Mr. Ely

John Ely

Senior Vice President of Marketing

Signature Worldwide

As Signature Worldwide's Senior Vice President of Marketing, John Ely is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating strategic marketing and corporate growth plans. He joined Signature in November 2006 with more than 14 years of industrial and consumer marketing experience.

Mr. Ely is an accomplished executive in developing and managing corporate launches for products and services while working for such companies as RFG Associates, A Solar Company, Vanner Inc. and Teledyne MEC. With these companies, he held the leadership roles of project manager, vice president of marketing, product development manager, and senior research and design engineer.

Most recently, Mr. Ely worked for Crane Plastics as new market development director where he led such initiatives as designing and facilitating market studies, including consumer preferences, client relations and competitive research. His efforts focused on strategic marketing such as market penetration, and product and service positioning. He also helped author and facilitate training programs for Crane^aEURTMs inside and outside sales teams.

Mr. Ely has an associate's degree in electrical engineering, a bachelor's in technical management and a master's in marketing and communications. He is a member of the American Marketing Association and Product Development Management Association. Mr. Ely has also served as a marketing professor at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio, for several years and is certified as a "Teaching at a Distance" (TAD) online educator.

Mr. Ely's extensive experience in steering business strategy, marketing, and developing new products is an invaluable asset when delivering programs to clients and helping Signature Worldwide reach its strategic goals.

Mr. Ely can be contacted at 614-766-5101 or johnely@signatureworldwide.com

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