Country Music Hall of Fame board member joins MPi Advisory Council

By Kleinheider Posted on March 31, 2009 at 2:18 pm

From a press release:

Mobile Productivity, Inc., (MPi) www.mpifix.com) a leading provider of profitability tools for auto dealer service departments, announced today that veteran Ford Motor Company executive Al Giombetti has joined the MPi Advisory Council. The group of top dealers, veteran factory executives and automotive industry experts was formed in March ‘07 to provide auto industry input into the strategic product and marketing direction of MPi. Current members include David Vallone, Kip Killmon, Paul Rubin, Dennis Noonan, Bill Lovejoy, Richard Sherman, Joe Hilger, Maureen Sullivan Martin, Joe Herman, Tony Noland, Jeff Rachor and Ernest H. Pomerantz. A well known automotive industry veteran, Giombetti recently retired after 27 years as a Ford Motor Company employee.

Currently, Giombetti is the President of ASK Consulting, a firm that specializes in strategic and operating planning with a focus on the developing targeted marketing strategies and supporting key business operations. In addition, he is a partner in Compass Marketing LLC, an investment organization that turns great ideas into real business opportunities.

Giombetti’s professional affiliations have included Board Member positions with the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, where he served as chair of the marketing committee, and the King’s College Business School Advisory Board.

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Help us save our instruments

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on January 27, 2009 at 3:45 pm

The Country Music Hall of Fame has launched a $1.1 million fund-raising drive to help it cover the costs of the settlement it reached last month to keep instruments donated by the late Bob McLean.

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McLean instruments staying at Hall of Fame

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 30, 2008 at 8:25 pm

The museum will pay $750,000 to the creditors of Bob McLean, the Murfreesboro investor who killed himself after his Ponzi scheme unraveled. McLean had donated four rare instruments worth more than $1.5 million to the Hall of Fame, but the trustee overseeing his bankruptcy case in August asked for them to be returned.

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Tags: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Ponzi schemes, Robert W. McLean