Dow AgroSciences Names Commercial Leader for Turf and Ornamental Business
In addition to his current role as commercial leader for the company’s pest management business, David A. Morris has been named commercial leader of the turf and ornamental and technical products business for Dow AgroSciences.
The move marks his return to the turf and ornamental group after having previously served as the marketing manager in the business for several years before becoming a global business leader for two different product lines.
In his new expanded role, Morris will manage both pest management and turf and ornamental sales and marketing activities nationwide. He will manage five district managers, a national account manager, and three marketing specialists across the product portfolios.
Morris brings almost 25 years of industry experience to his new position, having worked for the company since the early 1980s. A native of Wilmington, Del., he holds a bachelor’s degree in entomology/plant pathology from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in entomology from Virginia Tech. He is an active member of Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE), a national not-for-profit trade association representing producers and suppliers of specialty pesticides and fertilizers.
Learn more at www.dowagro.com.
Stay Green Names OC/Inland Empire Business Developer
Stay Green, a Santa Clarita, Calif., landscape contracting firm, has recently appointed Certified Arborist Don Nock to head its tree care sales efforts in parts of Orange County and all of the Inland Empire.
Nock’s territory extends from Temecula through Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, and covers many parts of southern Orange County as well. He will operate out of SGI’s San Marcos office.
New to the company, Nock has almost 30 years of landscape and tree care experience – much of it in the sales end of the business. Starting out in Cleveland, Ohio (where tradesmen must work a certain number of years at one level before advancing to a higher one) Nock learned the power of perseverance and determination in achieving one’s goals. His personal goal for SGI Tree Care Division sales is $100,000 per month.
Also important to Nock is continuing education, which he believes is essential to personal and professional advancement. He has taken several community college night courses in business, accounting and plant health care throughout the years, and studied to receive his ISA Certified Arborist designation through the International Society of Arboriculture. Nock has been a business owner himself, and brings those vital customer service skills and attitudes he’s learned to his new SGI position.
Nock is married, has two daughters ages 4 and 11, and lives in Temecula. He enjoys the outdoors – especially the beach – and loves “hanging out with the kids” and taking them to Sea World.
For more information, call 800/858-5508 or visit www.staygreen.com.
Massey Services Names Training and Technical Director
Massey Services promoted Karen Nix to the position of residential pest prevention training and technical director.
Nix joined the Massey organization in February of 2006 and completed a rigorous Management Training Program in August. After her training, she was promoted to the position of Termite Protection Field Training Manager.
Nix earned a Bachelors Degree in Biology from McNeese State University and a Masters Degree in Entomology from Louisiana State University. She brings more than 5 years of experience in Formosan and Subterranean Termite research with LSU to her new duties.
Shemin Adds Boston Irrigation and Lighting Manager
Shemin, The Landscape Supply Company is increasing its focus on landscape lighting and irrigation in the Boston area. In support of this goal, Shemin has added an extensive irrigation selection to the product mix in Shemin’s Lexington, MA and Hudson, MA full-service landscape supply centers.
Also announced was Ernie Drougas, former Irrigation Specialist for P.J. Pappas, Inc. and Design Irrigation, has joined the company's Boston team as irrigation and lighting manager. Drougas is responsible for helping Shemin’s customers grow their water garden (ponds), irrigation, lighting and drainage businesses.
Drougas, a native of the area, is a green industry veteran with more than 23 years experience in the irrigation and lighting field. He is a current member of the Irrigation Association of New England and has recently become a Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA).