Summit Electric Supply (Houston):Giovanni Coquis has joined Summit Electric Supply to expand sales in Latin America. Having lived and worked in the region, Coquis has extensive experience in Latin American markets and across industries, including oil, gas, mining and industrial and commercial construction. Coquis, who joined Summit June 1, will focus on heavy industrial projects in oil, gas and mining, beginning in Chile.

His experience as business developer for Hilti North America and as sales manager for Hilti Latin America included logistics, large project management and strategic sales of distributors in a dozen Latin American countries. Coquis will be based in Houston, with Summit's Export Division.