General Motors Test-Drives VOD in Philly
Seasoned Executive takes the helm of this major 75-year-old building restoration and maintenance firm.
(PRWEB) July 17, 2005 — Remco Maintenance LLC is pleased to announce Raymond G. Saleeby took the helm at the firm as its President & CEO. As a senior executive and board member at some of our countries largest, growth-oriented corporations he earned a reputation for leadership, for providing unparalleled customer service and demanding the same values of quality and pride for which Remco Maintenance has traditionally become known.
He was the CEO FirstPoint Energy, a group President at EDS and GVP at Oracle, an EVP at Stone & Webster, and a Managing Partner at AT&T Solutions. He is a Strategic Planner whose previous clients include IBM, Consolidated Edison, General Motors, IBM, Nextel, GE and hundreds of major corporations. He was featured in a magazine cover article titled “Consultants with Clout” and was awarded “Top 50 People in US Business-Honoring Leaders and Innovators Who Are Changing the Course of the Future” by New Energy Economy.
Mr. Saleeby holds an advanced license and a bachelor’s degree in Marine Engineering from SUNY Maritime College and an MBA from NYU.
Raymond is married to Catherine Saleeby. They were both born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but now live in South Orange, NJ. They have three daughters, Jennifer Smith who is married to NJ Assemblyman Bob Smith, Theresa and Jean Saleeby all living in NJ. They also have three grandchildren.
In the winter of 2003, Comcast Spotlight president Charlie Thurston and SVP Hank Oster visited GM executives at their New York regional headquarters to advocate a VOD buy in every market served by Spotlight. Thurston and Oster came with an offer they thought GM execs would find tough to refuse: GM experiments with VOD for free, and Spotlight gets a bigger share of its TV ad budgets. Moreover, the increase would be at least double-digit nationwide–not 15-20% in some markets and 2% elsewhere.
All Comcast digital customers in Philadelphia can check out GM Showcase. In its first 12 months (February 2004-February 2005), GM Showcase clocked more than 125,000 views. Gallagher estimates GM Showcase averaged more than 10,000 views per month this year. Comcast and GM did not provide details on the number of individuals that have seen GM Showcase or the segments that they viewed.