Executive Profiles
Meet the Team
Take a moment and learn a little bit about the executive team that makes up BRANDedTRAY.
Jerry Piccolo
COO and Founder
Launched Branded in 2008; funded predecessor company in 2005; founded own marketing company and developed product lines sold in Wal-Mart and other “crafts” specialists, holding 2 patents; manufactured products in own plant in Mexico and then in China, reaching $48M in sales in 2007; served on 7 different BOD’s; BS in Marketing and Finance, Texas A&M Commerce
Robert Zaccardo
President and Founder
Launched Branded in 2008; for 20 years, owned a successful, high-end, residential contracting business in Greenwich, CT; BS in Accounting, University of Connecticut
George Pusser
CEO and Founder
Launched BRANDed in 2008; founded Cornerstone Contracting Company (www.cornerstone-builders.com) in 1992, a successful builder of carriage-trade properties in the NY/CT market
Tom Flynn
Senior Vice President
Over 20 years of sales, management and marketing experience with companies like Golf Digest/Conde Nast, Yahoo!, The Economist Group and The McGraw-Hill Companies that has generated millions of dollars in sales revenue, and has developed a long list of satisfied clients, and respected colleagues. B.S. Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University
Thomas Anthony Piccolo
Vice President, Marketing
Joined BRANDed in 2008; begun his career in Healthcare Marketing as an Account Director and within one year moved to Senior Account Executive marketing to and managing radiology departments on the East Coast. Led the strategic partnership team and was later promoted to Director of Strategic Partnerships. B.S. International Business and Economics from the University of North Texas.
Bridgette Read
Creative Director
Joined Branded in 2008; worked as a freelance graphic designer and senior art director with major agencies and on national accounts including Disney; BFA, Boston University
Charles A. Meyer
Vice President, Business Development
Joined Branded in 2009; served as executive-level driver of start-up growth in branded products in real estate development and the diamond industry; was former Commissioner in the NYC Housing and Development Administration; BA, Yale University
Robert Kolton
Business Development
Founded Cornerstone Contracting Company (www.cornerstone-builders.com) in 1992, a successful builder of carriage-trade properties in the NY/CT market, after graduating architecture school; MARCH, University of Pennsylvania; BA, Cornell University
