Marketing Vet Tapped to Help Promote Electric Vehicles

Omaha, NE, June 04, 2008 --(PR.com)-- EV World announced today that it has hired Craig Shields as its Vice President of Marketing and Sales. Shields brings with him a track record of considerable success in technology, automotive, and industrial marketing that has spanned a period of 25 years. EV World’s Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Bill Moore comments, “We’re thrilled to have Craig on the team. Throughout his career, he’s proven his ability to facilitate the adoption of new technology, and that’s exactly what the electric vehicle community needs.”

A seasoned marketing consultant and manager of an agency whose staff numbered in the hundreds, Craig will focus his attention on expanding the impact of EV World to a larger, global audience. “I’m proud to be a part of the team,” Shields notes. “For me, it’s the perfect place; I’m fond of the people, and I love the opportunity to make a difference for the planet we live on.” It appears that Shields, with his undergraduate degree in physics and his MA in philosophy, has found a perfect home for his abilities. He continues, “This is really the perfect blend of the sciences and the humanities. I’m looking forward to the challenge.”

About EV World. Since its inception in 1998, EV World, Inc., with its flagship website (www.evworld.com) has been the definitive source of news and information on electric vehicles. The site boasts an average of over 60,000 page-views per day, and is known for its accurate, fact-based reporting, as well as its cutting-edge insight into all the issues—technological, cultural, financial, and political—that surround the replacement of internal combustion engines with EVs.

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