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New personnel join FerrellAutogas team

James Giovanni has been named vice president of autogas and national sales, while Terry Karges, Tony Dale and Eric Bates will serve as national directors of autogas.

September 16, 2011
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — FerrellAutogas recently welcomed several officials to its team.

James Giovanni has been named vice president of autogas and national sales for the company.

Giovanni has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the automotive industry, including positions at Ford Motor Co., Transpec Worldwide, and most recently, Fusion Coolant Systems. He will direct FerrellAutogas’ efforts to help bus, truck and automotive owners and operators transition their fleets to run on propane autogas.

Terry Karges will join Giovanni as FerrellAutogas’ national director of autogas. Karges has more than 15 years’ experience in the automotive industry, most recently as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Roush Performance.

Rounding out the FerrellAutogas team are two more national directors of autogas: Tony Dale and Eric Bates. Dale and Bates have a combined 31 years’ experience in the propane industry.

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