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Murphy joins International Masonry Institute as marketing coordinator of business development

Andrew Murphy has recently joined the International Masonry Institute (IMI) and will be working as the marketing coordinator of business development and technical services joining Steve Bolognese, Mike Butler and Rick Filloramo in the New England region. Murphy's business experience spans from retail sales to telecommunication sales and a marketing background for a successful home improvement company. He is a 2007 graduate from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science in both marketing and management. He will bring his marketing experience to the company and will help to call on owners, developers, architects and contractors in an effort to help us to expand our efforts in promoting union masonry in the New England region. The International Masonry Institute is a labor management cooperative of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers and their signatory contractors across the United States and Canada.
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