Paul Reed Smith Guitars Awards for Excellence in Service

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Paul Reed Smith Guitars Awards for Excellence in Service

(STEVENSVILLE, MD)December 18, 2017 - Paul Reed Smith Guitars, one of the largest full-time private employers in Queen Anne’s County,celebrated milestones in service for 36 PRS Employees on Friday, December 16th. Employees with Five Years of Service, Ten Years of Service, Fifteen Years of Service, Twenty Years of Service, Twenty-Five Yearsof Service and Thirty Years of Service were celebrated with plaques and gifts. In addition, Perfect Attendance awards were given to seventeen PRS employees who had between one and sixteen years of perfect attendance. Paul Reed Smith Guitars employs 275 full time employees. To see available job postings, please visit:

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Ten Year Service Awards:

Left to Right: Mike Cimba, Rick Hancock, Bryan Zajchowski, (Paul Smith) Rick Newman, Randy Scull, Brian O’Neal, Karrie Pelchat, Andrew Jordan Not pictured: Paul Platts and Greg Loker

Fifteen Year Service Awards:

Left to right: Jim Leslie, Bev Fowler, James Zimmers, Kathy Norris, (Paul Smith) Jason Spicer, Matt King, Shawn Nuthall, Jordan Hoyt Not Pictured: Donald Close, Simon Wojcik, Urs Gugerli

Twenty Year Service Awards:

Left to right: Greg Pope, Herman Efland, (Paul Smith) Robert Cartney, Jim Cullen, Kurt Tilling

Twenty-Five Year Service Awards:

Front to back: Rob Carhart (Paul Smith) Not pictured: James Davis

About PRS Guitars:

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high quality instruments in Stevensville, Maryland and has provided some of the world’s most renowned musicians with instruments since 1985. The PRS team of highly skilled craftspeople design and build a wide variety of musical instruments and gear for worldwide distribution, including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as boutique-style guitar amplifiers. The PRS SE line of products complements the Maryland-made PRS line by offering highly approachable and more affordable electric, acoustic, and bass guitars. Carlos Santana, Neal Schon, John McLaughlin, John Mayer, Jimmy Herring, Linkin Park, Orianthi, Blake Shelton, Mark Tremonti, Zach Myers of Shinedown, Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, David Grissom, Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, and Derek Trucks are among the artists currently playing PRS instruments and/or amplifiers.

PRS Guitars Info:

PRS Contact for this release: Christina M. Woodard, SPHR / Director of Human Resources/410-643-9970x6895 /