FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 7, 2007

NSA ADDS VETERAN SIGN INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL TO ITS DEVELOPMENT AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT STAFF

National Services Associates (NSA) has named to its senior management team a veteran sign industry professional with extensive experience in supervising national programs, accounts and projects.

Gary Hopwood will spearhead business development in addition to his work as a member of NSA’s management team. His main area of concentration will be the sign industry and its multiple facets, said Chuck West, NSA chief executive officer.

“Gary is known and respected throughout the sign industry for his management ability and knowledge of the field,” West said. “As a member of our senior management team Gary will help us forge the future of our company, which is growing rapidly.”

NSA works with some of America’s largest financial institutions, retailers, convenience store chains, ATM companies and other corporations. NSA’s more than 400 field service representatives carry out projects that may involve thousands of site visits in periods ranging from several weeks to months.

NSA’s range of services includes uniformly placing logos and signage; installation of marketing materials; point-of-purchase displays; cleaning and updating information on ATM machines and other assignments that require speed, consistency and efficiency.

While an executive with ImagePoint, an international image solutions provider, Hopwood served in various positions of increasing responsibility. These included project manager and team leader; national sales manager; food service strategic business unit general manager and director of installation services.

As director of installation services he was responsible for nearly half of ImagePoint’s annual revenue. He worked with such clients as Starbucks, McDonald’s, SunTrust Bank, Burger King, and Wells Fargo Bank.

As business unit general manager Hopwood was responsible for sales, projects, customer service and administrative functions of a core ImagePoint business sector.

Most recently Hopwood was with Architectural Graphics, Inc., where he was involved in project management activities and project oversight. He also led the conversion of several hundred former BankOne facilities to Chase Bank locations.

Hopwood said NSA’s special niche in the industry attracted him to the company.

“NSA fills an important need for sign companies ­ and virtually any other company - that has anything from dozens to thousands of locations in multiple regions or states,” Hopwood said. “NSA improves efficiency and cuts costs for essential field services. Those are excellent marketing advantages. My goal is to bring those advantages to the attention of more sign industry clients.”

Hopwood graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee in 1994 with a double major in marketing and business training.

About NSA
NSA was in 2006 named by Business Tennessee Magazine as one of Tennessee 50 fastest-growing privately held companies. NSA puts people in the field wherever they are needed to carry out tasks and projects for financial, retail, point-of-purchase, convenience stores, regional or national restaurant chains and other companies that require consistency, speed and dependability in the physical presentation of their image to their customers and vendors.

National Services Associates
315 Trane Drive
Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: 865-588-1558
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