Primeritus Announces Management Promotions
Primeritus recently promoted nine of its employees from within its California and Tennessee offices.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., and EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — Primeritus Financial Services, which provides repossession management, remarketing, titling and skip tracing services, recently announced several top management promotions at its California location and one promotion at its Tennessee office.
Among the promoted members of the El Dorado Hills, Calif., office were: John Fountaine, vice president and general manager; Chris Oskiera, vice president of recovery; Bill Sheehan, vice president of sales, operations and IT; Brett Whitten, vice president of corporate projects; Dan Maue, CFO; Lisa Bear, vice president of human resources; Vick Kuzmenko, director of transport; and Craig Takett, SkipMasters operations manager.
"We knew with our recent business acquisition in California, we were getting a group of great operators. It didn't take long for us to promote these top performers from within the company," said Chuck Tapp, the company’s CEO. "Their expertise and experience as a team made the transition smooth, and the products we offer our clients stronger and wider in scope.”
In the Nashville, Tenn., office, Keith Baggett was promoted from director to vice president of vendor relations.
"Keith is one of those rare individuals that genuinely wants to help everyone, which is why we chose him to oversee our agent network," Primeritus President Phil Hanks noted. "We look for individuals who are here to not only help grow our business, but to help grow our partnerships with agents and clients alike.”
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