John Lis Rejoins ista North America’s Multifamily Division

Atlanta–After serving as vice president of Multifamily Sales with ista North America from 2003 to 2008, John Lis has rejoined the company as senior vice president of Sales & Marketing for the multifamily division. Ista is a leading energy cost management company. The executive team will look to Lis to use his 10 years of growth and development experience in the industry to strengthen its multifamily leadership. In his revious run with the company, Lis supported the implementation of ista’s submetering services to the portfolio. He subsequently shifted into vendor sales as vice president of Sales and served as senior…

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