Holmes heads Athens Crye-Leike office
Chris Holmes of Sweetwater, Tenn., has been promoted to managing broker of the Crye-Leike Realtors’ office in Athens, Tenn., located at 580 S. Congress Parkway.
Holmes, who joined Crye-Leike in 2012, is responsible for managing and recruiting a sales force of associates who list and sell residential and commercial real estate in Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea and Roane counties.
The Athens Crye-Leike office generated $26.43 million in sales in 2015, and Holmes said he expects the expansion of Denso Manufacturing and other businesses to add to the county’s economic growth and development, which is generating an uptick in real estate sales.
Holmes will continue to list and sell real estate, specializing in single family homes, land and farms. Holmes has attained the seller representative specialist (SRS) designation, as well as the e-pro designation, which signifies knowledge in digital initiatives.
When Holmes first joined Crye-Leike in 2012, his sales performance earned him the honor of being named Rookie of the Year. His previous job experiences were in management with Merck and Roche Carolina as a chemist and quality control laboratory supervisor and with Aeroflex USA as its process control supervisor and quality control manager. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“I feel privileged and honored to have the opportunity to be affiliated with the No. 1 real estate company in the Mid-South,” Holmes said.
Crye-Leike’s Athens branch office is one of nine company-owned offices within its Southeast Region of Tennessee with offices in Athens, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Fort Oglethorpe, Hixson, Ooltewah and Signal Mountain.
March Adams adds 3 new principals
March Adams & Associates Inc. has added three new principals to the company – Scott McKenzie, C. Jeffrey Westbrook and Michael Hutcherson. The 34-year-old Chattanooga engineering firm continues to be headed by principals Joe B. Hutcherson III and Thomas L. Miller.
McKenize, who joined March Adams 23 years ago, serves as vice president of special projects. A graduate of Georgia Tech, McKenzie has more than 33 years experience in complex industrial and heavy commercial mechanical design.
Westbrook has been with March Adams for 14 years, most recently serving as mechanical department head. He has more than 25 years of commercial and industrial experience. Westbrook is a graduate in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga and earned his MBA at Georgia State University.
Michael Hutcherson has been with the company for 13 years, most recently as civil department head. He is a graduate in civil engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
In addition to three new principals, March Adams also named Brian Horne as director of engineering. He has been with the company for seven years and has worked in structural and civil engineering for 18 years. He is a graduate of Tennessee Tech.
March Adams & Associates typically works on 500 to 600 projects a year and has a 35-employee staff.
Wilson named to Buchanan law firm
The law firm of Eric Buchanan and Associates has added R. Chandler Wilson as an associate attorney.
Wilson graduated cum laude from the University of Florida with a major in history and minor in anthropology. He also graduated from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
While attending Washington and Lee University, he worked at the Community Legal Practice Center and represented low-income clients in a variety of civil matters with a focus on child custody cases.
“I love seeing my hard work have a positive impact on my clients and their families,” he said.
Lorberbaum wins entrepreneur award
Mohawk Industries’ CEO Jeff Lorberbaum became the first flooring industry leader honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in the Southeast U.S. Region during the recent EY 30th anniversary of its unique entrepreneurial awards program.
Lorberbaum joined Mohawk Industries in 1994 after the company merged with Aladdin Mills, the carpet and rug company his parents founded in Dalton, Ga. Under his leadership as first CEO and then chairman and CEO, Mohawk has grown to become the world’s largest flooring company with 2015 sales of more than $8 billion and more than 34,000 employees worldwide.
“I began my career in a small family business, which has grown into a large public company, and the success of both depended on talented, dedicated people,” Lorberbaum said.
“I’m here tonight because of thousands of individuals who create, sell and deliver innovative flooring products to our customers around the globe.”
The EY awards honor entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
The awards are selected by a panel of independent judges, most of whom are past Regional Entrepreneur of the Year award winners.
Viertel promoted, Colvin joins ndp
The advertising agency ndp (formerly Neathawk Dubuque & Packett) has promoted Grace Viertel to senior art director. She was previously an art director.
Viertel joined ndp in 2008, and recently won silver and bronze awards in the highly competitive Richmond Show.
In addition, James Colvin has joined ndp in the position of marketing analytics lead, which provides clients with clear and actionable reporting and strategic guidance based on marketing performance. He was formerly an Insights Manager at True North Custom Publishing, and prior to that, an analyst for The Nielsen Co.
“Grace Viertel’s promotion and the hiring of James Colvin underline the importance of cultivating outstanding talent in our industry, ” said Daniel Fell, president and CEO of ndp. “We recognize Grace’s consistently high-caliber creative and the need for James’ marketing acumen and analytics experience. To be effective in advertising, you need both.”
Based in Richmond, Va., the Emmy-winning advertising agency serves clients throughout the U.S. with offices in Richmond and Roanoke, Va., and Chattanooga.
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