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LCN March 2007 Movers And Shakers03-30-07 | News

Movers & Shakers

Lewis Wright from El Paso was elected president of the Texas Turf Irrigation Association at the general membership meeting held in San Antonio. He is the 39th president of TTIA. He has been active in local happenings in El Paso for several years.






Lewis Wright


TenCate Geosynthetics North America announced a partnership with Owens Corning to sell, market and distribute TruPave???????(R)???? Engineered Paving Mat throughout North American as part of TenCate Geosynthetics?EUR??,,????'?????<

Irrigation equipment manufacturer Weathermatic has appointed Ward Slaton the new regional sales manager for the southeast region. Slaton is a Certified Irrigation Contractor, a Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor and Licensed Texas Irrigator.






Ward Slaton


The Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC), Colorado?EUR??,,????'?????<Wendy Booth, Ivy Street Design Group, Inc. The ALCC has more than 700 members across the state.






Wendy Booth
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GTO, Inc., an American manufacturer and provider of turnkey access control systems solutions for residential, commercial and industrial applications, announced that David Jones has joined the company as northwestern regional sales manager. Jones represents the complete GTO line of products including Mighty Mule and GTO/PRO branded Automatic Gate Openers and Access Controls.






David Jones


Ewing announced the opening of its 163rd facility in Rio Rancho, N.M. Ewing has appointed Dana Dodge as a manager of the new facility. Previously, Dodge managed Ewing?EUR??,,????'?????<

Ewing has also opened a facility in Auburn, Wash. and appointed Geoffrey Simpson as a manager of the new facility. Simpson previously supervised Ewing?EUR??,,????'?????<

Steve Spotts was recently named vice president and general manager of Perfect Fit Glove, the hand protection business unit of parent company Bacou-Dalloz, a designer, manufacturer and seller of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Spotts has been with the organization for nine years and brings a wealth of experience to his new role.






Steve Spotts


Pardee Homes has announced that Anthony P. ?EUR??,,????'?????< is the company?EUR??,,????'?????<

PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, has named Jim Martin, CLP, to serve as its president-elect. Martin is president of James Martin Associates, Inc., in Vernon Hills, Ill. Martin has been a member of the board of directors and remained involved with the association for many years.

Bandit Industries introduced a new sales field representative in Bel Air, Md. Chad Cavalo was recently appointed mid-atlantic large equipment sales representative for Bandit Industries, a manufacturer of a wide range of equipment to serve the tree service and forestry markets.






Chad Cavalo


Joe Cunningham joins Jacobsen, a Textron Inc. company as vice president of marketing. Cunningham brings extensive experience as a marketing executive to one of the industry?EUR??,,????'?????<






Joe Cunningham


Scott Martineau has been added to the roster of national sales representatives at Hunter Industries, a manufacturer of irrigation equipment for turf, landscape and golf. Martineau will handle distributor, contractor and specifier duties in northwest Georgia and a portion of Tennessee.






Scott Martineau


Hunter Industries has announced the addition of a national sales representative. Danny Motylewski will serve as specification manager for Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. He comes to Hunter with six years green industry experience, working in various sales and management positions within the Rain Bird Corporation.






Danny Motylewski


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