<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Idaho Falls, ID</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.15.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Kingston & Associates Marketing is welcoming Nick Proia to the newly created position of Vice President of Business Development. In his new role, Mr. Proia will focus on developing new business, strengthening strategic relationships and expanding product lines as well as distribution channels, according to a press release.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“Nick is a results-oriented and driven leader with a proven track record of successfully developing, implementing, and leading strategic business development and sales management teams and initiatives. His extensive background in developing customer-centric programs—a hallmark of the Kingston brand—make him perfectly suited to this position,” said President, Ken Nabal. “We are excited to have Nick leading our Business Development Strategy and expect him to be extremely instrumental in helping the company reach new heights.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/Screen shot 2013-03-15 at 10.48.08 AM.png" alt="03-15-2013 - IMAGES" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mr. Proia brings more than 25 years of experience in the industry to his position, holding senior-level sales and management roles in foodservice distribution and value-added processing along with new product and packaging development.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Kingston’s reputation in the produce industry and its strong brand recognition for quality and service along with great people and vision were the key components of my decision to come on board,” commented Mr. Proia. “I am excited to utilize my industry knowledge, relationships and business development experience to support the Company’s aggressive growth objectives and long term strategies.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Congratulations Kingston & Associates Marketing and Nick Proia on the growing family!</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.kingstonmarketing.com/products" target="_new"> Kingston & Associates Marketing</a> </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
