And the Award Goes to…, Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update – 11/20
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Walter Bagdzinski Wins 2009 Rainbow Award at Penguin Group (USA) Sales Conference Awards Dinner and Wendy Pearl, Lee Swenka, Todd Jones and Bob DeMarco Named PGI Sales Reps of the Year
Walter Bagdzinski, Director of Inventory Management for Penguin Group (USA), received the 2009 Rainbow Award at this week’s Penguin Group Sales Conference Awards & Celebration Dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Every year at this time, the Penguin Group (USA) hardcover, paperback and young readers sales teams collectively present the Rainbow Award to an individual outside of sales they feel contributed the most during the year to the teams’ success.
Norman Lidofsky and Dick Heffernan acknowledged that Walter Bagdzinski “figures out solutions to everything you ask him,” created, among many other processes, the Early Ship Program, “makes it work,” and expertly keeps track of release dates, itineraries and the “back-end of our business that is so important to the success of all of our books.” Walter received loud cheers as he came to the podium and was congratulated by Norman and Dick (pictured above).
In addition to the Rainbow Award, Penguin Group (USA) Sales Reps of the Year were announced, with the 2009 recognitions going to Wendy Pearl (hardcover), Lee Swenka (paperback), Todd Jones (young readers), and Bob DeMarco (the distributor sales division), who is retiring at the end of this year and received warm well-wishes from his colleagues.
Congratulations to all!
Pictured (left to right): Hardcover Sales Rep of the Year Wendy Pearl (left) with Katya Shannon; Paperback Sales Rep of the Year Lee Swenka with Trish Weyenberg; Children's Sales Rep of the Year Todd Jones with Jackie Engel (far right), Dick Heffernan and Ken Kaye; Distributor Division Sales Rep of the Year Bob DeMarco, center, between Dick Heffernan, Norman Lidofsky, Ken Kaye and Lisa Pannek.
