POA’s annual sales meeting was a stellar event, hosted by POA President Doug Pitassi. It provided the Portland, Oregon-based dealership an opportunity to recognize its top performers and the executive team to outline the dealership’s goals for 2023.
Doug Pitassi
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Technology Trends
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CR EventsTechnology Trends
Successful Business Diversification Strategy Drives POA’s Growth
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CR EventsBreaking News, Business & Finance
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Breaking News, Business & FinanceCR Events
POA Celebrates Growth and Recognizes Top Performers at Annual Meeting
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Video
Fridays with Frank: More Lessons Learned from Pacific Office Automation’s Sales Meeting
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In the latest episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank summarizes his trip to Portland, Oregon, earlier this month to attend POA’s 2023 sales meeting. Not to give too much away…
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After a two-year COVID-19-related hiatus, PRINTING United Expo returned with a vengeance at the Las Vegas Convention Center October 19-21. Although PRINTING United…
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
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Awards & Charity
EFI Celebrates POA As Top-performing Dealer Partner
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenElectronics For Imaging, Inc. recognized its top-performing Fiery dealer partner, Beaverton, Oregon-based Pacific Office Automation, for its growth…
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General ProfilesCR-Connect Dealer Tour
CR-CONNECT 2021 Virtual Dealer Tour: Owning the Pivot
by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenPOA takes the word “pivot” seriously, especially since that word succinctly describes what it has been doing since March 2020…
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The Cannata Report recently hosted a two part webinar series titled “Survival tactics in a COVID-19 World” moderated by CJ Cannata and Scott Cullen…
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CR Events
Business As Unusual: 5 Survival Strategies from Our First Dealer Survival Tactics Webinar
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CR Events
Business As Unusual: Survival Tactics in a COVID-19 World Webinar
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Breaking News, Business & Finance
In Case You Missed It: The Cannata Report’s January Highlights
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General Profiles
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The Cannata Report will close out a year marked by substantial travel with a visit to Toshiba’s U.S. headquarters in Irvine, CA, to meet with the manufacturer’s…
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General ProfilesCR-Connect Dealer Tour
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by Scott Cullenby Scott CullenIf there’s such a thing as warp speed, Doug Pitassi, president of Pacific Office Automation (POA), is cruising at it. Recently,…