• Frank McCarthy has joined Beachcomber Hot Tubs as a business development partner. He will be responsible for providing service to retail stores on the Eastern Seaboard.
McCarthy has 27 years of professional sales experience in acquisition, retail environment, marketing, training and profit improvement. The new job represents a return to Beachcomber, where McCarthy got his start in the industry 15 years ago.
"I am so pleased to be back with Beachcomber Hot Tubs, because it is clear to me that systems of running a successful hot tub business are almost non-existent outside of the Beachcomber culture. It is a privilege to be back and I look forward to helping Beachcomber continue to grow its retail store base," McCarthy said.
• Great American Merchandise and Events (GAME) has named Bill Skelton Director of Asian Manufacturing and Distribution, and added Jay Khanpour to its engineering team.
Skelton brings more than 15 years experience in supply chain management, most recently in international sourcing, and has an MBA and is working toward his Master's degree in project management. In his new position, Skelton will identify, develop and sustain partnerships with Asian manufacutrers to support GAME's growing business.
Khanpour brings 17 years of experience in such fields as aerospace, semiconductors and consumer goods. As a manufacturing engineer for GAME, he will be in charge of documentation and configuration control, quality, change control, product verification and some product development engineering.
• Evosus, makers business management software for the pool and spa industry, has been recognized for the third time by the Portland Business Journal as one of the region's top 100 fastest growing private companies in Oregon and southwestern Washington.
"We couldn't continue to grow at this rapid pace without the support of our customers in the pool industry," said Dan Bradford, vice president of sales. "Not only have our sales increased to more dealers in the swimming pool and spa industry, but our customers continue to provide us with invaluable ideas and suggestions to enhance the functionality of the software, which ultimately makes pool businesses more successful."
• Neptune-Benson, a manufacturer of commercial pool filtration systems, has named Brad Weir as the Australian representative for the Defender Regenerative Media Filters.
Weir has spent the last 25 years in the aquatics industry, and is a licensed plumber and swimming pool builder.
"We are thrilled to have Brad on board", said Michael Turner, Neptune-Benson's Vice President of International Business Development. "The success we are having with the Defender filter at some of Australia's most prestigious aquatic installations has really spurred-on our momentum in the region. Having a qualified representative on the continent will be an invaluable asset in helping us serve the many new customers who are gravitating towards Defender's industry-leading technology."
