Master Spas Commercial Featuring Michael Phelps Hits Airwaves
Master Spas Commercial Featuring Michael Phelps Hits Airwaves
PR Newswire
FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 16, 2014
FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Master Spas—one of the largest and most respected manufacturers of portable hot tubs, luxury spas, and premium swim spas—has announced the debut of a national television commercial featuring champion swimmer Michael Phelps.
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Mike Giovanone: Family Man
President of much-lauded pool business explains what makes it a stalwart
By Mac King
Mike Giovanone feels old.
The president and CEO of Concord Pools & Spas knows all the cliches of saying his company "functions like a family." But it just so happens some of those platitudes are simply true at Concord, where many of his employees share bloodlines and last names.
"My corporate attorney used to work for me when he was in high school," the 58-year-old Giovanone says. "He worked for me through college and law school. We have probably a dozen of our main employees' children who now work for us. And they've worked for us from the time they were 14 with working papers straight through college and now into the real world."
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Local man wins John Walsh Award
Local man wins John Walsh Award
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The first annual John Walsh Award in the Capital Region was awarded Thursday night at the 6th Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball benefitting the Capital Region Office of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children/New York Branch.
This year, the Capital Region's first-ever John Walsh Award was presented to Michael Giovanone, President and CEO of Concord Pools and Spas. The civilian award recognizes an individual who has exhibited a long-standing and significant impact on NCMEC's mission to prevent the abduction and exploitation of children in the Capital Region. This is the first year that the award is being given locally.
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