Columbia Ultimate has promoted Kory Wright to Vice President of Associate Excellence. Previously, a new business development manager, Kory will now oversee recruitment and human resources as well as internal training and learning initiatives for the company.

“Our lifeblood is our people and the combined knowledge we bring together. Ongoing education, learning and training to support and expand ongoing innovation, client care, and overall skills are critical to our success. Kory’s commitment, dedication and leadership style make him the most appropriate candidate to shepherd associate development and help us better serve our clients,” said R. Fred Houston, President and CEO, Columbia Ultimate.

Bringing over 20 years of sales management and operations experience, Kory was previously the chief operations officer for Simply Right, a movie theater cleaning business in which he was responsible for revenue and expenses for a $6 million business with operations in eight states with over 300 sub-contractors. He has served as president for Wright Angle Ventures, Inc., and Healthware, Inc. He also served as a consultant for The Intelitech Group and was previously with Columbia Ultimate in the mid-1980’s spearheading sales. He rejoined Columbia Ultimate in early 2006 as a new business development manager.

Kory has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Brigham Young University.