• BioLab has announced that Charlie Schobel will be leaving the company after 36 years with the company. “Charlie’s contributions to the growth of BioLab and the pool industry have been numerous and his legacy of providing pool dealers with the high quality products and support they need to be successful will continue to influence our strategy for some time,” said Jon Viner, president of BioLab. “Those who have been mentored by Charlie will carry on that legacy as we continue to find innovative ways to help our dealers and our industry prosper and grow.”
Schobel is also a longtime contributor to APSP, where he has served on several committees and task forces, culminating in his chairmanship of the association during 2010.
“We’re certain Charlie will remain involved within the industry in some form or another and he will continue to remain close to all the friends and associates he has made during his career,” Viner added. “We fully support him in the APSP projects that are still on his plate and wish him continued success wherever his path leads him.”
• SeaKlear, manufacturers of a complete line of water treatment products both pools and spas, has expanded its marketing group with the addition of Kate Bovey as the team’s new leader. Bovey brings a wealth of experience to HaloSource with over 20 years of strategic communications and marketing assignments in the global retail, non-profit and tourism industries. She joined the company from Starbucks Coffee Company where, for more than 13 years, she worked extensively in marketing, corporate communications and crisis management developing and leading global cross-functional projects.
• British manufacturer Triogen, a maker of ozone and UV water treatment systems, named Michael McKenna to the position of electrical design and after-sales support engineer. McKenna willhelp provide technical after-sales support across Triogen’s range of leading Ozone and UV water treatment systems for leisure pool and industrial markets.
• Nicholas Pools’ Theodora Sergiou has been chosen as a finalist for the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs award, an honor open to women business leaders in New Jersey.
Sergiou has more than 25 years’ experience in pool construction, and in 2003 bought the company her parents founded. Nicholas Pools is located in Toms River, N.J.
