D'Aguanno Named Chief Technology Officer of Alliance Franchise Brands

PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Sept. 4, 2013 - PRLog -- PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Alliance Franchise Brands LLC, the parent company of Allegra Network LLC and Sign & Graphics LLC, recently announced the appointment of Joe D’Aguanno to the position of Chief Technology Officer. D’Aguanno is a long-time Allegra franchise member in the Detroit and Windsor, ON, markets. Earlier this year, he was named Vice President of Technology and Digital Services for Allegra Corporate Operations.

"The number and complexity of technologies that impact our business and our franchise members in all of our divisions continue to grow," said Alliance Franchise Brands CEO Mike Marcantonio. "As the company expands and the pace of technological change accelerates, it was time to create a new leadership position in our company with overall responsibility to assure we are adopting and implementing best practices across all technology platforms for our franchise members and within our corporate operations."

D’Aguanno has more than 25 years of experience in the print and graphics industry. He began his career as an entrepreneur in college when he founded a graphic design business. While with Allegra, Joe custom wrote a POS system for quick print companies and installed one of the first connected digital color copiers. He also installed one of the first digital offset presses in the industry and has remained at the forefront of new technology adoption within the commercial printing industry.

D’Aguanno’s responsibilities as CTO span across the Marketing & Print Division, Sign & Graphics Division, Shared Services Division and the Corporate Operations Division to leverage technology across business units, identifying best practices with new tech and applying them company-wide.

About Alliance Franchise Brands LLC
Alliance Franchise Brands LLC, the parent company of Allegra Network LLC and Sign & Graphics Operations LLC, is a world leader in marketing, visual and graphics communications, linking more than 600 locations in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom. The company’s Marketing & Print Division, headquartered in Plymouth, MI, is comprised of Allegra, American Speedy Printing, Insty-Prints, Speedy Printing and Zippy Print brands of marketing, printing, mailing and Web services providers. Its Sign & Graphics Division, headquartered in Columbia, MD, is comprised of Image360, Signs By Tomorrow and Signs Now brands of sign and graphics communications providers.

For more information about Alliance Franchise Brands, please call (800) 726-9050 or visit www.alliancefranchisebrands.com.