PROSOCO Announces New Sales Manager

Words: Al MorrisPROSOCO - a national manufacturer of products for cleaning, protecting and maintaining concrete, brick and stone based in Lawrence, Kan. - announced the appointment of Stan Harwell as sales manager for the company's Mid-Atlantic sales area. A Virginia Beach, Va.-native, Harwell will work with distributors, architects and contractors — something he's done for more than 35 years — throughout his territory of Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Virginia; and North and South Carolina.

Harwell comes to PROSOCO after 15 years as eastern regional sales manager with Spec Mix. There, he managed 24 territories across the eastern United States, with emphasis on sales, training, branding and QA problem solving.

A nationally recognized masonry expert, Harwell is a member of the Construction Specifiers Institute and The Masonry Society. He is also an NCMA-certified concrete masonry testing technician. Harwell's longstanding affiliation with ASTM includes membership on technical committees C12, Mortars and Grouts; C15, Masonry Units; and C7, Lime for Construction.
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