Pest Management Professional, March 2010
NEWS TRENDS AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS Compartments News Briefs Massey Services Promotes Giordano ORLANDO Fla Tony Massey president and chief operating officer of Massey Services has announced the promotion of Paul Giordano to vice president of the PrevenTech Commercial Services Division In this role Giordano will manage all team members responsible for commercial customers of the pest and landscape industry giant Giordano joined Massey Services in 2005 and was quickly promoted to general manager overseeing commercial offices in Boca Raton and Orlando In October 2007 he was promoted to division manager of the PrevenTech Commercial Division of Massey Services where he managed nine commercial Service Centers throughout the state of Florida Paul has nearly 20 years of management experience and has demonstrated outstanding leadership in our PrevenTech Division said Massey Were confident he will continue to provide outstanding service to our customers and strong leadership to our team Prior to joining Massey Services Giordano worked as a city manager for the Hertz Corp for 16 years in New York City Austin Texas and Orlando Giordano received his bachelors degree in marketing from Fordham University in New York City Visit masseyservices com for additional information PMP Williams Joins B G Chemicals AUSTIN Texas B G Chemicals Equipment Co has hired Rachel Williams for the position of the Austin branch manager Williams comes to B G with an entomology degree from Texas A M University with an emphasis in forensics She is a true Austinite born and raised in Cedar Park Williams has traveled the globe and visited Italy England Scotland Dominican Republic where she studied abroad and most recently Costa Rica where she was involved in a volunteer project Visit bgchem com for additional information PMP Univar Promotes Sparks AUSTIN Texas Univar USA has named Jim Sparks to the position of business development manager PP S Specialty Ag Business In this newly created position Sparks will direct and manage the growth and expansion of Univars specialty business Sparks joined Univar in 2001 as an outside sales representative in Portland Ore From there Sparks was quickly promoted to sales manager for the Western District and relocated to Los Angeles Then in 2004 Sparks was promoted to district manager for the Central District Jim has excelled in these positions and has embraced the Specialty Business with a passion and we are very excited to have him build a stronger footprint for the entire Specialty Business said Tracy McEuen general manager for Univar PP S Reporting to Sparks will be Blaine Oakeson Vector Industry Manager and Ron Dedeke Twine Industry Manager Sparks will continue to manage Univars Central District for PP S until his successor is named He will continue to report to Tracy McEuen Visit pestweb com for additional information PMP Cordell Joins Univar AUSTIN Texas Univar USA has announced that Chad Cordell has joined its professional products and services business unit as an outside sales representative Cordell comes to Univar with more than nine years professional sales experience He most recently was with HomeTeam Pest Defense in Greensboro N C where he oversaw the sales department He not only met goals in Greensboro but exceeded them by 15 percent year after year Cordell a native of Charlotte N C will be responsible for covering western North Carolina and South Carolina and will be based out out of the Charlotte office Were excited to have Chad join Univar and look forward to seeing him flourish in the Southeast said Jill Settle one of Univars Southeast District sales managers Visit pestweb com for additional information PMP 18 PEST MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL MARCH 2010 www mypmp net
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