Meet the Pace Reps Team

It depends! In the summer time, I enjoy a good margarita or a gin & tonic.  But in the winter time I most often find myself having an Old Fashioned, which I enjoy making myself. It also depends on where I am while enjoying a beverage.  Something about sitting on a beach in Jamaica that makes rum seem particularly appropriate!

First of all, I can really say that in what I do, no two days are alike. When you work with hundreds of different products and interact with so very many different types of customers, each day is bound to bring a unique set of challenges and opportunities – I really like that. But I would have to say that one aspect of what I do that I find most enjoyable is being able to work with both end users and design-build dealers towards matching our equipment to an existing need – and in the end providing a workable equipment solution to the customer.

Well, I know that water is what I really NEED to drink, and I do try to drink as much water each day as I possible can (I’m always flavoring it with SOMETHING to make it more interesting).  But with a meal, I just LOVE an ice cold Diet Coke with lemon!

In addition to getting to work with an awesome team every day, I do very much enjoy helping to train customers in the use of their new equipment.  I know they’ve made a monetary investment in order to derive a certain benefit to their food service operation, and I find it very gratifying when I am able to help them to become expert in utilizing their new kitchen “tool”.  It’s a real win-win situation for all because it helps them to take real ownership in the successful use of the equipment and it allows the equipment to be a more valuable resource to them.

The favorite drink has changed over the years – today, it happens to be that green bottle with the yellow label and black lettering. Some of you are trying to think about liquor bottle may have that type of description. Or maybe a particular wine? Well, guess again … you need to go to the soda aisle to find my drink of choice – that citrus flavored soda Mello Yello happens to be my drink of choice!

I have always stated that my favorite part of my job is having the pleasure of meeting with school nutrition employees. I have had the pleasure of traveling across the country working with school systems. I find that wherever my travels take me, I end up finding (making) friends for a life time. Listening to concerns and helping provide solutions related to equipment needs is my greatest satisfaction.

I’d say my favorite drink changes with the season or location.  A smoked Old Fashioned is always great for me during colder weather or dinners.  In warmer weather or summer months a nice refreshing Mojito or other light drink is always a great change up.

I enjoy being able to get in front of customers to understand what they need help within their everyday activities.

Being a Southerner my drink of choice is sweet tea – the sweeter the better! 

Helping other people in being the best customer service we can provide.

My favorite drink is Hôt É which is a Vietnamese sweet basil drink, as a child I called it “the frog eye drink.” I also like fruit bubble tea (boba tea) from a certain small Newman, GA locally-owned store.

I enjoy helping customers find solutions to problems they might be facing. I love the relationships that I have built with the directors, managers, and staffs members in the school nutrition industry. I can’t wait to continue nurturing those relationships and growing new ones.

My favorite drink right now is any kind of Craft Wheat Beer. The best one right now is in my backyard at Reformation Brewery in downtown Woodstock, GA. They make two excellent choices called Jude and Haddy but you can never go wrong with the Cadence, which is their original beer that got them on the map.

The thing I love most about my job is being a problem solver. I love when a dealer or an end user call me up with a problem and I can either solve that problem with a piece of equipment or work with the manufacturer and come up with a solution that is viable for both the customer and the manufacturer. It is even more satisfying when that piece of equipment ends up in the catalog the following year.

I thoroughly enjoy a glass of Pinot noir while I am grilling out on my deck. No doubt I have burned up a lot of good steaks because of this.

Without a doubt it is the personal relationships that I have had the opportunity to develop and experience through what I do in my work.  I have worked in a number of different parts of our industry over the years, yet there has been one thing that has remained consistent important to me throughout those years – and that is the friendships that I have been blessed to make.  Through my years of working on the sales end of our industry I have come to fully realize, at the end of the day, selling is really about building relationships of mutual respect, support and trust.