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ADRIA PEARL-BELPORT President and Founder
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.
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.
JOELENE BRUNO Inventory Management Associate
Joelene joined Van Pearl in 2004 to manage inventory for company store programs, handle fulfillment of all orders, and customer service for these programs.
Joelene's responsibility is to make sure all orders are shipped in a timely manner and insure that all quality assurance standards are met.
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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. |
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