SPAR Group, a retailer, announced the appointment of R. Scott Popaditch as president and CEO from September 6, 2016.Article continues below

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Mr. Popaditch co-founded, built, and sold Serv Corp, one of the largest southeast regional in-store marketing services firms. He led and managed the national consolidation, handling M&A and coordinating integration.

Mr. Popaditch worked as SVP of Retail Sales & Operations for the Sunflower Group, managing national Retail Sales and In-store Staffing Operations focusing on Kroger, Target, and Publix.

Upon completion of his Masters, Mr. Popaditch was CEO of IQ Reports, an Insurance Risk Auditing & Staffing services firm, where he recapitalized, restructured, grew revenues, and led the merger with York Insurance Services in 2013.

Mr. Popaditch joined Advantage Sales & marketing and was subsequently hired as CEO of ICC Capital, managing the successful turnaround and coordinating a merger Highland Capital, which closed in April 2015.

Prior to accepting his new role with SPAR Group Mr. Popaditch was the Chief Commercial Officer of Suntree Snack Foods.

He earned a MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College, and a BSBA from University of Central Florida.

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