Bill Kinross joins Marketing & Technology Group as Vice President/Group Publisher; Innovative business publisher will lead sales growth of core meat and poultry properties.CHICAGO -- Veteran business-to-business publisher Bill Kinross has joined Marketing & Technology Group as Vice President and Group Publisher. In this role, Kinross will lead the day-to-day sales efforts and growth initiatives of the company's core meat and poultry poultry, domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose. industry properties, including POULTRY, CarneTec, CarneTec.com and the recently announced print and online editions of the industry-leading Meatingplace franchise. "Bill Kinross brings a proven record of success to our sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a team," said Mark Lefens, President. "He's a straight-shooting, innovative, hard-working publisher, who is already known and respected by many manufacturers in the food industry." During his 20-year career in publishing, Kinross has led the sales teams of several publications in the food, packaging, architectural and construction markets. Most recently, Kinross was publisher of Putman Media's Food Processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. magazine, where he oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the launch of two innovative spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. publications, Wellness Foods and Food Creation. Prior to joining Marketing & Technology Group, Kinross was Director of Sales for Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, a multinational trade exhibition company. "This clearly is a company committed to quality and creating value for both its readers and advertisers," said Kinross. "With the recent announcement about the new, integrated Meatingplace, it's a very exciting time and I'm looking forward to the challenge." "Bill Kinross is a key addition to the management team," added Lefens. "Bill's arrival gives our company the management bench strength we need to build our existing properties and to launch new ventures. I'll be turning over the title of publisher to Bill, and will be devoting more time to visiting our customers, working with our editorial staff, and developing our next generation of products." Effective immediately, current Vice President of Sales & Marketing Jim Goldberg will assume the new title of Vice President, Special Projects, focusing on developing new revenue streams in custom publishing, events and distance learning. He also will remain Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for the Southern United States The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States. . Marketing & Technology Group is a Chicago-based integrated media company serving multiple channels of the meat and poultry processing and foodservice industries. The company's print and digital properties include MMT MMT Million Metric Tons MMT Médecins Maîtres-Toile MMT Methadone Maintenance Treatment MMT Multiple Mirror Telescope MMT Mission Management Team (International Space Station) MMT Military Training Technology (Meat Marketing & Technology), POULTRY, CarneTec (serving Latin American meat processors) and Plate magazines; and industry Web sites www.meatingplace.com and www.carneTec.com. |
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