Release #5574 Agency Contact: Russ Risko AdSpeak Marketing Communications 215.343.6565

GMP Appoints Gustavo Padron to Marketing Manager, Latin America

Mr. Padron has more than 17 years of engineering and marketing experience in the Latin American business community. His engineering projects there have covered both the private and public sectors, and include the construction of almost 600 single- and multi-unit dwellings and the urbanization and installation of services to those units. He has also supervised engineering projects covering the repair and general electro-mechanical maintenance of underground tunnels, and the design and building of sewer profiles, plants, systems networks, aqueducts and a railroad project. In addition, for nine of those 17 years, Mr. Padron managed a private construction company, marketing the company’s services and overseeing the building of such projects as stadiums, roads, parking facilities, school and medical facilities and hydraulics works.

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Padron said, "As someone who has been involved with the continued urbanization of Latin America, I am proud to be a part of GMP’s invigorated emphasis on the telecommunications developments there."

"Because Gus Padron brings with him such an impressive and relevant understanding of the telecommunications needs of Latin America, he will play an integral role in GMP’s continued market presence there," said William Pfundt, President, General Machine Products Co., Inc.

Mr. Padron has an Associate Degree in Arts from Montgomery College, Montgomery County, Md., and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Gus lives in Yardley, Pa., with his wife Corina. He has two daughters and three sons.