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Meredith A. Bach, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
White Plains, N.Y. — LSW Chauffeured Transportation (LSW), a provider of premier chauffeured service to Westchester County, New York City, and Connecticut, recently appointed Meredith A. Bach as vice president of sales and marketing.
LSW’s CEO Melissa Thornton says that Bach was hired to the executive team to “leverage her luxury brand experience and long history of results-oriented sales and marketing strategies.”
Bach plans to play a key role in developing marketing and business plans to help LSW continue to grow and succeed and increasingly gain excellent customer and trade recognition.
“One reason I was intrigued by this opportunity,” says Bach, “is because LSW is a smaller, family-run business. I grew up in the Melba Inn in New Canaan, Connecticut, where my great-grandfather started the business. Living and working in the hotel as I was growing up was a great way to learn the hospitality business firsthand. My knowledge continues to grow and stay relevant with changes in our marketplace.”
Bach is an accomplished sales and marketing manager, who has overseen all aspects of the hospitality industry, from sales to quality of service. She recently served as the point person for corporate clients at the inaugural KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, held at Westchester Country Club in June 2015.
Bach brings with her a capability to manage multiple projects and initiatives, along with a deep working knowledge of what it takes to enhance the luxury customer experience and boost brand recognition. She has carefully curated this knowledge through professional experiences with top global luxury brands, including Polo Ralph Lauren, American Express, the United States Tennis Association, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Tory Burch.
As a business leader, Bach is a creative marketer and networker whose initiatives are efficiently executed and implemented by using excellent and thoughtful communication skills.
Visit lswlimo.com for more information.
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St. Louis, Mo. — Small Business Monthly Magazine selected JED/Country Club Limousine as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in St. Louis. Rick Hutson and Vince Schneider, owners of JED/Country Club Limousine, were not only given the award but were featured in a photo that accompanied an article entitled “The Hardest Working People in Small Business: Get inspired by the Area’s Top Small Companies.”
“We are honored to be selected for this award,” said Schneider. “We attribute our growth to our commitment to customer service and our fleet of vehicles, which are not available anywhere else in St. Louis.”
Schneider started Country Club Limousine in 2004 with just one vehicle concentrating on the retail market. They merged with JED Limousine in 2010, changing the focus of the business to 80 percent corporate and 20 percent retail. Additionally, they added motor coaches to their fleet in order to allow their clients to have a one-stop experience when booking for-hire transportation.
JED/Country Club Limousine was the only transportation company recognized for this award. Hutson attributes part of their success to their team. “We have a staff of outstanding individuals who carry our focus of always providing an outstanding customer experience throughout everything they do. Their attention to detail has helped us to continue to grow into a leader in the industry.”
“It’s going to be fun watching these entrepreneurs continue to build their companies in St. Louis. They are on the cusp of even more greatness and we can’t wait to help them celebrate,” said Ron Ameln, Publisher of Small Business Monthly Magazine in his publisher’s letter.
Visit jedlimousine.com for more information.
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Orlando, Fla. — Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV), a leading manufacturer of motor vehicles for the commercial, fire and emergency, and recreation markets, recently announced that Joe Bradshaw has been named vice president/general manager of its plant in Imlay City, Michigan, where the company’s Champion Bus and Federal Coach commercial bus brands are manufactured. Bradshaw will report to Kent Tyler, president of ASV’s Bus and Mobility Group.
“Joe understands ASV’s commitment to manufacturing excellence and is well aligned with our culture of continuous growth and improvement,” Tyler said. “He is no stranger to hard work and I am confident he will provide the strong leadership needed to take the operations at the Imlay City plant to the next level.”
Bradshaw added, “The entire team at the Imlay City plant has worked hard to earn a reputation for building safe, durable, and reliable cutaway shuttle buses under the Champion Bus and Federal Coach brands. I am excited about the opportunity to use my manufacturing knowledge and experience to continue this excellence.”
In his new role, Bradshaw will immediately be tasked with analyzing facilities, procurement, production, and quality assurance processes for the commercial and luxury bus products manufactured at this location to determine operational changes necessary for increasing efficiencies and growing output.
Since 2014, Bradshaw has been director of operations at ASV’s plant in Salina, Kansas, where the Eldorado National-Kansas, Eldorado Mobility, and Krystal vehicle brands are manufactured. During his tenure in Salina, Bradshaw has had an instrumental role in the plant-wide adoption of lean manufacturing principles and successful reconfiguration of production lines. Prior to this, he was plant operations manager at Detroit Reman-Central, a remanufacturer of on and off-highway vehicle power systems. Previously, Bradshaw held positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing and operations with Daimler Trucks North America.
ASV’s Bus & Mobility Group is made up of some of the industry’s leading brands—Champion Bus, Collins Bus, ElDorado National-California, ElDorado National-Kansas, ElDorado Mobility, Federal Coach, Goshen Coach, and Krystal—that manufacture light- and medium-duty commercial shuttle buses, heavy-duty transit buses, mobility conversion vehicles, and Type A school buses for public transit, paratransit, airport, parking, hotel/resort, group tour, public/private schools, assisted living, church, and university transportation markets.
Visit alliedsv.com for more information.
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