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Nationwide MG Appoints a New(ish) Executive Director for Azione Unlimited

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Azione Unlimited's new Executive Director Patrick McCarthy

Nationwide Marketing Group, owner of a stable of high-performance dealer buying groups like Oasys, Ellipsys, and Azione Unlimited, announced this week that it has appointed Patrick McCarthy as the new Executive Director of Azione Unlimited. As you most likely know, McCarthy has been a long-time member of the group’s management since 2019 and has served as the Interim Director since June in the wake of Richard Glikes departing the group back in February.

Patrick’s new appointment is effective immediately, which is a good thing as the group is about to launch its Fall Conference, taking place this year in San Diego, CA from October 21st – 23rd.

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On Eve of CEDIA Expo 2024, Oasys Announces Partnership with Sonos

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Sonos booth at the 2022 CEDIa Expo

Oasys Residential Technology Group, a division of Nationwide Marketing Group, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Sonos, a leading wireless audio brand popular with consumers. The announcement comes on the eve of today’s opening of CEDIA Expo 2024, taking place in Denver, CO from September 5-7, 2024.

Oasys group managers say that this is a significant deal with “a massive brand.”

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Azione Unlimited Elects OneVision Executive to Board of Advisors

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Azione Unlimited, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced this week that Brad Camp has been elected to the organization’s Board of Advisors. Unique to the world of buying groups, Azione not only places executives from the dealers who are members of the organization on their Board, but also seats executives from vendors and supporting service organizations.

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Patrick McCarthy Steps into New Role as Interim Director of Azione Unlimited

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Azione Unlimited Interim Director Patrick McCarthy

Azione Unlimited, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced on Wednesday that it was naming well-known Azione executive Patrick McCarthy as Interim Director. McCarthy steps in as the operational head of the organization – the position recently vacated by the retiring Richard Glikes, the founder of Azione Unlimited.

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Nationwide Execs Reflect on the Learnings and Achievements of the First Year of Oasys

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Photo from Oasys Summit 2024 in Austin, TX

At the recent 2024 Oasys Summit, I had the opportunity to meet with top Nationwide Marketing Group executives who were all directly involved in the birth of the Oasys Residential Technology Group, as well as the greater strategy of the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 initiative. I spoke with Dean Sottile, Andy Orozco, and Hank Alexander, each of whom offered interesting insights and perspectives on the progress of this grand adventure they have collectively embarked upon.

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Oasys Summit 2024: ‘What a Difference a Year Makes!’

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Hank Alexander, Oasys Executive Director

Earlier this month, folks from all over the country made a trek to Austin, Texas to participate in the Oasys Summit 2024. I was one of them. Only the second such gathering for the newly launched group, it was with great anticipation I joined them in Austin for great music, great food, and really fun and quirky pubs (do they call them pubs in Texas?)

But mostly, I joined them for an incredible industry conference that seemed particularly poignant as the young group feels very much like a true start-up, whose participants really bonded over great conversation, best practice sharing, savvy education from top industry experts, smart impactful keynote speakers, and the forging of iron-clad new friendships.

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Highly Regarded Exec Frank Sterns to Consult on Custom Integration for Nationwide MG

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Frank Sterns, consultant to Nationwide Marketing Group

Frank Sterns, a well-known and highly regarded (some would say renowned) industry executive, has been retained to consult on custom integration matters with Nationwide Marketing Group. Clearly a sign of just how serious the large diversified Nationwide organization is about targeting custom integration, Sterns brings a wealth of Grade A experience as a leader in the custom integration space.

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Ellipsys Reports Strong Q1 with New Members & Vendors; ‘Off to a Fast Start’

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Ellipsys launched at InfoComm 2023
Ellipsys launched at InfoComm 2023. The Executive Director is Chris Whitley (2nd from left)

Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, the new dealer buying group for commercial integrators that is part of the Nationwide Marketing Group portfolio, announced this week it has achieved solid progress in its establishment as a completely new buying group. The company says it believes it is “off to a fast start in 2024,” with more evidence of its progress showing up every day.

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Richard Glikes Exits Azione Unlimited; Retains Chairman Emeritus Title

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Richard Glikes at the 2023 Spring Conference

Azione Unlimited, a division of Nationwide Marketing Group, announced this week that its founder, president, and chief creative officer Richard Glikes has exited the custom integration buying group, effective February 1. Glikes has been running the show at Azione for twelve years now and the group says he will still be involved in providing “strategic guidance” on an ongoing basis as Chairman Emeritus, but has withdrawn from day-to-day operations.

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Ellipsys, Nationwide MG’s Commercial Div., Adds Two More Founding Vendors

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The amount of activity coming out of the Nationwide Marketing Group is pretty mind-blowing with a lot of moving pieces as its multiple operating divisions are each executing on its part of the overall organization’s “Drive to 1,000” member growth program. Today, Nationwide announced that its newest venture, the Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, has added two more “founding vendor partners,” both well-known and highly valued brands within the commercial community.

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