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VP Racing To Add Business Development Focus

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., a global leader in performance fuels, lubricants and additives, has announced the appointment of James McVey to Business Development to focus on the OEM business.

“James has a significant background, including thirteen years of executive-level leadership experience,” offers Alan Cerwick, President and CEO, VP Racing. “He has over twenty years of sales experience across a broad range of industries in domestic and international markets, and we can expect big things to come in a very short matter of time.”

McVey earned a Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Science degree at Texas Tech University. He served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing at GreenStar LED, where he led the conversion of high-pressure sodium street lights to smart city LEDs in San Antonio and other cities in North America and overseas.

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