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TERRY WARD
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Terry Ward is Blue Chip’s original Founder and is happily retired.
Residence
Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
Education
Xavier University
University of Cincinnati
Date Started Blue Chip
Oct 15, 1981
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Terry is a proven leader and a true pioneer in the telemarketing industry with over 40 years of experience in sales and marketing. Blue Chip was founded on stressing family values in dealing with its clients, employees, and vendors. 38 years later those values have led the company to continued growth and industry experience. Through all of those years there have been literally thousands of successful campaigns for a large variety of clients in many different verticals.
Blue Chip believes in implementing the latest state of the art equipment and predictive dialing software to consistently bring exceptional results to many clients throughout the United States. The industry is constantly evolving, and Terry takes great pride in knowing that Blue Chip has remained at the forefront of the telemarketing world by adjusting their procedures and tactics to stay ahead of the game.
Hire the best, train extensively, and retain top quality Telephone Service Agents has been a hallmark of Blue Chip under Terry’s leadership. These principles have been applied since 1981 when Terry started the company and are key elements to the success of Blue Chip today.
Terry remains active in community involvement and church activities. He is passionate towards his family, and an active golfer, backpacker, woodworker, and airplane pilot. He and his wife Joan have retired to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and have children and grandchildren in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Natchez, Mississippi. |
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JOSH LEA
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Josh Lea is Blue Chip’s President, sole owner, and Director of Operations
Residence
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Education
University of Cincinnati
Date Started Blue Chip
Apr 16, 1998 |
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Josh is the engine that makes Blue Chip run. With over 20 years of experience, he has worked on thousands of campaigns to provide quality results for clients, and has wealth of knowledge that he can apply to projects of any type. He has worked for Blue Chip in all capacities from telephone sales representative, senior agent, team leader, call center supervisor, shift manager, account executive, office manager, information technology officer, to his current positions of President, having taken over full ownership in 2019. With this background, he knows what it takes to build a campaign from the ground up and make it a success.
His current role with Blue Chip encompasses all day to day operations such as sales, account management, hiring, training, coaching, reporting, and working directly with clients and telemarketers to ensure campaigns run smoothly. Josh maintains a firm grasp on the heart beat of Blue Chip at all times and treats every client with the same amount of respect and attention, regardless of size. Josh helps all new clients with script development, list selection, programming, formatting reports, product training and any other duties needed in order to launch a new campaign. He even makes the first test calls for all new projects before assigning the work to the Blue Chip team.
Josh is a proud father of twin daughters. He is head coach of their school basketball and soccer teams, and assistant coach of their track team. Josh is a passionate bowler in sanctioned leagues since 2005. He is also a competitive runner, having completed four full marathons, and many other half marathons, 10k’s and team relays. In his free time he enjoys golf, disc golf, tennis, swimming, hiking, traveling, and of course quality time with his kids. Josh also plays drums in a band. |
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PATRICK CHASTEEN
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Patrick Chasteen is an Executive Assistant and Blue Chip’s Senior Service Agent
Residence
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Education
University of Cincinnati
Start Date
June 10, 1999 |
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Patrick Chasteen has 19 years of sales and marketing experience including 10 cumulative years with Blue Chip dating back to 1999. His innate ability to connect with people in a professional manner has made Patrick successful selling in products spanning countless industries, having worked on thousands of different marketing campaigns through the years. He has experience with both inbound and outbound call center duties. His philosophy of outlining the benefits and features of products and services allows him to continue to deliver success.
His current role with Blue Chip entails working on telemarketing projects where speaking with high level decision makers is the primary objective. Patrick also assists with administrative duties such as reporting, programming, bookkeeping, data management, training and quality assurance. He maintains an active role in the day to day operations of the company and is a valuable asset to Blue Chip.
Patrick is a family man who lives with his wife and in Cincinnati. They are proud parents of two children. Patrick was an All-Conference offensive lineman for his high school football team. In his free time, he tries to find time for writing, mainly fiction novels, and has written many other short stories and comic books. He is also a free lance artist, most passionate about painting with oils. He is a skilled mechanic and craftsman. He enjoys gardening, landscaping, culinary arts, camping, fishing, and hiking. |
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