Automotive Fleet, October 2018
2018 INDUCTEES TO FLEET HALL OF FAME BOB BROWN BOBIT BUSINESS MEDIA DATES IN FLEET 1967 2010 Brown former VP and later Great Lakes sales manager for Bobit Business Media was a member of the Automotive Fleet Leasing Association AFLA and NAFA He served as a resource for OEM fleet managers in Detroit for more than three decades and had a hand in launching several fleet publications including Fleet Financials Business Cars and Trucks and Business Vehicle Management Brown sold the first ever VHS tape insert for a B2B magazine for a project with Buick that appeared in Automotive Fleet in 1984 He was also the first person to ever sell a CD insert as well in 1992 JIM CHRISTIANO BUICK PARS DATES IN FLEET 1969 PRESENT Christiano joined Buick in 1971 serving in service and sales roles for the Buick Motor Division at locations across the United States In 1981 he transferred to Buicks home office in Flint Mich and took on the role of director of fleet sales his first official role in fleet He led Buicks Olympics project placing 10000 Buicks on the ground in Los Angeles After leaving Buick in 1986 he opened a dealership for a time which he sold in 1991 He later managed sales for a drive away business and founded PARS in 1998 In its first year PARS quoted 50 moves a day and received 10 orders Since then the company has grown dramatically recently moving into new 10000 square foot headquarters in Gainesville Va He led PARS until 2006 when his daughter Lori Rasmussen took over but remains active in the business BROWN CHRISTIANO OCTOBER 2018 I AUTOMOTIVE FLEET 29
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