
Just Hired

Hirsch Gift Inc., Houston, Texas, has hired five new multi-line representatives to join the supplier's outside sales team in January 2016. Scott Blankenship of Blankenship Marketing Group will represent Hirsch Gift Inc. in Arkansas, Oklahoma and North Texas; Sharon Wohlleber of The Integrity Sales Group will cover Louisiana and South Texas; Anne Piotter of Cannon…
Sterling Cut Glass, Erlanger, Ky., announced the addition of Tessa Trumble as Western territory sales manager. Trumble, who was was recognized as a PPAI Rising Star in 2014, will focus on developing new relationships with key distributors and managing Sterling Cut…
American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., named Eric Gorghuber information technology senior director, effective Dec. 21. After joining the company in 2011, Gorghuber has held a key role in bringing the PeopleSoft application to a stable and reliable state for…
Industry supplier Proinnovative INc. , Phoenix, has named Hermosa Beach, California-based Incentives West as its multi-line representative in the Western region effective Jan. 1, 2016. Steve De Mars will service Specialty Advertising Association of California and Arizona Promotional Products Association regional markets; Mark Shinn will serve Northwest Promotional Marketing Association, Promotional Marketing Association, and Rocky Mountain Region…
Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., has appointed Ross Dohrmann as director of account management. He will be focused on program channels, direct-mail channels, wholesale channels and new business opportunities. Dohrmann brings strategic sales and management experience to this new role. For more information on Gemline, visit www.gemline.com.
Halls & Company, the Brooklyn Park, Minnesota-based manufacturer of ID Line, announced the hire of four new multi-line representatives: Joe Eberz of Joe Eberz & Associates to cover the North Central U.S., Tony Tuso of Tuso Marketing for the Southwest U.S., Joe Keely of Select Lines Marketing for the South Central U.S. and Scott Hareid…
3M Promotional Markets, North Mankato, Minn., announced that it has hired The MLR Alliance to represent the company in its Southern region. The MLR Alliance is made up of Tony Tuso of Tuso Marketing, Tony Pinto of Pinto Marketing, and Bill Reisack and Julie Macdonald-Ward of Reisack Marketing. The MLR Alliance will represent 3M Promotional…
Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced the addition of Gerard Schifano of the Schifano Group to its list of multi-line representatives. Schifano will represent the company in New Jersey, New York City (five boroughs) and Long Island. Schifano has worked in the promotional products industry…
Clay Hall has joined Neenah, Wisconsin-based AIA Corporation’s field sales management team as director of field sales development, where he will be leading the organization’s efforts to grow sales with its largest platinum-level owners in the West. Hall is replacing Greg Armstrong, who was promoted to vice president of marketing and supplier relations in October.…
Selco, a custom watch manufacturer in Tulsa, Okla., welcomed Gavin Little to its sales team as an account manager. In addition to managing customer accounts, Little will make sales calls and travel to trade shows. “Each day I have the opportunity to help distributors in many…