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ADRIA PEARL-BELPORT – President and Founder
Adria Pearl-Belport, founder and president, has spent over 25 years in promotional and strategic marketing. Adria launched Van Pearl Social Media Marketing in 2008 to keep pace with the evolving technologies and growth of social media as a business tool.
In today’s ever- changing world, Adria helps companies navigate this new frontier. To help them stand out from the crowd, Adria integrates new media opportunities with traditional marketing strategies. As a social media marketing consultant, Adria guides businesses in understanding how to utilize social media networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to maximize their online presence. Helping executives and their staffs in the development of email marketing campaigns.
Adria teaches clients how to leverage 21century marketing tools such as webinars, and telecourses.
Adria started her advertising career at Levine, Huntley, Schmidt, Plaper & Beaver in account managment and then moved on to Vice President, Marketing, Advertising and Business Development for M. Shanken Communications. She was instrumental in the launch of The Wine Spectator along with Marvin Shanken, the "guru" of the wine and spirits world, and publisher of The Wine Spectator, Cigar Afficianado, Food Arts and several trade publications to the Wine & Spirits community.
Van Pearl has provided promotional marketing solutions to Fortune 100 companies in Financial Services, Pharamaceuticals, Cosmetics and the Communications Industry since 1983. Clients include Emmy Award winning TV Host and Filmmaker, Sonya Hamlin, Psychotherapist, Mel Schwartz, Pfizer, Centerbridge Capital, Vestar Capital, CareNet Geriatric Care Management, Tauck Tours, Savannah College of Art & Design, Columbia University, Brean Carret Murray, Wolfe Trahan Marketing.
Adria also serves on the Board of Directors of Positive Directions, a Westport-based social services agency that specializes in the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2009. |
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MICHAEL LOEB , Vice President, Director of Business Development and Strategic Planning
With a multi-dimensional background in law, business and psychotherapy, Michael brings a unique ability to pay attention to detail while connecting the dots into a bigger picture. |
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PAUL WUNDER – Vice President, Finance and Technology
Paul
Wunder joined Van Pearl in June of 2000 as our Controller, and is responsible
for finance and technology. Paul brings to Van Pearl almost 30 years of experience
at IBM, where he held highly visible Financial Management positions at both the
Divisional and Corporate level. Paul was recognized early in his career as "The
Most Effective Person in Finance", and he subsequently led the team that
created the first financial models enabling IBM to achieve early success in the
outsourcing industry. For this, Paul was awarded the IBM President's Award for
Achievement.
Paul brings to Van Pearl his belief that the customer is the reason why a firm
is in business and that meeting a customer's needs in a cost-effective way helps
both Van Pearl and its customers meet their business objectives.
Through constant upgrades of Van Pearl systems and processes to the latest technology,
Paul has succeeded in keeping our firm at the top of the promotional products
industry. Paul pioneered a customized technology to provide in-house fulfillment,
using automated bar coding, scanning and invoicing for our Fortune 500 Company
Store programs. |
