Westborough, MA – March 31, 2015 – The Training Associates (TTA), the largest provider of training talent and solutions, announced the appointment of George Agnew to the position of executive vice president of global sales.  In this role, Agnew will be responsible for developing, implementing and executing the company’s sales growth strategies.

Prior to joining TTA, George was working with Customer Centric Selling as a cadre assisting in the delivery of enterprise sales training to organizations throughout the United States.  He brings over 23 years of sales leadership experience, most recently as senior vice president of sales at Empower Software Solutions where he was instrumental in leading the enterprise sales team in closing some of the largest retailers in the United States in the workforce management and human capital market.

George has also held vice president of sales positions at Ceridian and Automatic Data Processing prior to founding and growing ePayrollPlus into a national payroll outsourcing company until the sale of the organization in 2009.

“I am pleased to welcome George to the TTA leadership team,” said Maria Melfa, president and CEO of TTA. “He is an experienced sales leader with a proven track record of successfully building and mentoring teams to achieve higher sales.  I am confident that his sales experience will bring TTA to the next level.”

ABOUT THE TRAINING ASSOCIATES
Founded in 1994, The Training Associates (TTA) is the largest provider of training talent and solutions. TTA’s stringent quality procedures, vast network of over 25,000 diversely skilled IT and professional skills training consultants, and convenient training delivery administration services enable organizations to secure top‐notch training professionals, on demand. They can accomplish this without the fixed overhead associated with a large training staff, or the delays, classification risks and administrative burdens associated with recruiting training contractors directly.  With unparalleled experience and expertise in all aspects of training delivery, TTA is best equipped to meet the unique requirements of each training initiative – regardless of size, scope or location.

Directly or through partners, more than 1,000 organizations – including most of the Fortune 500, all government departments and military branches, major consultant and training companies, and major colleges and universities – rely on TTA for a variety of training delivery services including consulting, project management, train‐the‐trainer, courseware, curriculum development and large‐scale training rollout management. TTA’s numerous awards reflect their commitment to help organizations use training to increase productivity, reduce costs and drive revenues.