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C.H.I. Promotes and Hires Mark Byers is now going to represent C.H.I. Overhead Doors in the Southeastern Region which includes South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. With his 20 years of door experience, Mark is well versed in Residential & Commercial Sectional and Rolling Steel products, as well as Architectural Services, he will certainly be a great asset for C.H.I. distributors in his region.
Mark Byers
Andrew Weger has just accepted the position of Mechanical Engineer for the Rolling Steel division. In this exciting and challenging new position he will be assisting C.H.I. Distributors with their Rolling Steel Engineering needs. Andy had previously been working primarily on various rolling steel applications and spring layouts. Roman Bulkiewicz just joined C.H.I. as IT Manager. He brings an extensive background in design, implementation, and management of IT systems in both national and international platforms. Most recently, Roman had been serving as Global Director of IT for Knight Industries, a large manufacturer of fiberboard products, where he was responsible for building their IT infrastructure from scratch.
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Roman Bulkewicz
Iowa Spring adds Midwest Territory Manager Iowa Spring Mfg. & Sales is excited to announce the hiring of Dan Day as Midwest Regional Territory Manager based in Adel, Iowa. Iowa Spring Manufacturing is a premium spring manufacturer for the residential and commercial overhead garage door industry, specialty manufacturers and Farm/Ag-related equipment manufacturers. Day will be responsible for building these related markets throughout the 7-state Midwest region. Day is a self-motivated 25-year sales veteran within the building materials industry holding various positions of sales and management positions for Wheeler Lumber Company and Leachman Lumber Company. During his extensive sales career, he has been exposed to all aspects of enhancing customer service.
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Floyd Phelps began working as a door technician for Crawford Door, Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1958. He was the very first full-time employee hired by RT and Tancil Horne (Tancil Horne later became president of DODA). This year he celebrates 50 years as a key employee of the company. Phelps has installed virtually every type of product the company has handled including sectional doors (residential and commercial), rolling steel, sliding doors, hurricane shutters, loading dock equipment, electric and hydraulic door openers and awnings. He has constructed sliding fire doors, cut glass for wood and steel doors, and built high-lift track from scratch. For most of his career, he used manual tools like a speed handle, ratchet wrench, and a hammer driven masonry chisel. In the days preceding OSHA, he sometimes used scaffolding with a ladder placed on top, and preferred carrying his tools in his hip pockets. No tool belt for him! Standard tools included a folding stick ruler, and a block of paraffin wax for lubricating jambs. In recent years, Phelps has become the company resource for techniciangenerated questions. Referred to as the firm’s “Shell Answer Man”, he is extremely helpful to the installers and has trained almost all of the company’s core technicians. In his spare time, Phelps is a beekeeper. As a matter of fact, people from all around call him if they have a swarm of bees to catch.