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Executive Management BiographiesAt Tradesmen, we believe in providing skilled construction labor services to our clients, and in increasing labor productivity, helping our clients meet their labor needs and ultimately saving money in the process. Our executive management team shares this philosophy. Learn more about the team behind Tradesmen.
Joseph O. Wesley, President/CEO Mr. Wesley oversees all company operations and new market expansion and is especially active in supporting the strategic development and advancement of the company’s labor-oriented services which continue to differentiate Tradesmen from all staffing and personnel operations servicing the construction industry. Previous to Tradesmen, he owned and managed both a residential land development company, Land Developers, Inc., and a commercial electrical contracting firm, RIC Electric, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wesley entered the trades as a heavy equipment operator for the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers in 1982. John Marko, Chief Financial Officer He joined Tradesmen International in 1996 as Controller and has played a significant role in the aggressive growth of the company as an architect of the company’s IT department and correlating national operating network which is – if properly implemented – a critical asset to the success of any multi-site organization. His previous experience comes from employment with Ernst & Young from 1981 – 1984, and from serving as controller for two national apparel companies, Joseph Feiss and Hugo Boss, USA. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Ohio University. Stephen Bowker,
Senior Vice President, Operations Mr. Bowker joined the company in 1998 as Atlantic Area Manager, a position he held for two years. He then served as General Manager of the Norfolk, VA, office for four years and as Regional Vice President, North East Region, for the three years preceding his current position. Prior to joining Tradesmen he served as District Manager and Director of Labor Scheduling for Farm Fresh, Inc., one of the nation’s largest grocery chains. Kevin Wettschurack, Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing Mr. Wettschurack joined Tradesmen International in 1995 as a Field Representative in our Indianapolis District. His other roles have included District Sales Manager for four years and District Manager of the Cincinnati District for three years. He graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Ryan Welsh, Vice President, Project Support Group Mr. Welsh previously served a District Manager for the Cleveland District and Sales Manager prior to that. He joined the company as a Field Representative in 1995. George Brophy, Regional Vice President, Southwest Region He has strong operational, sales and marketing expertise having previously served as Chief Operating Officer for the Golf and Turf Company and as a Branch and Territory Manager for E-Z-GO, a Textron Company. Perhaps most valuable to Tradesmen International clients is his hands-on experience as a developer/builder. As owner of Brophy Custom Homes, a builder of custom homes in the Greater Kansas City area, he gained invaluable experience including direct management of craftsmen and subcontractors, material planning and purchases, cost/risk analysis, budgeting and project management. Mr. Brophy has a Bachelor of General Science degree from the University of Kansas and an Advanced Degree from Penn State in Executive Development. Howard
Aronson, Regional Vice President, West Coast Region He joined the company in 2000 as a General Manager for the company’s Seattle location. Previous to Tradesmen, Mr. Aronson was Vice President for Dupont Flooring Systems and Vice President of Sales for Metro/ Resource-Interface. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Finance from the State University of New York at Albany. Ryan Ellis, Regional Vice President, Ohio Valley Region Mr. Ellis graduated from the Indiana University School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in business management. He joined Tradesmen in February of 1997 as a Field Representative for Tradesmen’s Indianapolis office. In this position, Mr. Ellis quickly proved his ability to be a strong leader with a successful sales record. He was promoted to Sales Manager in November of 1997. Continuing to drive sales upward and increase revenue, Mr. Ellis was promoted to General Manager in 2000. He established new business through increased focus on building customer and employee relations, thus leading to his promotion to District Manager of Indiana in 2004. He has been an Associated Builders and Contractors board member since 2002. Mike Christiansen, Regional Vice President, Great Lakes Region Scott Speanburgh, Regional Vice President, Southeast Region Mr. Speanburgh joined Tradesmen in 1997 as General Manager of the Richmond office. He was promoted to Southeast Area Manager in 2000, Vice President of Field Training in 2003, and Southeast Region Vice President in 2005. Prior to Tradesmen, Mr. Speanburgh was the General Manager for Farm Fresh Inc. in Richmond, VA. Chris Blike, Regional Vice