Mon, Dec 13, 2010
Vincent Zarrella, Jim Slaton Move Up The Ranks
Two experienced managers at Piper Aircraft have been promoted to
higher positions within the company's Customer Service
organization.
Vincent P. Zarrella has been named director of Customer Service
and will report to Piper Executive Vice President Randy Groom.
Zarrella has nearly 25 years of aircraft support experience, the
past eight at Piper in increasingly responsible roles, including
his most recent assignment as senior manager of Piper Customer
Operations.
Vincent Zarrella
The company also named Jim Slaton senior manager of Parts Sales.
He reports to Zarrella. Slaton joined Piper in 1997 and his most
recent assignment was manager of Warranty.
"Both of these seasoned Piper maintenance professionals will
help the company move to a higher level of service support," Groom
said. "I am very pleased they have been on the Piper team for
sometime and were willing to step up to the challenges and
opportunities ahead as we move the company forward by upgrading our
customer service and parts support activities," he added.
Zarrella is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with crew chief
experience on Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. He has
more than 24 years of experience as an FAA Airframe and Powerplant
certified mechanic, with extensive experience on Beech, Cessna and
Piper aircraft. He has served Piper in several functions including
dealer development as service manager for a Piper dealer.
Jim Slaton
Slaton has worked in various capacities for Piper in Production,
Technical Support, and Warranty. He has a Bachelor in Business
Administration and an Associate of Applied Science in Aviation
Technology from Fairmont State University in West Virginia. He is
also an A&P.
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