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Rent-A-Center taps two for new posts

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, May 24, 2010

PLANO, Texas —

Rent-A-Center has hired Agustin Viola-Prioli and Tim Pitt in newly created senior management positions at the rent-to-own giant.

Viola-Prioli was named vice president, business development. He reports to Joel Mussat, senior vice president, strategic planning and development for the roughly 3,000-store Plano, Texas-based company.

Most recently, Viola-Prioli was a senior director at Office Depot, where he held a variety of key positions over eight years. Before that, he worked for Telefónica de España, leading mergers and acquisitions in Latin America, and was a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

Pitt was named vice president of marketing, reporting to Ann Davids, RAC's senior vice president of marketing and chief marketing officer. He is responsible for the development and management of marketing strategies and programs.

He also is charged with oversight of information-driven marketing and sales programs, including customer-relationship and sales-lead management. He is a 20-year veteran of apparel manufacturer Jockey International.

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