Van
Pearl Associates, Inc., was founded in 1983 by Adria Pearl-Belport. Prior
to that, Adria spent a decade as an advertising executive and as Vice President,
Marketing and Advertising, for M.Shanken Communications, publishers of The
Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado.
As Founder and President, Adria has pioneered such promotional ideas as
introducing Prepaid Calling Card Technology to the Premium & Incentive
Industry in 1996, and also created innovative programs to utilize this new
promotional medium.
Adria has been a speaker at numerous industry meetings and events and has kept
Van Pearl on the cutting edge of the industry for over 20 years. Her wealth of
knowledge of the promotional products industry is vast, and she lends her expertise
to her clients to maximize all promotional efforts. Adria is always available
for project consultation to help you come up with the perfect solution to your
promotional products needs.
MICHAEL LOEB , Vice President, Director of Business Development and Strategic Planning
With a multi-dimensional background in law, business and psychotherapy, Michael brings a unique ability to pay attention to detail while connecting the dots into a bigger picture.
PAUL WUNDER Vice President, Finance and Technology
Paul
Wunder joined Van Pearl in June of 2000 as our Controller, and is responsible
for finance and technology. Paul brings to Van Pearl almost 30 years of experience
at IBM, where he held highly visible Financial Management positions at both the
Divisional and Corporate level. Paul was recognized early in his career as "The
Most Effective Person in Finance", and he subsequently led the team that
created the first financial models enabling IBM to achieve early success in the
outsourcing industry. For this, Paul was awarded the IBM President's Award for
Achievement.
Paul brings to Van Pearl his belief that the customer is the reason why a firm
is in business and that meeting a customer's needs in a cost-effective way helps
both Van Pearl and its customers meet their business objectives.
Through constant upgrades of Van Pearl systems and processes to the latest technology,
Paul has succeeded in keeping our firm at the top of the promotional products
industry. Paul pioneered a customized technology to provide in-house fulfillment,
using automated bar coding, scanning and invoicing for our Fortune 500 Company
Store programs.
SARAH
LORNIE Manager, Account & Customer Services
Sarah joined Van Pearl in 2004 and manages the development and production of
all in-house projects and company store programs.
Sarah brings a skill package of detail and organization from the field of law,
that helps to insure that programs and projects run smoothly, from inception
to execution.
TODD FOLLANSBEE
- Site Management
Todd has been on the leading edge of technology since he first went online
in 1969. Usability work has been his focus since the mid 90's. He has
written articles, presented at seminars and appeared on TV on Web Marketing
topics.
Todd combines usability, psychology
and a thorough understanding of the online sales experience
to build a clear and compelling online presence converting site
visitors into customers.