Borders States hires Harding as Southwest regional business development manager
Border States Electric (BSE) (Fargo, N.D.): Victor Harding has joined BSE as th ecompany’s Southwest region business development manager. Harding worked at BSE’s Phoenix, branch in 1996 as an industrial automation specialist. In 1997, he worked for Glenmount Global Solutions in Boston, Mass. Most recently he worked at ABB Inc. in Phoenix, where he held two positions simultaneously as an alliance account manager, and account manager and distribution equipment manufacturers (DEM) sales for the west region.
In other news at BSE, Frank Casas has been named branch manager for the company's Hobbs, N.M., branch.
Casas joined BSE in 2006 when the company acquired Nunn Electric Supply. He has held several positions at the company’s Lubbock, Texas, branch located at 5902 Spur 327, including warehouse associate and city desk representative. He was most recently the branch operations supervisor.
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