FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rebecca Amesbury,
Vice President
Telephone:
954-566-4647
Fax: 954-252-2445
SKILLSTORM
APPOINTS PAUL COZZA AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC ACCOUNTS
San Diego, California
(August 27, 2009) – SkillStorm has hired
Paul Cozza as Vice President of Strategic Accounts. With more than 14 years in the IT staffing
augmentation industry, he is responsible for
targeting strategic accounts for SkillStorm.
Cozza will also be working closely with SkillStorm Associate Vice
Presidents and Account Managers overseeing client relationships. Cozza is based out of corporate headquarters
in San Diego, California.
“We are excited to have Paul on our team,”
said SkillStorm CEO Vince Virga. “His
ability to acquire new business, as well as his enthusiasm and strong work
ethic, make him the perfect candidate to join our team. He will be a tremendous asset to SkillStorm
as our company is expanding so rapidly.”
Most recently, Cozza served as the Regional
Vice President for a national IT staffing and recruiting firm. In this role, he built and maintained key
client relationships, provided leadership and coaching
to branch managers, sales representatives and technical recruiters for regional
offices in the western United States and oversaw regional sales revenues, which
increased from zero to $30 million annually.
Cozza had previously served as Director of National Sales, a role in
which he was the organization’s most senior sales manager, responsible for a
corporate sales department of more than 60 sales representatives and over 100
technical recruiters in 17 nationwide offices.
During his tenure in this role, the organization grew from just over $10
million to $150 million in annual revenue.
He also previously served as a Regional Accounts Manager, a role in
which he was responsible for managing major accounts and the development of key
business partnerships.
Cozza attended the University of Illinois in
Chicago, Illinois. Cozza’s professional
certifications include Miller Heiman Strategic Selling and Dale Carnegie Sales
Training.
Cozza is actively involved in the Big Brothers
Big Sisters of America, mentoring an 11 year old boy for the past two
years. Until recently, he also volunteered
at the Child Crisis Center in Mesa, Arizona and New Day Center in Phoenix,
Arizona, aiding children and their families in times of need.
SkillStorm
has received many highly regarded national and state awards. Most recently, SkillStorm was named 2009
Business of the Year and one of the 2009 Best Places to Work by the South Florida Business Journal, making
this the second year in a row the company has received this honor. SkillStorm also won Orlando Business Journal’s 2008 Outstanding Small Business Award, received
the San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace
Ethics, ranked #2 on Charlotte Business
Journal’s Largest Contingency Executive Search Firms List for 2008 and
ranked # 2 on San Diego Daily
Transcript’s Staffing Firms List for 2008.
Other accolades include being named one of the 2007 Best Places to Work
in Central Florida by the Orlando
Business Journal, being awarded the 2006 Governor’s Entrepreneurship Award in Florida’s
Mega Market, winning South Florida
Business Journal's 2006 Technology Award in the Professional Services
Category and
ranking as the 13th Fastest Growing New Company in America in 2006
on Entrepreneur Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Hot 100 List.
About SkillStorm
SkillStorm
provides diversified technical services to various organizations
nationwide. The company specializes in Information
Technology, Engineering and Project Management consulting, outsourcing and
staff augmentation solutions. SkillStorm
has an impressive client list, which includes many elite Fortune 500 companies.
SkillStorm has 14 offices throughout the United States, with corporate
headquarters located in San Diego, California.
For
more information on SkillStorm, please visit us on the Web at www.SkillStorm.com.