SALINAS, CA – Ippolito International has promoted Tami Gutierrez to Vice President of Sales from Sales Manager. Gutierrez has worked in the fresh produce industry since graduating from Fresno State in 1989 with a BS in marketing. A Salinas, CA native, she began her career as a buyer in a produce procurement office and moved to the sales office of a prominent grower-?shipper in 1995. She has handled sales and commodity management at Ippolito since 2007. She will continue to handle customer accounts and commodity management in addition to her managerial duties.
Produce industry veteran Bobby Nunes has also joined the Ippolito sales team. With a career spanning 26 years, Bobby has handled sales and commodity management for several high profile grower-?shippers, most recently with New Star of Salinas, CA. He will continue to handle sales and commodity management at Ippolito. Bobby is a Salinas native with a degree in Marketing from Kansas State University.
“We are fortunate to have such highly experienced people on our sales team,” said Ippolito General Manager Butch Corda. “Tami has shown her leadership qualities and ability to build customer relationships to be a great asset to our business. Bobby brings an unmatched energy and passion every day for his work and life in general. We are excited about the team we’ve built and these two individuals will play significant roles in our future,” he said.
Source: Ippolito International
