Joanna Puglisi-Barley Named Public Relations Manager for The Simon Group

SELLERSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Joanna Puglisi-Barley has recently been appointed Public Relations Manager for The Simon Group Inc., an award-winning, full service business-to-business marketing communications agency specializing in high tech and industrial accounts.  She was hired to help service the agency's growing client base.

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Puglisi-Barley will be working closely with the agency's diverse clientele, implementing various PR programs and strategies in an effort to increase market exposure and product awareness throughout the industrial, high-tech and electronics sectors.  Primary responsibilities will include writing and editing news releases and feature articles as well as obtaining speaking engagements and product review opportunities to maximize client exposure.

With nearly 20 years of marketing and public relations experience, Puglisi-Barley is no stranger to The Simon Group, having freelanced for the company since 2002.  In addition, she has many years experience working with business-to-business agencies in the industrial and manufacturing industries.

"We are pleased to have Joanna join our team. With her previous experience working for The Simon Group, and her years of business-to-business marketing and public relations experience, she is an asset to both the organization and our clients," says Dave Lesser, president of The Simon Group.

Prior to joining The Simon Group, Puglisi-Barley served as director of public relations for The Iron Shop, Broomall, Pa.; director of marketing and public relations for North Penn Hospital, Lansdale, Pa.; public relations manager for Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Allentown, Pa.; and account executive for Tattar/Cutler, Horsham, Pa.

Puglisi-Barley holds a B.A. in Communications, Law, Economics and Government from The American University, Washington, DC.

Founded in 1986, The Simon Group Inc. specializes in high technology and industrial accounts, particularly in the electronics, instrumentation, military/aerospace, construction and test and measurement industries.  Headquartered in a restored 18th century fieldstone farmhouse in Sellersville (Bucks County), Pa., the agency has clients throughout the world.  Visit http://www.simongroup.com

For more information, please contact Beth Smith, vice president of PR, The Simon Group Inc., 1506 Old Bethlehem Pike, Sellersville, Pa. 18960.  Tel: 215-453-8700; Fax: 215-453-1670; Email: [email protected]; Web: http://www.simongroup.com.

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