Target Marketing Group (asi/341691), a promotional products distributor with a 36-year history, has hired Rob Ross as its chief operating officer.

Ross, an industry veteran with experience at Top 40 distributor HALO Branded Solutions (asi/356000) and Chamberlain Marketing Group (CMG; asi/160501), will take over the day-to-day leadership of the Owings Mills, MD-based company. John Leahy, founder of Target Marketing Group, will continue to serve as CEO.

Rob Ross, Target Marketing Group

“I am incredibly excited to assume this new role and for the future of the company,” said Ross. “We have an exceptionally talented team at Target Marketing Group that is focused on customer satisfaction and exceeding customer expectations.”

Ross’ experience includes about 12 years with CMG, where his responsibilities included being vice president of operations.

After HALO Branded Solutions acquired Chamberlain in 2018, Ross served as president of CMG Powered by HALO/HALO Detroit. Another recent role includes being chief operating officer of gfxt3ch, a platform for creating customizable merchandise.

“With Rob’s experience, expertise and leadership, we are confident that we will continue to grow Target Marketing Group into one of the most respected and leading companies in the industry,” said Leahy.

Founded in 1986, Target Marketing Group said the firm works to help clients build their brands and loyalty through mediums that include promotional merchandise, branded apparel, printed collateral and incentives. To support such efforts, the company’s offerings include in-house creative services, on-site decoration, warehousing and fulfillment, and in-house e-commerce solutions.

Target Marketing Group of Owings Mills, MD is not to be confused with Virginia-based Target Marketing, a distributor that merged with Top 40 distributor The Image Group (asi/230069) in 2017.