Summit Electric Promotes Ilseng & Rusk to Leadership Posts in Houston & Phoenix
Summit Electric Supply (Albuquerque, N.M.): has promoted electrical industry veterans Rodney Ilseng and Craig Rusk to the positions of service center leaders in Houston and Phoenix, respectively. Ilseng succeeds Dan Ferrari, who has been promoted to regional vice president of the Gulf Coast region. Ilseng has been involved in electrical distribution since 1983. He joined Summit in April 2003. He most recently had been holding a dual role as service center leader in the Clute, Texas, location and as Summit's industrial strategic accounts manager in the Gulf Coast. As Houston service center leader, he is responsible for sales and operations of the 62-member location, focusing on both industrial and commercial accounts. Ilseng holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
Craig Rusk succeeds Scott Cogan, who has been promoted to regional vice president of the Southwest Region. Rusk, a graduate of Arizona State University, joined Summit in 1993, becoming a consistently top performing account manager, focusing on industrial clients.
Summit has operated in the Phoenix market since 1991 and employs 40 associates in its Phoenix location.
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