Meet Our New Hires!

KUKUI Administrator • October 5, 2020
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We love it when our family grows! Meet the Newest Kukuians:


Mark Pavlidis, Sales Executive - Inside Sales

  • Favorite Movie - The count of Monte Cristo 
  • Favorite Thing to Do - Anything outdoors 
  • Best Childhood Memory - Many Outdoor adventures 
  • Favorite Quote - Do the right thing, even when no one’s looking. 

 

Armando Ortiz, Sales Executive - Inside Sales

  • Favorite Movie – Boiler Room
  • Favorite Thing to Do – Family Time
  • Favortie Kukui Lead – Amazingness
  • Best Childhood Memory – Living in the countryside of Puerto Rico
  • Favorite Quote – I have so many but I will go with
  • T.G.I.M = Thank God Is Monday!

 

Michelle Salazar, Sales Executive - Inside Sales

  • Favorite Movie - Braveheart
  • Favorite thing to do free time - Read in my backyard
  • Favorite Kukui LEAD value - Enthusiasm
  • Best childhood memory - 10 years old my first stereo equipped with record player, eight track and a disco ball! Many memories of the dance shows we put on for parents!
  • Favorite quote or phrase - Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life.

 

Steve Freidell, Sales Executive - Inside Sales

  • Favorite Movie: Step Brothers
  • Favorite thing to do in your free time: Camping & Fishing
  • Favorite quote or phrase: "if you ain't first, you're last"

 

We look forward to the future with all of them and hope you do too!


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