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Mosaic Global President Rhonda Brewster
Redwood City, Calif. — Mosaic Global Transportation recently announced that Rhonda Brewster has been promoted to the position of president of the company. Previously, she held the role of chief operations officer. Maurice Brewster, her husband and business partner, will retain the title of chief executive officer.
As the company continues to expand, Rhonda Brewster will use her new position to create and administer a higher-level management team.
“Realizing that cultivating strategic partnerships is Maurice’s forte, it just made sense to bring sales and marketing under my leadership, giving him the ability to go deeper into those strategic partnerships,” said Rhonda Brewster.
As chief executive officer, Maurice Brewster will be able to devote all his time to developing and strengthening alliances in the corporate arena. Further, he feels that Rhonda’s talent for organization and her attention to detail will be an asset to her as president.
“This is a huge change in our organization,” he said. “With a successful company, if you don’t have someone dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s, that’s where you have failure. But Rhonda is the best at doing that.”
Visit mosaicglobaltransportation.com for more information.
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Dallas — Lanyon, a global leader in meetings, events, and travel software, recently announced its strategic partnership with Pow Wow Smart, a comprehensive technology platform that delivers ground transportation solutions for meetings, conferences, and events.
"Lanyon's goal is to make meeting and event planners' jobs easier by being a one-stop shop for all of their needs," said John Pulling, chief technology officer of Lanyon. "Our Smart Events Cloud and Smart Hotel Cloud solutions, coupled with the innovative technologies that Pow Wow Smart offers, will enable meeting and event planners to manage their event, secure hotel blocks, and source ground transportation all in one place, without having to piecemeal their technology together. Through the Pow Wow Smart network of limousine companies, corporations will be able to save more than 30 percent on ground transportation cost. Just as Lanyon brings together planners and suppliers through hotel venue sourcing, we now can do the same with ground transportation."
Pow Wow Smart, together with miRide, its mobile application for chauffeur-driven rides for businesses and professionals, has pioneered the advancement of technology and data aggregation for ground transportation, according to the press release announcing the collaboration. The patented technologies improve process and workflow for meeting and event planners, save time and money, and produce a better attendee experience. Their marketplace, which creates direct relationships with reputable companies that own the rubber and steel, helps companies effectively address this significant spend category.
With the partnership, planners will be able to submit a pricing request to ground companies through the Pow Wow Smart system, which will generate quotes from three to five transportation companies. After selecting the best transportation option, the planner will then have the ability to collect flight arrival and departure times through the registration system, and export the data directly into the system, automatically building the pickup and drop-off manifest.
"We're thrilled to be leading this effort with Lanyon," said Evan Michaels, CEO of Pow Wow Smart. "Ground transportation is a significant category in the event process in need of breakthrough process improvement, and we're excited about working with Lanyon to address efficiencies and cost-savings through our proven technologies and supplier marketplace."
The partnership announcement continues Lanyon's strong 2016, as the company recently appointed Jay Link as chief sales officer, and announced the addition of Christie Hicks, Mark Komine, and Bill Nicholson to the Lanyon Strategic Advisory Board. Lanyon is also updating and enhancing the company's Smart Events Cloud solution, with the newest additions to the platform to be announced in the second quarter of 2016.
Visit lanyon.com for more information. Visit powwowsmart.com for more information about Pow Wow Smart and its offerings.
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LANJ President Jason Sharenow
East Hanover, N.J. — Jason Sharenow, chief operating officer of Broadway Elite Chauffeured Services Worldwide in East Hanover, N.J., assumed the role of Limousine Association of New Jersey (LANJ) president, effective March 3 upon the resignation of former president Jeff Shanker. Prior to this change, Sharenow held the position of LANJ first vice president.
Shanker left the LANJ presidential post, which he held from January 21, 2015, until March 3 of this year, due to his departure from A-1 Limousine in Princeton to accept the position of general manager for RMA Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation in Rockville, Md.
Says Sharenow, "I very much appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the Limousine Association of New Jersey, now in the capacity of its president. LANJ has done a remarkable job representing the interests of its members under the leadership of Jeff Shanker. I am grateful for his time and effort and I look forward to continuing his charge."
It is important to note that LANJ bylaws, specifically Article 5, Section H-b, prescribe this leadership transition: "Succession of Officers: In the event the President shall be unable or unwilling to serve in the office to which he/she has been elected, the person holding the position of Vice President will assume the position and duties of the Presidency for the remainder of the year."
The next LANJ meeting will be held March 16.
Visit lanj.org for more information.
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