Sales Reps
WAYNE E. RIDGLEY
B.S. Degree, Education
Southwest Texas State
University;
San Marcos, Texas
Areas Served:
Dallas/Fort Worth, Arkansas &
Northern Louisiana, El Paso, Mexico
Wayne joined Dennison Manufacturing Company in 1973 as a Sales Representative. He serviced the South Texas marketplace. He became a Fastener Division Specialist in 1974, supervising six salesmen in the Southwestern US. In 1977, he joined Tyton Corporation as Southern Regional Manager. Wayne supervised all O.E.M. and Distributor sales/service for a twelve-state area.
In 1979, Wayne Joined Ark-Les Corporation as Western Regional Manager for both the switch & terminal divisions covering eighteen states. Responsibilities included O.E.M. and Distributor sales. Wayne joined Gary Manufacturing in 1980 as Regional Manager for the eight South Western States. Responsibilities included both O.E.M. and distributor sales.
Completed Certified Professional Manufacturer's Representative (CPMR) 1997. Wayne joined AID Electronics, Inc. February 2, 1981 and became a partner in September, 1988.
SHEREE COPELAND
Auburn University,
Auburn, Alabama
Areas Served:
Houston, and Southern Louisiana
Sheree joined AID Electronics in 2000. She covers the Southeastern part of Texas and Southern Louisiana. After being transferred from Alabama, she spent two years with Kent Electronics. She was successful at selling passives, connectors, power supplies and value added services to the heavy industrial Houston market. Before moving to Texas, Sheree enjoyed considerable success as a manufacturer's representative servicing Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi. She worked for Pinnacle Sales for three years. As a manufacturer's representative she specialized in passive, electromechanical, power and value added services. Starting her career in electronics, in 1991, she was a buyer at both Bethco and Txport. She was responsible for the purchasing of electronic components, cable, cable assemblies, hardware and manufactured parts.
TOM L. PRESSLY
Business Degree
Mountain View College,
Dallas, Texas
Areas Served:
Dallas/Fort Worth, Mexico
Tom joined Tyton Corporation in 1979 as District Manager. His territory included Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. In 1980, Tom joined Advanced Components as an outside salesman, his territory included Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Tom worked directly with engineering and purchasing for evaluation and approval of electronic hardware and fasteners. He worked both in the electronics and aircraft industry. In 1983, Tom joined Southern Screw Corporation as their local Representative. He was involved in setting up new distributors and maintaining existing O.E.M. accounts. Tom completed the Certified Manufacturer's Representative (CPMR) in 2000. Tom joined AID Electronics, Inc. January 2, 1985.
DAVID VANROEKEL
Business Degree,
Brookhaven College,
Dallas, Texas
David was V.P. of sales and operations at Holt Food Fare, Inc. for 17 years. He entered the electronics industry in 1995 with Force Electronics, Inc., a member of the DAC Group. During the three years David was with Force, he was their top dollar producer. David was outside sales for Texas & Oklahoma City working with engineering, designing in components on new projects, as well as with purchasing to implement stocking programs. David has attended and successfully completed extensive training programs with Molex, Inc., Berg Electronics, Omron and Panduit. David joined AID Electronics in 1998.
MICHELLE THOMPSON
Inside Sales and Distribution
Michelle Joined AID Electronics in January 2008 as an inside sales and account representative. Her duties include; day to day interface with all direct customers and working with all of AID's distributors. She also interfaces with all of AID's principals with duties ranging from entering and tracking orders to resolving customer issues. Michelle has 16 years experience in the electronic distribution and representative industry. She spent several years at RSC Electronics. Her responsibilities included inside sales, purchasing and warehouse/inventory manager. She interfaced with both purchasing and engineering departments of the territorial customer base. Michelle also helped open the Dallas branch office of Radio Inc.. Her responsibilities included inside sales, office and warehouse/inventory manager. She held the top sales position for the entire time she was at RSC Electronics.
CRAIG A. DRESSER
BA business administration
Valley College, Van Nuys, CA
Craig comes to AID Electronics from the manufacturing community. Craig covered over one-half of the United States as a regional manager for Polytronix and Ocular. Both companies manufacturer Liquid Crystal Displays. His duties included sales and sales strategies, using manufacturer representatives and electronic distribution. He was involved with the pricing and marketing of the private label portion of the LCD product line. Craig was instrumental in helping both companies grow to major suppliers in the LCD market. For the five years prior to entering the manufacturing sector of the industry, Craig was a product manager for Future Electronics. He managed over two hundred fifty product lines, including twenty five of the top suppliers. Besides his corporate duties managing hundreds of product lines, Craig served as a trainer at the branch level. He also served as operation manager at two of the Future branches. Walker Components was where Craig started his electronic sales career as director of marketing. At Walker he directed supply chain management. This included finding and contracting with major electronic suppliers. Craig proudly served our country as a member of the US Navy.