Kline Adds Internet Marketing Director
Kline Corporation announced this week the company is refocusing its remarketing division with the addition of Brian Westphal as internet marketing director.
Kline Corporation announced this week the company is refocusing its remarketing division with the addition of Brian Westphal as internet marketing director.
"Kline Corporation is excited to announce Brian Westphal. Brian will serve in the capacity of internet marketing director at Kline Corporation”, said CEO Roger Bernskoetter.
Kline Corporation remarkets thousands of cars each year from our lease and rental operations. “We are implementing changes to enhance our efforts by improving our use of technology and strategic alliances to enhance the remarketing effort," said Bernskoetter.
Westphal has more than 13 years experience in various IT roles including development, support, software testing, web design, training, project management and business analysis.
As an experienced project manager for an online transportation company, Brian led the design and development team for a sales lead system that improved company sales by more than 30 percent in the first few months following implementation. Westphal is a graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems.
Brian and his wife Robin and two daughters, Jamie and Kelly, moved to Chillicothe, Missouri about two years ago and filled a key management role in a new company start-up with an emphasis on marketing in the Chillicothe area for the past two years.
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