Flower Mound, Texas-based SPBS, Inc., an employee-owned clinical equipment services company, announces that James (Jim) Blandi has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing, effective December 3. A well-known figure in the HTM space, Blandi brings to SPBS more than 20 years of sales leadership experience in the HTM and imaging sector.

Jim Blandi

Jim Blandi

Prior to joining SPBS, Blandi held several managerial and executive roles at Insight Imaging, Shared Imaging, LFC Capital, and SouthWest Medical Resources.

SPBS CEO Jeff Daugherty says the addition of Blandi to the SPBS team will be a boon to business. “We are excited to welcome Jim to the SPBS team, as we continue our mission to provide clinical equipment service to our customers, nationwide,” Daugherty says. “As VP of sales and marketing, Jim will grow SPBS’s sales team and build out the sales infrastructure to support planned growth.”

Blandi also spoke out about his new role, commenting: “I’m thrilled to be working with SPBS. As an employee owner, I very much look forward to being completely engaged in sales, marketing, operations and [mergers and acquisitions]. I expect that our growth will be exponential and look forward to working with many of my past relationships to help galvanize our mutual futures.”