guarnieri helped Pankus warehouse Wurlitzer boxes that newly-arrived from their factory in Hullhorst, Germany. Then at Wurlitzer USA, he performed all key duties as their top man in the North American om logistics to promotion and the rest of management duties. While at Seeburg under the Nick Hindman regime, Pankus played a significant role in their development of the first full CD jukebox.the configuration that eventually replaced 45rpm disc machines before digital music showed up to capture the coin-op music industry’s fancy. He was also the co-founder of the Greenbay Packer/Chicago Bear celebrity Pro-Am Golf event.Ī native of Chicago, Pankus began his career with the famed advertising agency Young & Rubicom, sold advertising for Playboy Magazine for a short time and worked in product and brand licensing with such companies as Sears, Disney and Coca-Cola. VP of Seeburg and (from 1990 to 2005) as President of Wurlitzer USA, Pankus was also an avid golfer who had actually designed two 18 hole courses in Wisconsin. Best known to readers as the former Exec. All-around businessman and sports enthusiast Joe Pankus died suddenly on April 10, 2018, several month’s shy of his 80 th birthday.
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