COWAN - Key Persons
Mike Cowan came with his Father and Brother in 2003 after college and working as a customer relations expert with a large corporation, receiving awards numerous times for his work.
Cowan Associates has handled many chain accounts over the years, most notable were the Applebee's and Houlihans chains . The Cowans did the entire bar package for Applebee's Corporate and many of the franchisees for 20 years. This included helping with design, scheduling installations and being the service contact for stores in the United States. Part of this time we also represented their booth manufacturer and other manufacturers that were vendors they used. The bar package consisted of underbar, refrigeration and remote beer system.
Ralph Cowan, founder, started in the Manufacturer's Representative world on January 2nd 1978. Previously he had been sales manager for a Hussmann distributor and in Real Estate for several years. Ralph grew up in the family florist business and had several shops of his own.
Ron Cowan joined his father in 1984 and they expanded the business continuing all aspects of the restaurant business and branching into Hospitality and Senior Care furniture.