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Carney Shipbuilding Hires New Sales Director

Norfolk (June 16) - Carney Shipbuilding, one of the country’s largest ship manufacturers, just announced it has hired Jerod Morris to serve as the company’s director of the Sales Department. Mr. Morris will assume his new position on July 1. The move was widely praised by experts in the industry, who cite Mr. Morris’s record of success at his previous three places of employment. At his most recent position, which was at Gregory Manufacturing, Mr. Morris helped the company transform from being a multimillion-dollar loser to earning a profit of more than $50 million in a mere three years. He is expected to do the same for Carney, which has seen its revenues decline lately. Darren Jackson, the CEO of Carney Shipbuilding, commented, “We’re extremely pleased to have Mr. Moms on board. We’re confident that with his contacts in the industry and his outstanding business mind, we’ll be able to increase our sales and once again become the country’s number-one shipbuilder.” Carney had revenues of $775 million last year and is projecting a slight increase in the coming year.

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To: Jerod Morris <[email protected]>

From: Cindy Roman <[email protected]>

Subject: Meeting

Date: July 1

Dear Mr. Morris,

I hope you’ve finished your meetings with HR and CEO Jackson. All of us in the Sales Department are looking forward to meeting you and to working with you. I’d like you to know that you have a busy afternoon scheduled for today. As soon as lunch ends, you’re going to be meeting with Rajiv Merhra and Scott Pulaski, both of whom are senior salesmen here. They need to speak to you about a potential deal with the firm you just departed. Since you were there for five years, they hope you can provide some invaluable insight as to how they should approach the negotiations.

Then, at 2:00, you’re scheduled to have a meeting regarding deals we signed with the Wellman Corporation and CGR, Inc. in June. That should take an hour and a half to complete. At 4:00, you’ll conduct your final meeting of the day. It’s with Karen chu and Dansby Burgess. This is mostly a chance for them to meet you and to get to know your management style. However, expect them to bring up the Sybax Corporation. There’s a folder on your desk with the relevant information.

If you need anything from me, just respond to this e-mail or call me at extension 21.

Regards,

Cindy Roman