Willard New SALEM Stone Prez
The 47 employee-owners of the stone-fabrication-supply firm appointed Willard earllier this summer. He succeeds Howard Haines. Haines retired from the company this spring..
Willard brings 25-years of industry sales management experience, with the last 11 years as Salem’s national sales manager and executive vice president.
A executive vice president, Willard directed 23 field sales people located throughout the United States and Canada, and managed the company’s strategic diversification throughout the past decade. His efforts as a member of the management team were instrumental in successfully steering Salem’s transition from a privately owned company to a 100-percent employee-owned company.
The company noted that Salem showed exceptional resilience through the recent financial events due to sound business decisions, coupled with a collective employee owner’s entrepreneurial spirit.
As president, Willard aims to nurture the ESOP ownership culture to harness the internal resourcefulness and energy unique to an employee-owned company in expanding existing markets, as well as developing new markets and new products. He believes the commitment of individual employee owners is vital to maximizing the opportunities of the company for its future success.
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