Contact: Phyllis Levine at 845.896.6934 X3001 or by Email
HVTDC ANNOUNCES NEW SALES TEAM MEMBERS
HVTDC has announced the addition of three new sales team members, Linda Spione of North Salem, NY; Lawrence Fiske, Jr. of Asheville, NC; and Terry Manning of Ossining, NY.The new sales team members will be responsible for the marketing and sales of HVTDC’s products and services to business decision makers throughout the seven counties of the region, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, Ulster, Orange, Sullivan and Westchester.
Phyllis Levine, manager of marketing and administration for the HVTDC, states, “We welcome Linda Spione and Larry Fiske as inside sales associates, and Terry Manning as an outside field associate.” Spione and Fiske will introduce HVTDC’s services and products by arranging introductory meetings for the HVTDC’s business development director while maintaining productive and beneficial relationships with existing HVTDC clients. As an outside field sales associate, Manning will be responsible for marketing and sales of revenue producing projects for the HVTDC’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program which she will generate by meeting directly with the owners and decision makers of companies throughout the region.
Prior to joining HVTDC, Linda Spione worked as a freelance business-to-business marketing specialist with a number of companies nationwide including Go-Market Strategies in Seattle, WA from 2002 until her current position with HVTDC; The Williams Group in Tennessee from 2003 to 2004; DJD Golden in New York City from 2002 to 2004; and Becker and Associates in California from 1998-2002. Currently she is also an Interfaith Minister serving as a visiting Chaplain at Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital in Katonah, New York.
Lawrence F. Fiske Jr. is an independent management consultant and analyst working primarily with small to medium sized businesses for the past 15 years. He has served as a senior consultant and project manager with well-known management consulting firms that include Excel, Business Management Solutions, Inc., American Management Services, Inc., and Associated Management & Consulting Services. A specialist in organizational development, cost containment, financial planning and analysis, he was owner of L.F. Fiske & Co. in Wilton, CT, an independent management consulting business that serviced major corporations and privately-held companies, between 1993 and 1999.
Westchester resident Terry Manning’s previous experience includes investment real estate brokerage, commercial art and designing, warehouse planning, and representative for a large company doing business consulting similar to what she will be doing for HVTDC.
For more information on the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center, contact Phyllis Levine at 845-896-6934x3001, via email at plevine@hvtdc.org.