Champion Names Nino Zeccardo as Partner/Executive VP, Chief Business Development and Sales Officer

Premier provider of integrated Security, Fire, A/V and Electrical and Data Cabling/IT Infrastructures expands executive team & appoints veteran security industry expert to grow company and expand geographical reach

  • Jan 18, 2017

CHAMPION announced that the company has appointed Nino Zeccardo as Partner/Executive VP, Chief Business Development & Sales Officer at CHAMPION.

Since 1992, CHAMPION has been deploying technology solutions for federal/state/local government & law enforcement, utilities/water, museums/cultural properties, retail, transportation, corporate campuses, banking, K-12 & higher education, commercial/industrial, healthcare, hospitality, etc. A member of New York IBEW Local 3 H Division since 1998, CHAMPION is also an authorized Low Voltage Installer for New York City Schools, with over 300 completed projects.

Following a long-term strategic plan, which included the unification of the various corporate business Divisions under “ONE CHAMPION,” CEO, John DiStefano has been able to further streamline processes and improve efficiencies, which have produced steady and significant growth. Nino Zeccardo is the latest addition to a top-tier management team and solidifies CHAMPION’s position and ambitions in the marketplace.

In his new role of Executive VP, Chief Business Development & Sales Officer, he will leverage  the image, reputation and long-term relationships that both, Mr. Zeccardo and CHAMPION have built over the years. Mr. Zeccardo assumes the responsibility of growing CHAMPION’s customer base and expanding the company’s geographical reach from regional to national. “Sure, my plan is to leverage the image, reputation and long-term relationships that both, CHAMPION and I have built over the years but also to attract and add not only the best, but the nicest people to our team,” states Nino Zeccardo, Partner/Executive VP at CHAMPION. “We want to be the company our customers love to work with and our team loves to work for.”

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