FOCUS ADVERTISING

Chris Story started in the outdoor advertising business with Lamar in 1998 after graduating from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and has worked all areas of this business, starting in sales, to sales management to VP/General Manager of a $2 mil annual operation in 1999 to taking over a $5.5 mil annual operation in 2000 and growing that to $9.5 mil in annual sales through increased sales and acquisitions. A VP/General Manager of central Georgia's duties include overseeing a staff of 20 employees, managing a lease portfolio of some 700 leases with an annual budget of + $1.2 mil, overseeing an operations staff of 8 employees, complying with all federal regulations as it pertains to OSHA, DOT and federal HR requirements and maintaining an acceptable level of sales of $9.5 million annually while controlling some $4.5 million in annual expenses. During that 15 year period with Lamar Advertising, Chris was involved in a total of 9 acquisitions totaling $84 mil. Over the last 10 years..

Primary location: Orange Beach United States