The Sales Executive Team

Experience. Innovation. And flawless execution.

These are just some of the common threads that tie the professionals at Quint together. Quint represents a unique combination of innovation, skills, talents, experience and professional expertise in the design and implementation of loyalty marketing solutions.

These corporate biographies reflect just a portion of the outstanding professionals you are likely to come in contact with as a Quint client because we utilize a "team" approach to manage all of our client engagements. We have created and foster a “collegian” environment that brings out the best in everyone involved so that as a team, we can offer the exponential benefit of our combined experiences, talents, skill sets, and knowledge to each client we serve.

Nick Bisho
John Cunningham
Noël Jury
Joann Klonowski
Andrea Klus
Paul Lanier
John Perlik
Steve Rainer

Nick Bisho brings to the Quint team a rich background in the Sports and Entertainment industry.  A veteran of the secondary ticketing space, Bisho has successfully coordinated corporate hospitality projects during various high profile international sporting and entertainment events, including:  The Super Bowl, World Cup, Kentucky Derby, Sundance Film Festival, and The Masters.  Most recently, Bisho was with StubHub, where he set in motion a highly successful Corporate Accounts Platform across ten U.S regions. Earlier, Mr. Bisho held various sales roles with the Oakland Athletics and Golden State Warriors.  Nick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and a Masters Degree in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco.
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John Cunningham, Charlotte, NC
jcunningham@quintevents.com
704-562-1178

John Cunningham brings over ten years of financial services experiences to Quint. In his previous roles John has worked with sales teams and marketing teams. He has overseen many sales contests and has worked with sales teams on motivational strategies. John has worked for many Fortune 500 companies such as Prudential Financial, HSBC, and AIG Sunamerica. John played college soccer at Seton Hall University and continues to play and coach youth teams in Charlotte. John is on the board of corporate health awareness at the Morrison YMCA and volunteers his time working with different youth groups.
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Noel brings more than 12 years of progressive business experience in sales, marketing, event planning, and public relations.  A proven professional who excels at developing business relationships, she brings a wealth of event marketing experience to the Quint team.  Most recently, she spent the last three years in the United Kingdom working as part of the business development team for Loch Lomond Gold Club; a highly exclusive, private international golf club in western Scotland.  Noel is a proud alum of the University of Colorado and the College International de Cannes, France.
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Joann Klonowski is one of the top female executives in sports and event management with more than 25 years of experience in the sports and entertainment industries.  A versatile leader with an extensive background in sports franchises, Klonowski has held executive positions with teams in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians, Major League Soccer with the Los Angeles Galaxy, XFL football, International Hockey League as CEO of the Long Beach Ice Dogs, National Basketball Association with the Cleveland Cavaliers. More recently she was the Managing Director of the 2002 Paralympic Games in Salt Lake and the Vice President of Sponsor Marketing for the Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

Klonowski also was Executive Director for the 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and was the recipient of the MLB Marketing Excellence Award the same year and more recently Chief Executive Officer of SR Productions, producers of the Music Center Speaker Series.  Currently she manages marketing for a variety of companies.
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Andrea Klus brings over ten years of sales, event planning and management experience to the Quint Team. Andrea has extensive background in Sports and Entertainment, primarily working with Fortune 500 companies like Compass Group North America and Levy Restaurants. Her past role as General Manager of Corporate Hospitality at Churchill Downs contributed over two million to top line sales in 2007. Andrea is a proud alumnus of Purdue University, and the member of several community associations, including the March of Dimes; an organization raising funds for premature infants. Andrea retains office space within Churchill and is available to answer questions or provide walk arounds for event planners.
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Paul Lanier, Atlanta, GA
PLanier@QuintEvents.com
770-709-0156

Paul brings over 15 years of sales and management experience including 8 years in the incentive and loyalty industry. In January of 2000, Paul earned the opportunity to manage the inside sales department at at a leading incentive programming entity. During his tenure there he served as an inside sales manager as well as interim Vice President of Sales. During his time with Quint, Paul has focused his expertise and energies on building successful, long-term, relationships with Quint clients. Prior to coming to Quint, Paul spent 7 years as a healthcare recruiter for companies such as Merritt-Hawkins, LT.com and Soliant Health. In addition, Paul served as a Business Development Manager for Equifax in the early stages of his sales career.
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John brings more than 15 years of Sales, Business Development and Management success to the Quint team.  John  has an extensive background in finance and credit , working with companies like ITT Financial Services , The Associates , and Wachovia f.k.a. First Union Bank. In 1997 he joined Decision One Mortgage, a start-up company in the mortgage banking industry.  John's success in the roles of business development and sales management were integral in Decision One growing from a start-up to an industry leader with more than $20 billion in annual production. John is a proud Alumnus of Marquette University and the member of various business and trade associations including the American Club Association and The Kansas City Sports Commission.
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Steve Rainer brings an extensive background in the development, design and effective utilization of comprehensive loyalty and motivational marketing initiatives.  Steve launched his successful career in corporate sales and management with the 3M Company and Avnet, an industrial electronics and design firm.
 
Steve's interest in the motivational aspects of sales and marketing brought him to MMS/Loyaltyworks where he quickly ascended from his role of National Accounts Sales to Vice President of Business Development.  During his 15 years at MMS, Steve built a client portfolio in excess of $35 million.  He was instrumental in developing some of the largest most profitable loyalty programs for many Fortune 500 clients from Armstrong World Industries to Wells Fargo Bank.   
 
Steve's proven track record, unique experience, and dedication to assist partners in their development of more effective long term loyalty solutions led Steve to join the Quint team in 2006.  His personal interest includes spending weekends at his lake house and his never ending struggle to lower his 15 handicap in golf.
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