Erie Materials has made several promotions and new hires. At the Syracuse corporate headquarters, STEVE SYRON has been promoted to senior VP for sales and marketing. He started at Erie Materials’ Binghamton branch in 1986 as a warehouse and delivery specialist then worked as a warehouse manager, inside sales and territory manager. In 1992, he […]
Erie Materials has made several promotions and new hires. At the Syracuse corporate headquarters, STEVE SYRON has been promoted to senior VP for sales and marketing. He started at Erie Materials’ Binghamton branch in 1986 as a warehouse and delivery specialist then worked as a warehouse manager, inside sales and territory manager. In 1992, he transferred to the Syracuse branch as operations manager and was promoted to general manager of the branch in 1994. Syron was named corporate sales manager in 1995, VP of sales in 2000 and VP of sales and marketing in 2006. KEVIN SHOLETT has been promoted to director of sales management. He started his Erie Materials career in 1997 as a territory manager at the Watertown location. In 1999, Sholett was promoted to general manager of the location. Sholett joined the corporate staff in 2004 as regional sales manager. MARK SYRON has been promoted to corporate inside sales manager. He started with Erie Materials in 2015 as a warehouse specialist/inside sales representative in the Syracuse branch. Syron was promoted to inside sales in 2016 and then to corporate inside sales service/operations representative in 2018. TONY DEHART has been promoted to director of IT. He joined Erie Materials in 2004 as information systems manager after several years as an outside consultant to Erie Materials. SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM has been promoted to director of operations. He joined Erie Materials in 1988 as an inside sales representative at the Auburn branch. He was promoted to operations manager for Auburn in 1995 then corporate operations manager in 2005. CHRIS ENGLE has been selected as territory manager for the general contracting/architectural department. He joined Erie Materials in 2005 and has also served as operations manager, territory manager, and inside sales representative. REAGAN EMERSON has been hired as an inside sales representative for the firm’s Auburn branch. She had served in the Summer Associates Program with Erie Materials in 2018. JONATHAN HORTON has been named inside sales representative in the Watertown branch. He joined Erie Materials as a driver in early 2019. ANNE WALTER has joined the Auburn branch as branch administrator. She comes to Erie Materials with a degree from SUNY Oswego and experience in both administrative roles and service-oriented positions.