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Winn Wise Named Southwire's Chief Commercial OfficerCARROLLTON, Ga., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwire is pleased to announce that Winn Wise has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, effective April 29, 2024. In line with the company's long-term strategy, its efforts to remain generationally-sustainable and its commitment to best meet the needs of its stakeholders, Wise will lead commercial activities for the company and drive continuous improvement of the customer experience. Upon graduating from Auburn University in 1986, Wise joined Southwire as an industrial engineer in the company's Utility Products Plant and later moved into account management, where he gained experience within sales and marketing. Since that time, he has served in leadership roles within Southwire's OEM, Industrial, Commercial and Residential businesses. Most recently, Wise served as Senior Vice President of Southwire's Infrastructure business, where he led sales with a focus on solutions that allow contractors to work safer while being more efficient, competitive and profitable. As part of this transition, Aaron Asher will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Customer Experience, and will report to Wise as he continues to lead Southwire's distribution operations with a stronger emphasis on customer experience. The company's inside sales for Infrastructure and Electrical Products and Engineered Solutions (EP&ES) and Southwire SPEED™ services teams will now report to Aaron, further supporting Southwire's efforts toward sustaining a premier customer experience. With this move, Southwire's Electrical Distribution, National Accounts and Strategic Channels, Specialty Distribution, Retail and Canadian teams will continue to report to Wise. As part of the transition, Juan Hernandez has been named Senior Vice President of Infrastructure. In this role, he will focus on the residetial and commercial solutions sold through electrical distribution, retail and specialty channels throughout North America. For more than seventy years, Southwire has been delivering power to customers throughout the world. A leader in the multi-billion-dollar North American market, the company is enhancing its proven legacy and trusted reputation by building upon its strengths to attain sustainable, strategic growth. Through its ongoing investment in customer experience, the company expects to further strengthen its commitment to better serve its customers. QUOTES: NORMAN ADKINS – Chief Operating Officer WINN WISE – EVP, Chief Commercial Officer AARON ASHER – SVP, Customer Experience JUAN HERNANDEZ – SVP, Infrastructure Southwire Company, LLC is North America's leading wire and cable company. The $8B organization is made up of more than 9,000 team members across the globe who unite as ONE Southwire each and every day to serve each other, their customers and their communities. Southwire and its subsidiaries provide solutions including building wire and cable, metal-clad cable, utility products, portable and electronic cord products and OEM wire products. In addition, Southwire offers electrical products, engineered solutions and a variety of field support services. For more on Southwire's products and solutions, its community involvement and its vision of sustainability, visit www.southwire.com. © 2024 Southwire Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Contact: Ashley Bush View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/winn-wise-named-southwires-chief-commercial-officer-302116731.html SOURCE Southwire |