Conrad Church - President, Magazine Development, Inc.
Develops local magazines all over the Southeast
"It has been a pleasure to know Joe, first as a businessman, and then as a friend. Joe is great to work with and very professional in all of the business activities I have been fortunate enough to work with Joe on over the years."
For Reference Email ConradEducation:
- Hotel Restaurant Management; CPCC, NC
- Two-term Student Body President, CPCC, NC
- President CPCC, Hotel Restaurant Association
- Charter member Alumni Association; CPCC, NC
- Board of advisers in church that family attended
- Coach Pop Warner football – over 8 years
- Commissioner of Football (Pop Warner) – local association
Associates Degree:
Certified (TBA) Futures & Stock trader
Certified public speaker (ESI) Ty Boyd Institute
Associations:
Dr. Roy D. Mason - President - Global Evangelism Ministries GEM website
I have known Joe for several years in many capacities. I know Joe to be a man of professional abilities, personal skills, and unquestioned integrity. Mr. Vagnone will work tirelessly for you and will be a great asset for your endeavors. I wholeheartedly recommend him to you.
Video Archive:
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Accomplishments:
Publisher of a local magazine – start up of a women’s magazine Owned and managed a variety of commercial properties; shopping centers, office buildings, office condos, office conversions.
Owned a Closet franchise - 12 person sales force; Increased sales by an average of 68% - 85% per month in less than six months. Increased closure rate by 22% in same time period. Owned Area rights to a national restaurant franchise. Sold more franchises in 1 year than ever before in the company’s 47 year history for the same time frame. Owned Area rights to a national coffee house Franchise; helped develop new territories that until then were void of the concept. Owned and operated 42 restaurants inside office buildings and single tenant buildings. Supplied by a company-owned & operated 5,000 sf commissary. This operation at the time was the largest of its kind in NC and SC. Owned and operated a Management Company with over 18 restaurants that focused on single-user buildings such as NationsBank Processing Center, Frito-Lay plant, Jordan Graphics, Schneider Trucking. Owned video arcades (average size 2,500sf) located in Regional Malls in NC. Owned and operated Vending Company with over 105 machines. Located in office buildings in the Charlotte, NC area. Owned and operated a Mobile Disk Jockey business with over 15,000 songs and the largest selection of lighting and effects in the area at the time.
Owned Card Vending Business serving the hotel and motel industries. Consulted with an Information Technology staffing company during their start-up and again during their buy-out by a national staffing provider. General Manager of a national hotel franchise with over 220 rooms, 30,000sf of banquet facilities and a 6,000 sf full service restaurant and bar. Plant Manager of the largest privately owned bakery in the state servicing national snack & pastry distributors all over the country
Consulted for a national auto maintenance franchise and helped owners set up a marketing program.