The David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ), the Cincinnati, Ohio-based scrap broker, recycler and logistics provider, has announced several organizational changes that will take place in August 2012.
Mark Schaefer, current president of U-Pull-&-Pay (UPAP), has been promoted to vice president of DJJ’s Recycling Group. Schaefer, a 27-year veteran of DJJ, will focus on business development in a newly created role. He began his career as a brokerage representative and has held various roles in brokerage services. Schaefer has been president of UPAP since 2007.
U-Pull-&-Pay operates self-service used auto parts stores in Albuquerque, N.M.; Aurora, Denver and Colorado Springs, Co.; Cincinnati; Indianapolis, Ind.; Orlando and West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Phoenix. Whitmore joined DJJ in 1993 as a brokerage representative. He was later promoted to district manager, and has been a ferrous trading vice president since 2006.
Chris Stout, currently district manager of DJJ’s Birmingham, Ala., trading office, has been promoted to vice president, ferrous trading, succeeding Whitmore. Stout joined the company in 1995 as a buyer for Western Metals Recycling, then joined DJJ’s brokerage group where he has been district manager since 2001.
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