Industry Updates Expansions and New Hires at Tri County Metals
For 14 years, Tri County Metals, a Floridabased company, has serviced the residential, commercial and architectural metal roofing markets throughout the state. As Tri County Metals (TCM) business continues to grow in the Southwest Florida market, they have hired Sheri Hocknell as Business Development Manager. Her duties include working directly with contractors to grow their market share, simultaneously growing TCM’s Southwest market share and contractor loyalty. To bolster the servicing of Sheri’s Southwest market, TCM has also added a new branch in Winter Haven. Sheri will develop TCM’s contractor service platforms of one-day service on exposed fastener projects and five days or less on standing seam
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projects. She brings 13 years of experience servicing contractor development, with her most recent position with paint industry giant, Sherwin Williams. Sheri will be covering Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee counties. Tri County Metals would like to extend a sincere thank you to Andrea Simon for her dedication over the past several years with the company. She was instrumental in developing contractor business in Seminole, Orange and Volusia counties. Best of luck to Andrea on her recent move to Tennessee. David Grimes will succeed Andrea in developing the growth strategies set forth in those areas as Business Development Manager. David is a long-time resident of the DeLand area. He has served 28 years in the Army National Guard and continues to serve our country. He has owned and managed a post frame supply business as well as his own contracting company. David joined Tri County Metals in 2018 as the Certified Corporate Trainer where he led the Contractors Edge training program throughout the state. Paul DeLellis has been hired as TCM’s Regional Sales Manager. Paul has owned and managed a general contracting company and was also General Manager of a building materials supply venture in the Southeast. He brings 26 years of knowledge from the post frame/metal roofing industry, managing multiple sales teams and regions throughout the Eastern U.S. He currently resides in Northern Florida with his wife Tina and looks forward to using his knowledge at Tri County Metals.