Panini America Employees Gear Up for NFL #BackToFootball Friday (Gallery)
Panini America employees on Friday pitched in to help their partners at the NFL both establish a new #NFLFanRecord and celebrate #BackToFootball Friday by sporting their favorite team gear, talking a little trash and preparing for Sunday’s opening weekend of the 2014 season. The passion-packed initiative started at the very top — with Panini America CEO Mark Warsop sporting his Dez Bryant Dallas Cowboys jersey — and wove its way throughout the building.
While the office understandably took on a distinct silver-and-blue tint Friday (a nod to the hometown Cowboys), seemingly every other team in the NFL was well represented, too — as you might expect from an office full of diehard NFL fans. In the gallery below, we share some of today’s pics — and in the process introduce you to many of the passionate, hard-working folks who make Panini America hum every day of the week.
Enjoy the gallery and be sure to Tweet your own NFL fan gear photos using the #NFLFanRecord hash tag. Enjoy the games this weekend. We certainly will.
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- Mark Warsop, CEO
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- Jason Howarth, VP of Marketing (right), leads a department meeting
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- D.J. Kazmierczak, VP of Sales
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- Ted Barker, Sales
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- Jennifer Stepp, Accounting
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- Tim Franz, Sales
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- Brenna Smith, Shipping/Receiving
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- Scott Prusha (Marketing), Bob Greinke (Prepress)
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- Terry Martin, Sales/Marketing
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- Meghan Goldate, Accounting
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- David Franklin, Accounting
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- Linda Brown, Accounting
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- Octavia Thornton, Accounting
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- Gerald Mathis, Accounting
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- Carlos Torrez, Production
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- Andy Basile, Scheduling
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- Brenna Smith, Scott Rinehart (Customer Service)
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- Amy Brown, Jennifer Paredes, Dina Lopez (Customer Service)
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- Thomas Barchi, Customer Service
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- Cory Hollingsworth, Product Development
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- Wes Elliott, Product Development
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- Tim Trout, Product Development
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- Hollingsworth, Trout, Chris Barr
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- Matt Davis, Product Development
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- Tracy Hackler (Marketing), Wade Ryan (Graphic Design)
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- Frankie Baez, Prepress
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- Jose Ortiz, Prepress
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- Luis Navarro, Autographs/Memorabilia
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- Lashanda Woods, Elizabeth Galaviz (Acquisitions)
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- Galaviz, Barr, Prusha
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Great photos! Glad to see a Giants fan in there. Go Blue!
Must be fun to be there with ALL of those Cowboy fans lol
Prusha needs to step up and buy a new Cowboys Jersey. That Wilson #8 Aikman looks 25 years old. 😉
What is Thomas Barchi eating in that photo? Does Mr. Barchi ever get any food to eat? lol
Glad to see Carlos is still with Panini, haven’t seen him in 3-4 years. He’s a solid dude, need to get him to a National in the future.
The CS gals look like they have QB, WR, and RB covered for the makings of a new team..you go ladies!
Big things going on. As I live across the pond I try and support as much as I can and to do so I look at what my american relatives are fans of so I have to go with Seahawks and Bears but a little bit with the Bucs, Pats, Colts and Vikings. Yes, I do have some Broncos fans as well @tracy
I hope Mr. Barchi don’t have any hard feelings about the joke.
It looks like Panini America has got many employees who like there jobs and enjoy working for the company and they manufacture some great products.
Good to see at least one Colts fan in the mix, way to get into the spirit of the season. Thanks Tracy!
I am diggin all those Cowboy fans!!
Totally understandable that Prusha would keep the Aikman jersey. Cowboys haters wear Romo jerseys.
Well done Cory Hollingsworth, well done! #GoPackGo