Big Top Banners Adds Strait as Chief Executive

Big Top Banners, Inc., an Athens, Alabama-based woman-owned provider of innovative marketing, advertising, and entertainment products, announced today that Timothy A. Strait has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Strait will be responsible for setting corporate-wide strategy and will manage day-to-day operations for the organization.

Athens, AL (PRWEB) June 22, 2005 -- Big Top Banners, Inc., an Athens, Alabama-based woman-owned provider of innovative marketing, advertising, and entertainment products, announced today that Timothy A. Strait has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Strait will be responsible for setting corporate-wide strategy and will manage day-to-day operations for the organization.

Mr. Strait joins Big Top Banners from Alteritech, Inc., a multi-million dollar IT consulting and managed services company where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. During his career, he has run all aspects of operations, business development, supply chain, finance, and information technology. Mr. Strait has significant senior management experience, having held key positions at companies such as Nextel Communications, Price Waterhouse, and Ingersoll-Rand Company. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and completed an Executive Program at Harvard Business School.

Big Top Banners has all of the necessary ingredients to become a world-class innovator within the many markets it serves," stated Mr. Strait. I am excited to be involved and look forward to making Big Top Banners a dominant player in the industry."

Tims broad executive leadership experience is precisely what Big Top Banners needs as we launch our new products and move into new markets," stated Jacci Haggard, owner of Big Top Banners. We could not be happier to have him in our Chief Executive role."

About Big Top Banners

Big Top Banners was founded in 2003 with a mission to provide innovative marketing, advertising, and entertainment products to its target markets while delivering unmatched quality and service to its customers. Through the research and development for our own patented products to the distribution of our partners quality products, Big Top Banners has a long and proven track record of delighting our customers. For more information, visit www.bigtopbanners.com.

Contact:    

Cate Schilloff

Big Top Banners, Inc.

256-216-9350

www.bigtopbanners.com

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