Pictured above: Ruppert Landscape's Mike Felts (left) is now corporate administrative manager and Sean Davitt is now branch manager at the company's Maryland landscape construction branch.
Laytonsville, MD – Ruppert Landscape promoted Mike Felts to the newly created position of corporate administrative manager and promoted Sean Davitt to branch manager in the company’s Maryland landscape construction branch.
“We created the corporate administrative manager position in an effort to better position our company for continued growth and development and to support departmental and divisional initiatives,” said Phil Key, president of Ruppert Landscape. “We believe this position will be a tremendous asset in providing additional support to help us meet our goals.”
Felts has held numerous positions during his seven years with the company, including estimator, production manager, operations manager and most recently branch manager in the Maryland landscape construction branch. Prior to joining Ruppert, he held positions as a partner in a general contracting company in North Carolina, a small business financial advisor and served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Army deployed to Afghanistan for two of those years.
In his new role, Felts will be responsible for planning and directing administrative, financial and operational activities. He will be working closely with the company president to assist in managing corporate departments and their initiatives, executing a five-year plan, prioritizing inquiries and determining proper course of action, and providing operational support in areas such as sales, collections and acquisitions as needed.
Davitt will fill Felts’ role as branch manager in the company’s Maryland landscape construction branch. Davitt officially joined the company in 2010 as an estimator after having spent several summers as an intern learning the business from the ground up. He was immediately asked to temporarily relocate to Oklahoma City for the Myriad Gardens project, where he served as assistant project manager, the first in the company to hold that newly created position. After a completion of that project, he was promoted to project manager in the company’s Maryland landscape construction branch, where he has served the last seven years.
“His team is committed to him, and he is committed to his team and the company. This promotion is a well-deserved opportunity and we expect great things from him in his new role,” said Felts. “I am confident that I’m leaving the branch in good hands with Sean.”