Vessel Announces Strategic Hire to Lead & Drive Software Sales & Revenue Growth

Vessel Announces Strategic Hire to Drive our Proprietary Software Sales Strategy and Multi-Channel Revenue Growth.

Boise, Idaho - Vessel's leadership team is excited to announce the addition of a new business role and its impressive leader to join our team of disruptive and dedicated innovators committed to bolstering U.S. Manufacturing and enhancing supply chain resiliency.

Britteny Gardner joins Vessel as our Director of Sales and Revenue bringing with her over two decades of sales and marketing executive leadership. In addtition to Britteny’s depth and breadth of experience in sales coaching, business development, and program oversight, Britteny is also an entrepreneur having built a successful insurance brokerage.

An expert at building relationships and understanding a client’s core concerns, Britteny is a positive source of energy with brilliant forward-thinking ideas, attention to detail, and a winning track record of business success and building unstoppable momentum.

"We are honored to welcome a highly skilled Director of Sales and Revenue to the team. Britteny’s proven expertise and dynamic approach to client engagement are already igniting a transformative spark across our organization. With her at the helm of our sales strategy, we are not just forecasting an increase in revenue, we are charting a new course towards unprecedented success."

-Derik Ellis, CEO

Amongst Britteny’s many driving factors she is a dedicated wife and mother to four kids, an insatiable adventurer through world travel, and is deeply committed to supporting community and developing others through her work in nonprofit board leadership, public speaking, and a selfless service to others.

Britteny’s unique blend of her signature high energy “can do” personality, authentic relationship skills, business acumen, demonstrated leadership, and laser-focus, will help lead Vessel through the next chapters as we continue to expand, grow, and further specialize in providing the highest level of expertise in serving up supply chain solutions and software to boost U.S. economic impact.

2023 Vessel Challenge Coin - Honoring U.S. Manufacturing

2023 U.S. Manufacturing & Supply Chain Challenge Coin

The history and intent of the challenge coin has a special meaning for those that carry them. Vessel, being a Veteran-owned company, takes deep pride in the significance and practice in which we create and share each of our commemorative coins. Our own CEO, Derik Ellis, is rarely without his coin on hand, and it regularly becomes a topic of conversation and symbol of appreciation.

Vessel’s 2023 small batch commemorative Challenge Coin was 100% sourced and manufactured in the U.S. and designed with these elements in mind: Reshoring and Resilience, Fueling Growth, and Advancing U.S. Manufacturing. The practice of someone on the Vessel team awarding a challenge coin signifies a trusted partnership and an aligned mission. For recipients of our Vessel Challenge Coin, we thank you for your camaraderie and show recognition for your deep commitment to the important work in creating supply chain solutions for U.S. small and mid-size manufacturers.

Challenge Coins are typically a representation of one's company or industry and a symbol of pride. It’s a powerful way to share dedication to a cause, to recognize a shared camaraderie, or can be a fun way to challenge a competitor. For more information on the history and meaning of challenge coins, read this NY Times article, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/challenge-coins.html

Vessel Announces Strategic Hire!

Vessel Press Release August 23rd 2023

Vessel Announces Strategic Hire to Advance Operations, Fuel Across-Industry Collaborations and Drive Economic Impact

Boise, Idaho - Vessel's leadership team is excited to announce the addition of a maverick in business, public relations, and strategic operations to our team of disruptive and dedicated innovators committed to bolstering U.S. Manufacturing and enhancing supply chain resiliency!

Molly Lenty Vessel COO

Molly Lenty joins Vessel as our Chief Operating Officer and brings with her over twenty-five years of executive leadership having served as a Vice President in corporate banking with regional oversight in small business, government and public relations, marketing and communications, social responsibility, philanthropy, and education.

Molly also has a decorated career of community service having served on and chaired a multitude of boards, led state and federally funded initiatives, chaired political campaigns, and is a publicly elected official serving her second term as a Trustee and Chair of the Board for one of the fastest growing community colleges in the country.

"Molly will be a game-changer in leading our growing team as we continue to support our partners and clients in reaching a shared vision for bolstering U.S., State and local economic impact through reshoring and resilience for U.S. manufacturing"

-Derik Ellis, CEO

Molly appreciates that small and midsize companies are the backbone of the U.S. economy and is passionate about their critical role in the vibrancy of local communities and the success of American families. Expanding workforce pipelines to meet the current and future needs of manufacturing is an area of her expertise through a decade of chairing an Education & Workforce committee in Idaho and years of service in higher education.

The unique depth and breadth of experience in Molly's leadership, combined with her gritty can-do attitude will help lead Vessel through these next chapters as we continue to expand, grow, and further specialize in providing the highest level of expertise in serving up supply chain solutions to boost U.S. economic impact.