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John Pisa is a native of New Jersey and has been involved in telemarketing sales for over 35 years. His baptism into newspaper sales started in May of 1976 working as a telemarketer for Levis Sales. John quickly rose through the ranks and in the fall of 1976, he was awarded his first management position in Cranford NJ representing the Elizabeth Daily Journal. From 1976 to 1980, John oversaw a number of newspaper accounts in the tri-state area of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. In the fall of 1980, the company transferred John to St. Louis, Missouri to manage the call center for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1982, John was promoted to vice president and for the next 7 years oversaw operations and nationwide expansion as the number 2 man in the organization. He helped take the company from a small regional telemarketing company to the newspaper industry's largest outsourced provider of subscription sales. In 1989, John founded The Pisa Group. The company started with one newspaper account and 7 part time telemarketers. Today, The Pisa Group employs over 400 inbound call center representatives and telemarketers in 7 call centers, while representing over 100 newspapers nationwide.