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AFD Contract Furniture hires Scarangella as senior vice president

According to AFD Contract Furniture, Inc. (AFD), one of the nation's largest furniture dealerships, Larry Scarangella has joined the team as senior vice president. Scarangella comes to AFD with 30 years of sales experience in New York City dealerships, honing his managerial skills while hiring, building and managing sales teams to meet and exceed annual goals. Prior to joining AFD, Scarangella served as senior vice president at Meadows Office Furniture Co., where he implemented annual sales plans carefully tailored to clients' strategic objectives. In this role, he also provided clients with comprehensive consultation to develop corporate standard and stocking programs, as well as strong after-sale service and maintenance programs. His range of experience also covers corporate relocation and restacking for law firms and pharmaceutical, financial and media companies. Calling upon his exceptional interpersonal skills, Scarangella has forged strong relationships with corporate accounts, designers, architects, general contractors and owners' representatives, and is thrilled by the opportunity to lend his talent to AFD. "I'm enthusiastic to be joining a professional company with great leadership, talented support teams and an impeccable reputation," said Scarangella. "Joining AFD will allow me to focus on my clients' needs with all of the innovative services and product solutions they have to offer." Scarangella is also involved with the Junior Diabetes Foundation, American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Bergen Outing for the Disabled. AFD is a full-service furniture management company, providing strategic planning, tactical implementation, professional expertise and individualized attention to a wide-range of corporate clients as well as those that it serves through its healthcare and education divisions. AFD provides innovative product and service solutions for both basic and sophisticated workplace needs. The firm focuses on building an efficient furniture management program and enabling clients to concentrate on their core business initiatives.
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