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Pittsburgh, PA January 2016 – HDS held its Annual Sales Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 11th, 2015.  Howard Schwartz, Founder & CEO, Ryan Niggel, Chief Operating Officer and Martin Bohinski, Chief Financial Operator, held the awards ceremony from the annual PPAI Expo show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.  The event was joined remotely by all employees from HDS headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA as well as Arizona and Kansas City. Awards were carefully selected by ownership and management for performance over the past year.

Awards were as follows:

2015 Pillar Awards

Highest Sales Growth – Kelly Chiccitt

Highest GP% – Andy Lantzman

New Business Development – Bob Nanberg

Top Selling Sales Rep of the Year – Michele Fausti

2015 Pillar Awards of Excellence

Pillar Award of Excellence – Attitude: Mary Jaber

Pillar Award of Excellence – Effort: Bob Nanberg

Pillar Award of Excellence – Passion: Mark Rubican

Pillar Award of Excellence – Respect: Michael Schoen

Pillar Award of Excellence – Trust: Michele Fausti

Pillar Award of Excellence – Excellence: Mark Rubican

2015 HDS Company Awards

Manager of the Year – Mark Algeri

Production Employee of the Year – Cliff Jance

New Employee of the Year – Noah Shearer

Sales Rep of the Year – Kelly Chiccitt

Employee of the Year – Linda Seibel

Supplier of the Year – PolyConcept North America

From the left:  Noah Shearer, Mary Jaber, Linda Seibel, and Cliff Jance

Not Pictured:  Michael Schoen

From the left:  Mark Algeri, Michele Fausti, Kelly Chiccitt, Andy Lantzman, Mark Rubican and Bob Nanberg.

The awards didn’t stop there!  HDS’s own Kelly Chiccitt was also honored as a Top 5 Ultimate Sales Rep at the Facilisgroup 2015 TASAs.

Congratulations to all of the winners for 2015 and we look forward to a bright 2016!