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Seth Marcus‚ Executive Vice PresidentSecaucus, N.J. — EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services announced the company has welcomed back ground transportation and enterprise software veteran Seth Marcus as executive vice president, meeting & event sales.
In his new role, Marcus will be responsible for building and further cultivating the company's sales and marketing partnerships within the meetings, incentive and conference space as well as developing other business opportunities and markets globally. In addition, Marcus will assist with the company's proprietary event software technology, which it has been working on to impact the landscape of the industry.
"We are very excited about the endless opportunities in welcoming Seth back home," EmpireCLS Chairman and CEO David Seelinger said. "With Seth's well-known reputation within the ground and strategic meetings industry, his return will be beneficial to our new and existing client base that spans the globe."
Marcus joined the EmpireCLS team in 2006 as an Eastern regional sales associate and was quickly recognized for successfully acquiring and maintaining some of EmpireCLS' largest and most detailed private customer and corporate accounts.
After spending over nine years with EmpireCLS as executive vice president, sales & marketing, Marcus went to further his career and educate himself within the strategic meetings management industry by selling enterprise meeting software.
Seelinger believes this experience will pay dividends for clients, saying, "With his knowledge of the MICE space and our already impressive proprietary technology, we look forward to making the lives of a meeting planner, DMC, TMC, MMC, and other ground companies much more efficient and technologically advanced."
Visit empirecls.com for more information.
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Bryan O'Connell‚ Senior Vice President of SalesFaribault, Minn. — ABC Companies recently announced the appointment of Bryan O’Connell to the position of senior vice president Sales for ABC’s western region.
In his new role with ABC, O’Connell will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and management for all of the western region’s sales-related activities that impact financial performance, operational performance, new business development, and inventory management, as well as ongoing development and relationship management of new and existing customer accounts.
O’Connell joins ABC from his most recent position as senior vice president for Transdev, where he was responsible for strategic development and oversight of sales and operations of the company’s bus division.
“Bryan is uniquely qualified to lead our organization’s Western Region,” says Roman Cornell, ABC chief commercial officer. “His background and depth of industry experience is second to none and his addition to our executive team rounds out our commitment to retaining the industry’s best talent.”
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Kelly Alderete‚ Affiliate & Business Development ManagerPhoenix, Ariz. — Kelly Alderete has recently been hired as the affiliate & business development manager of Jet Limousines. Alderete is a 14-year veteran and the former president of Alderete Transportation Group (once known as Xtreme Limousine) in Tucson. She is well known in the ground transportation industry, serving as a board member of the Arizona Limousine Association.
“We are extremely excited to add Kelly to our team. She has built an amazing business and reputation with hard work, dedication and passion for the industry,” says CEO William Jinks. “Our working relationship should make for an easy transition.”
“In my new role, I will work to ensure Jet Limousines continues to be a leader not only in Arizona but across the nation,” remarks Alderete.
The company operates 52 vehicles including sedans, premium sedans, SUVs, Sprinters, mini-coaches, mid-size coaches, motor coaches, limousines, and party buses.
Visit jetlimoaz.com for more information.
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