Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2012

Lucas Case Joins Schultz & Summers Engineering


LUCAS CASE JOINS SCHULTZ & SUMMERS ENGINEERING

CASE JOINS ESTEEMED MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION

Lucas Case
Public Relations
Schultz & Summers Engineering is pleased to welcome Lucas Case to the Marketing and Public Relations Department at SSE.  Case hails from the mid-Missouri town of Richland but has lived and worked in Southwest Missouri for the last six years.  In 2012 SSE added a PR and Marketing division that will cater to professional services companies.  To better serve those clients they brought on Lucas Case, a social media guru and former Political Advisor to numerous Missouri candidates.  SSE Marketing Director, Rodney Jetton had this to say, “Lucas’ background in Public Relations, Social Media Management and Marketing were exactly what we were looking for to help us communicate our message with our customers.  He will also help the SSE’s marketing division provide, bankers, realtors, and other professional businesses build stronger relationships with their clients.”

Rodney Jetton,
Marketing Director
Case recently served as the Political Director for State Treasurer Sarah Steelman’s United States Senate campaign, and before that he served as an advisor on multiple state house and state senate races across Missouri.  In 2010 Case was a consultant for Majority Fund, Inc. (MFI) with the Missouri State Senate Campaign Committee and helped usher in wins for Senator Jay Wasson, Senator Bob Dixon and former House Speaker Ron Richard.  He was also involved in multiple races in the Springfield area as well as an advisor to Senator Jack Goodman’s Congressional race.  Earlier in 2008 Lucas was the Statewide Field Director for the Sarah Steelman for Governor Campaign. 

Soon after the elections were over Case moved into the private sector and managed a multi-million dollar venue in Branson on the World Famous Highway 76 Country Boulevard.  Along with managing the property he also founded the Sunday Night Gospel Concert Series at the Music City Centre Theatre.  Case was also a co-founder of the Branson-based Downing Street Boys Quartet.  In 2010 and 2011, Lucas also worked for Barbara Fairchild in her Marketing & Sales Department, which also allowed him to stay active in the Branson League of Theatre Owners & Show Producers.  Former CFO and Theater owner Debbie Caffrey said, “Lucas’s ability to use social media and oversee our operations greatly improved our attendance and profitability.  His expertise really helped our business thrive in a tough economy.”  Besides working in Branson’s entertainment industry Case also served as a Board Member on the Downtown Branson Main Street Association (DBMA), where his organizational and marketing skills helped to promote downtown Branson and the Tri-Lakes area. 

Stan Schultz, Principal/Owner
Case added, “It’s exciting to join a growing engineering company like SSE and also having the opportunity to use my social media skills to help their marketing division get going is something I am looking forward to.   Companies providing professional services can greatly benefit from using the social media techniques that the internet provides and working at SSE will allow me to help others grow their business. 

SSE has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies by both Inc. 500|5000 and ZwiegWhite.  Founded in 1997, many consider them to be the premier rural engineering company in Missouri.   Owner Stan Schultz concluded, “Having someone with Lucas’s background will be a huge boost to our marketing efforts both here in Missouri and the federal marketplace.  His political background will be a benefit to our clients and his marketing skills will continue to help us communicate our desire to help communities all across Missouri build the infrastructure they need to improve lives.”          





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Thursday, January 12, 2012

The SBJ's New Awards Debut with 2012 Dynamic Dozen- SSE's Rodney Jetton won Top Local Sales and Marketing Executive



Here is a quick story the Springfield Business Journal ran on their upcoming awards banquet.  Our marketing director, Rod Jetton was picked  as the top local sales and marketing executive.  The SBJ story is below.
  
The SBJ's Top Local Marketing Executive Rodney Jetton

The 12 fastest-growing Ozarks companies for 2012 have been determined, and three individuals will be honored via a trio of new awards.

The Dynamic Dozen companies, in alphabetical order, are:

  • Burrito Concepts LLC, area franchisee for Qdoba Mexican Grill;
  • Citizens Memorial Healthcare;
  • Covington Holdings Inc., dba Ashley Furniture Home Store;
  • CoxHealth;
  • ECS, formerly Electronic Check Services;
  • Intuitive Web Solutions LLC;
  • Jack Henry & Associates Inc.;
  • S&H Farm Supply;
  • Springfield First Community Bank;
  • Penmac Staffing Services Inc.;
  • Red Monkey Foods; and
  • SRC Automotive, a division of SRC Holdings.
The three individual honors and recipients are:

  • Top Local Executive – Steven Brady, CEO and chairman of the board, Anderson Engineering Inc.;
  • Top Local Financial Executive – Mike Finch, associate general manager and chief financial officer, City Utilities; and
  • Top Local Sales and Marketing Executive – Rodney Jetton, marketing director, Schultz and Summers Engineering.

Dianna Parker, a business faculty member at Ozarks Technical Community College, verified the numbers in the Dynamic Dozen applications.

Parker also served on a panel of independent judges that chose the honored executives. Other judges were Nancy Bass, vice president of human resources, Students in Free Enterprise Worldwide; Jerry Chin, computer information systems department head, Missouri State University; Dori Grinder, executive director, Ozark Chamber of Commerce; and Kelley Still, executive director of Drury University’s Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.

Rankings for the Dynamic Dozen companies will be announced and the individuals will be honored at a March 1 reception and awards ceremony at Doubletree Hotel, 2431 N. Glenstone Ave. Tickets are $30 apiece and are available at SBJ.net/D12.