President, Mountain Region He joined the company as a Field Representative in the Akron, Ohio, office in November of 1993. Was a top performing Field Rep from 1994-1996 and was then promoted to General Manager to start up the Washington D.C. district. In 1999, he was promoted to South Central Regional Manager with responsibilities of opening/supervising markets throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. In June of 2001, he was promoted to Vice President, Project Support Group, the position he most recently held. Prior to Tradesmen, he worked as a Realtor in Northern Ohio and with his family’s excavating company also in Northern Ohio. Ron Rowen, Vice President of Risk Management Prior to joining Tradesmen, Mr. Rowen was a tax and business consultant for a broad range of industrial and commercial clients including Stouffer Frozen Foods, Forest City Enterprises and Nautilus. He was Tax Manager for Goldberg Companies, a real estate developer, from 1990 – 1991. Upon graduation with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Akron in 1983 he joined Touche Ross & Co. / Deloitte & Touche where he served in several roles including tax manager until 1990. Mr. Rowen secured his CPA certification in 1986 and has amassed more than 20 years of public accounting experience. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. Vincent Norwillo, Esq. Vice President, Administrative Services In 1994, while at Duvin, Cahn and Hutton, Mr. Norwillo began providing labor, employment and OSHA compliance counsel to Tradesmen International, Inc. – which was then a two facility construction labor leasing company in Northeast Ohio. As Tradesmen steadily expanded, so did their need for quality sophisticated legal services. In 1997 Mr. Norwillo left the Cleveland law firm, accepting a position as National Labor and Employment Counsel with Tradesmen International. Since then, he has provided the company and its clients comprehensive legal counseling on virtually every issue affecting the workplace as well as the employer/employee relationship. Presently Vice President of Administrative Services, Mr. Norwillo has developed a specialty in the legal challenges facing the management and operation of contingent workforces in the construction industry, including those funded and directed by organized labor. Development of this specialty has yielded a number of recent court decisions sharpening the cutting edge of contemporary labor and employment issues. These decisions include: Chao v. Tradesmen International, Inc., 310 F.3d 904 (6th Cir. 2002); Tradesmen International, Inc. v. NLRB, 275 F.3d 1137 (D.C. Cir.2002); and Tradesmen International, Inc., 338 NLRB No. 49 (2002). C. William
Klausman, Vice President and General Counsel Mr. Klausman graduated from Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Business Administration and received his Juris Doctorate from the Ohio State University School of Law. Following graduation, he joined the law firm of Schottstein, Zox and Dunn of Columbus, Ohio specializing in real estate, franchise and securities law and serving as a partner in that firm. He then joined Rax Restaurants, Inc. as its Vice President/General Counsel and Secretary and helped grow that company to over 500 restaurants from its founding with principal responsibilities in management of that company’s legal department where he primarily focused on franchise and security law matters. Mr. Klausman then joined Rally’s, Inc., a double drive through fast food hamburger franchise chain having over 500 restaurants as its Vice President/General Counsel and Secretary where he managed the legal department with primary responsibilities being in the securities and franchise areas. Mr. Klausman has had extensive corporate legal practice, both as a private and corporate attorney with primary specializations in the areas of debt and equity financing, real estate, franchise and government regulatory agency practice. He has also been a lecturer at various franchise association forums. Ed Rojeck, Director of Marketing Prior to joining Tradesmen, Mr. Rojeck served as Marketing Strategist and Account Supervisor for Saifman, Richards & Associates from 1996 – 2003 where he managed marketing programs for companies including Management Reports International / Intuit, GEO Specialty Chemicals, BFG Specialty Chemicals and Readers’ Digest. From 1985 – 1996 he served as a Marketing Specialist and Copywriter for the advertising and marketing firm, Adverama, Inc., working on multi-site accounts including Agency Rent-A-Car, Rally’s, Pepsi-Cola and Motorola Dealerships. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Advertising from Kent State University in 1984. Dr. Diane Govern, Director of Training She came to Tradesmen with more than 15 years of consulting experience in the area of human performance improvement. Dr. Govern previously worked for Avatar, Inc., a multi-media company, serving as a training consultant for Tradesmen International and the Tradesmen Education Center from 2002 until she became a full-time Tradesmen employee. She received a Doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron in 1997.
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