Nationwide Marketing Group

For Nationwide Groups Azione, Oasys, and Ellipsys…What Will 2025 Bring?

January 23, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

Nationwide MG CI Groups Oasys, Azione Unlimited, and Ellipsys

Part 2 of My Conversation with Nationwide MG’s CI Division

Note to Reader: This post is the second part of a two-part series. In Part One, each of the directors of the three operating buying groups in Nationwide’s CI Division shared the details of their individual and group progress in 2024. You will want to read – or reread – that post first, as it helps Part Two make more sense.

Nationwide Marketing Group’s Custom Integration (CI) division made serious progress in 2024 as part of the organization’s ambitious Drive to 1,000 plan – seeking to build a collective CI membership of 1,000 dealers strong. In my previous post, the executives instrumental in achieving that progress – Andy Orozco (Nationwide’s Senior Vice President of Custom Integration), Patrick McCarthy (Executive Director, Azione Unlimited), Hank Alexander (Executive Director, Oasys Residential Technology Group), and Chris Whitley (Executive Director, Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group) – shared the highs and lows of building a business the likes of which we’ve never before seen. Now they share their plans for 2025…

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Fast Growing Nationwide Mktg Grp CI Div – Working the Plan Because the Plan is Working

December 23, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Teams meeting with Nationwide CI Division executives

Part 1 of 2 – 2024 Progress in Executing Custom Integration Growth Plan

It was March of 2023 when I began picking up on the buzz that something big was in the works in the buying group world. At the Spring members conference of Azione Unlimited, which had been acquired by and was now part of Nationwide Marketing Group, President and founder Richard Glikes introduced Azione members to a new initiative called the “Drive to 1,000.” Although not a lot of details were discussed at this event, clearly something big was in the works.

Now, a little over a year later, I met with the entire management team of Nationwide’s Custom Integration Group, including Andy Orozco (Nationwide Senior Vice President of Custom Integration), Patrick McCarthy (Executive Director of Azione Unlimited), Hank Alexander (Executive Director of Oasys Residential Technology Group) and Chris Whitley (Executive Director of Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group) to take stock of just what has transpired over the last year or so with the new, expanded family of groups that are all under the Nationwide Marketing Group umbrella.

Azione Unlimited Elects OneVision Executive to Board of Advisors

June 21, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Azione Unlimited, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced this week that Brad Camp has been elected to the organization’s Board of Advisors. Unique to the world of buying groups, Azione not only places executives from the dealers who are members of the organization on their Board, but also seats executives from vendors and supporting service organizations.

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Patrick McCarthy Steps into New Role as Interim Director of Azione Unlimited

June 12, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Azione Unlimited Interim Director Patrick McCarthy

Azione Unlimited, part of the Nationwide Marketing Group family of dealer buying groups, announced on Wednesday that it was naming well-known Azione executive Patrick McCarthy as Interim Director. McCarthy steps in as the operational head of the organization – the position recently vacated by the retiring Richard Glikes, the founder of Azione Unlimited.

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Oasys Summit 2024: ‘What a Difference a Year Makes!’

May 10, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

*Hank Alexander, Oasys Executive Director*

Earlier this month, folks from all over the country made a trek to Austin, Texas to participate in the Oasys Summit 2024. I was one of them. Only the second such gathering for the newly launched group, it was with great anticipation I joined them in Austin for great music, great food, and really fun and quirky pubs (do they call them pubs in Texas?)

But mostly, I joined them for an incredible industry conference that seemed particularly poignant as the young group feels very much like a true start-up, whose participants really bonded over great conversation, best practice sharing, savvy education from top industry experts, smart impactful keynote speakers, and the forging of iron-clad new friendships.

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Highly Regarded Exec Frank Sterns to Consult on Custom Integration for Nationwide MG

April 17, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

Frank Sterns, consultant to Nationwide Marketing Group

Frank Sterns, a well-known and highly regarded (some would say renowned) industry executive, has been retained to consult on custom integration matters with Nationwide Marketing Group. Clearly a sign of just how serious the large diversified Nationwide organization is about targeting custom integration, Sterns brings a wealth of Grade A experience as a leader in the custom integration space.

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Ellipsys Reports Strong Q1 with New Members & Vendors; ‘Off to a Fast Start’

March 27, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

*Ellipsys launched at InfoComm 2023. The Executive Director is Chris Whitley (2nd from left)*

Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, the new dealer buying group for commercial integrators that is part of the Nationwide Marketing Group portfolio, announced this week it has achieved solid progress in its establishment as a completely new buying group. The company says it believes it is “off to a fast start in 2024,” with more evidence of its progress showing up every day.

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Ellipsys, Nationwide MG’s Commercial Div., Adds Two More Founding Vendors

December 19, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

The amount of activity coming out of the Nationwide Marketing Group is pretty mind-blowing with a lot of moving pieces as its multiple operating divisions are each executing on its part of the overall organization’s “Drive to 1,000” member growth program. Today, Nationwide announced that its newest venture, the Ellipsys Commercial Technology Group, has added two more “founding vendor partners,” both well-known and highly valued brands within the commercial community.

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With Oasys Growing 100%, the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 is a Short One

December 1, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group division reported this week that its membership has grown “over 100%” in 2023, a remarkable achievement in a relatively short period of time. It also propels the overall organization towards its publicly stated goal of achieving a total of at least 1,000 custom integration members across its three brands as part of its “Drive to 1,000,” first announced in March this year.

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