Despite Overall Slow-Down in General Aviation Industry, Italian
Brand Expands Sales Reach
Piaggio Aero, which manufactures
aircraft for business travel, announced Tuesday the addition of key
sales positions within the company, doubling the North American
sales force and increasing the brand's overall presence and
strength within the U.S.
Tom Mahoney joins Piaggio Aero as Sales Director for the North
Eastern US and Eastern Canada, from XO Jets, where he was East
Coast Vice President of Sales.
Tom Mahoney
Ernie Santiago, former West Coast VP of Sales for Citation
Shares, has been appointed Piaggio's Sales Director for the West
Coast and Western Canada.
Ernie Santiago
With extensive experience in sales management,marketing,business
development and training, Mahoney and Santiago will join Piaggio's
existing Sales Directors in playing major roles as Piaggio Aero
continues its rapid worldwide growth and, looks to boost
U.S.-sales for the Italian company's widely acclaimed P. 180
Avanti II aircraft.
"We are delighted to have both Tom and Ernie join us at Piaggio
Aero," said Piaggio America - Executive Vice President, John
M.Bingham. "They bring a wealth of aviation experience to us and
become part of a strong sales team at a very exciting time for the
company, as we see numerous growth opportunities for Piaggio Aero
in North,Central and South America."
Mahoney will be based out of New Jersey and manage the Northeast
US, the eastern Canadian seaboard and Ontario and Quebec, an area
where he has a great deal of experience and well known throughout
the aviation industry there.
Santiago, who will be operating out of Orange County, CA, will
utilize his extensive aircraft sales management skills from his
former positions at Gulfstream and Cessna in his new role. He will
be responsible for the Western US and the Canadian Provinces of
British Columbia and Alberta.
Mahoney and Santiago join Piaggio Aero's existing, experienced
Sales Directors, Shane Ellis and Michael Hissam, who will now both
take up much more focused and defined sales management roles within
Piaggio.
Shane Ellis
Based in Texas, Ellis as Piaggio's Sales Director, Central USA
and Central Canada, will cover the middle American states, along
with the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Michael Hissam
Hissam will now be Sales Director for the South Eastern USA and
The Bahamas and will continue to be based in Georgia.