THE TRAINING ASSOCIATES APPOINTS NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Successful Staffing Veteran to Grow Market Share and Revenue

Boston, MA, -- January 21, 2004 - The Training Associates (TTA), the largest and oldest provider of IT trainers, announces that Richard Lees has joined its ranks as National Sales Manager. Rich will be responsible for managing and developing sales representatives as well as increasing TTA market share and revenue.

Boston, MA, (PRWEB) January 21, 2004 --The Training Associates (TTA), the largest and oldest provider of IT trainers, announces that Richard Lees has joined its ranks as National Sales Manager. Rich will be responsible for managing and developing sales representatives as well as increasing TTA market share and revenue.

Rich has over 13 years of experience in the staffing industry starting in 1989 at AeroTEK/Allegis Corporation/TEKsystems, as a Recruiter/Customer Representative when the company was just beginning with revenues of $22 million and ten salespeople in three locations. Over the next dozen years he grew with the company, first as a leading Sales Manager to his most recent post as Executive Director of Business Operations. Rich a significant contributor to the growth of the organization into one of the five largest staffing companies in the world with revenues of $3.5 billion, 2,700 salespeople in over 300 locations, employing over 40,000 contractors, growth reached extensively from internal resources and no outside investment.

One of Richs most prominent successes was building the Dallas/Ft. Worth regional office from three sales teams to over 100 sales teams, from a few recruiters to over 125 recruiters, from one sales office to twelve sales offices, and revenues from $2 million to $140 million with a pretax profit of 15%.

We are happy to have Rich with us as a key contributor enabling TTA toward its corporate goal of being 10 times bigger over the next few years. He will work closely with our sales people and others to help maximize our performance in the industry" said Victor J. Melfa, CEO and President of The Training Associates. "His experience and effectiveness will be a cornerstone to the success of The Training Associates."
Rich has his BS in Business Administration from Nichols College. Rich served in the United States Army for eight years ending his career as a Captain and Airborne Ranger.

About The Training Associates:
The Training Associates has been the innovative leader in the IT trainer staffing industry since 1994. With over 5,000 qualified IT trainers teaching over 10,000 classes per year, The Training Associates is the largest provider of contract and full-time IT trainers in North America. Leading technology partners include Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, Intel, HP, and Novell. Training provider clients include New Horizons, IBM Learning Services, Thomson Learning/NetG/Wave, Knowledge Universe/ Productivity Point International, CompUSA, and Boston University.
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