Zippy Shell Announces New Executive Vice President of Market Operations
Washington, D.C. - Zippy Shell USA is proud to announce another addition to the Zippy Shell leadership team. Dennis O'Connell will be joining the company as the Executive Vice President of Market Operations.
Rachael Pawlowski
rpawlowski@zippyshell.com
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Dennis comes to Zippy Shell with thirty years of successful operating experience. Before he joined Zippy Shell, Dennis was a Partner with Dolphin Equity Partners and a Venture Partner with Second Alpha Partners, where he focused on venture investments in telecom, media and Internet companies. In addition to his investment responsibilities, he worked closely at an operational level with portfolio companies such as Terago, Enpocket, June Media and Sixth Sense Media.
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Dennis previously was the North Region President of XO Communications. During his tenure at XO, he led XO's Northeast and Midwest markets from start-up to a $200 million business within three years. Before XO Communications, Dennis was the Northeast Region President for AT&T Wireless. While there, he led the company's operations in New York, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Boston; that had annual revenues in excess of $1 billion and over 1.5 million customers.
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Dennis' career as a senior executive began at McCaw Cellular Communications, where he was a member of the original management team. He was with McCaw for ten years, from the launch of the Company's first market in 1985 through its sale to AT&T in 1995. While at McCaw, he had a variety of senior operating responsibilities across the U.S.
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"Zippy Shell is poised to be a great company by virtue of its innovative portable storage and moving solutions for consumers and our entrepreneurial customer-first culture that has proven to 'get and keep' customers," said Dennis O'Connell, Executive Vice President of Market Operations.
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Dennis will oversee and manage the overall growth of the corporate locations for Zippy Shell. He has built a successful career in growing and operating both small and large businesses across a range of industries, which will serve as a valuable asset for Zippy Shell moving forward.
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"The addition of someone as experienced as Dennis says a lot for Zippy Shell," said President and Founder, Gareth Taylor. "He comes to us with years of experience in operations and leadership and we believe that he will build the foundation that we need in order to grow our operations."
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"What a tremendous way to start the new year," said Rick Del Sontro, CEO of Zippy Shell. "Dennis is going to not only support us in the growth aspect of our business, but also help us expand our brand, as the leaders in the storage and moving industry."
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Zippy Shell currently operates 56 corporate and franchise locations in 106 markets across the nation. It is one of the fastest growing businesses in the self-storage sector today.
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About Zippy Shell
Zippy Shell USA, LLC, member of the Entrepreneur Magazine's 2015, 'Best 500 Franchises,' is a national organization, dedicated to enhancing the portable self-storage and moving industry. The company includes Zippy Shell, ZippyU (student storage), Zippy Shell Storage Operations (ZSSO) and related properties. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Zippy Shell currently has 56 independently operated, corporately operated or jointly operated facilities in 106 markets. Zippy Shell® is an exclusively licensed trademark of Zippy Shell USA, LLC. For more information, visit the Zippy Shell website at www.zippyshell.com.
Press ContactRachael Pawlowski
rpawlowski@zippyshell.com
202-999-4740 ext.312