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SP Connect Hires Rep Groups Across the Country

Published June 16, 2023

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San Clemente, California (June 5, 2023) – SP CONNECT –the world's most versatile smartphone mounting system and industry innovator across bike, motorcycle, sport, and lifestyle - is thrilled to announce the hiring of Northeastern Specialty Sports Group (NESS), RideRep Sales Group Inc and BP Associates (BP).  This initial expansion adds 18 independent bicycle reps across the country.  

 NESS is run and operated by industry veteran George Frick.  NESS has been servicing bike dealers since 2000 and will be covering the Northeast and parts of the Mid-West.  Walter Driscoll (ME, NH and MA) and Jim Grimley (MA, NH, VT, RI and CT) cover the New England area.  Chip Ellison (IN, KY and OH) and Casey Hague (MI, Northern IN) cover the Mid-West.  Wayne Foose will cover New Jersey and Eastern PA while Robert Lichtenstein will handle New York.

 RideRep Group is led by industrytrailblazer Derek Melberg.  RideRep brings a ton of collective experience averaging over 22 years between the 6 of them.  Mike Sapione covers Orange County and Riverside County, CA while Ian Gross covers Los Angeles/San Louis Obispo/Bakersfield, CA.  Kurt Kunoth handles San Diego and Las Vegas areas while Chris Manny covers AZ and NM.  

 BP Associates is run by industry professional Ben Gonnerman.  BP was founded in 1980 and covers the Mid-West.  Scottie Mcelroy covers MO, KS, NE, IA.  William Wagner covers WI, E.IA, U.P. MI.  Jon Sauer covers MN, ND, SD.  Peter Szabo works in the Illinois and Metro St. Louis.  Matthew Blevins handles MN, ND, SD, NE, IA, KS, MO.

 This is the first step in SP CONNECT’s plan to extend their dealer and distributor support across the country.  “We are growing, and I couldn’t be happier with the team that we are building,” said Brian Valverde, North American Sales Manager of SP CONNECT.  “Our next step is to hire more sales reps to cover the gaps in Northern California, Rockies (CO, UT), Northwest and Southeast territories.”    

 Rep Contact Info:

Northeast Specialty Sports Group

Name

Title

email

Area Covered

Walter Driscoll

Sales Rep

walter@nessports.com

ME,NH and MA

Jim Grimley

Sales Rep

jim@nessports.com

MA, NH, VT, RI and CT

Chip Ellison

Sales Rep

chip@nessports.com

IN, OH and KY

Casey Hague

Sales Rep

casey@nessports.com

MI and Northern IN

Wayne Foose

Sales Rep

wayne@nessports.com

NJ and Eastern PA

Robert Lichtenstein

Sales Rep

robert@nessports.com

NY

George Frick

Principle Rep

george@nessports.com

Key Accounts

Warren Leigh

Sales Support

warren@nessports.com

Inside Sales Support

 

Riderep Sales Agency

Name

Title

email

Area Covered

Derek Melberg

Principal Rep

Derek@RideRep.com

Key Accounts

Ian Gross

Sales Rep

Ian@RideRep.com

Los Angeles/San Luis Obispo/Bakersfield

Michael Sapione

Sales Rep

Sap@RideRep.com

Orange County/Riverside County

Kurt Kunoth

Sales Rep

Kurt@RideRep.com

San Diego/Las Vegas

Chris Manny

Sales Rep

Chris@RideRep.com

AZ, NM

 

BP Associates

Name

Title

email

Area Covered

Benjamin J Gonnerman

Principle Rep

bgonnerman@bpassociates.com

Key Accounts

Scottie Mcelroy

Sales

smcelroy@bpassociates.com

MO, KS, NE, IA

William Wagner

Sales

wwagner@bpassociates.com

WI, E.IA, U.P. MI

Jon Sauer

Sales

jsauer@bpassociates.com

MN, ND, SD

Peter Szabo

Sales

pszabo@bpassociates.com

IL STL Metro

SP Connect is currently distributed by BTI and QBP.

If you interested in joining a growing team Valverde can be reached at brian.valverde@sp-united.com.  For more information on SP-CONNECT’s product line up, please visit:   SP Connect | Quick and Secure Smartphone Mounting System (sp-connect.com)

 

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