NATIONSALES - Key Persons


Denny Cool

Job Titles:
  • Territory Manager
  • Territory Manager / O'Reilly Auto Parts
Bio: Denny Cool joins JOSCO/NationSales through the acquisition of NationSales, Inc., a Nebraska based corporation that Denny and Mark Greene owned. His experience in the automotive aftermarket stems to 1983. During that period of time, Denny has been a buyer for a feeder warehouse, regional sales manager for a chemical company, sales representative for 2 agencies, and co-owned his own for 4 years. Denny has experience in dealing with traditional, mass, grocery, hardware, convenience store, and feeder warehouse operations for 12 years. His knowledge in all of these areas, will benefit both NationSales and the manufacturers he represents.

G.J. Henderson

Job Titles:
  • Account Specialist / O'Reilly Auto Parts

Jeff Hales

Job Titles:
  • Director of Springfield Market
Bio: Jeff comes to Nation Sales with an extensive territory and sales management experience. After graduating from UNC Wilmington, he entered the sales industry managing a three state territory for a fast paced textile company calling on national retailers. Combining his sales experience with a passion for autos, he entered the automotive aftermarket industry becoming Eastern Regional Manager for Bondo, handling automotive retailers, warehouse distributors, marine, hardware and mass merchants. The variety of products, territories and customers he has worked with over the years provides multiple options for closing the deal.

Larry Frickenschmidt

Job Titles:
  • Vice President / O'Reilly Auto Parts
Bio: Beginning and continuing for 25 years with large retailers such as Venture Stores, Montgomery Ward and Wal-Mart, he held positions as General Manager, Merchandise Manager and Vice President of Merchandising. Areas of responsibility included auto centers, gas stations and equipment purchasing. Eventually entering in to the sales representative area, Larry was hired to manage the NationSales agency in the Midwest and the lead person calling on O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2003. With his extensive aftermarket experience, he is knowledgeable in a vast majority of aftermarket products such as Four Seasons, Federal Mogul, Interdynamics, etc…

Mark Greene

Job Titles:
  • Director / O'Reilly Auto Parts
Bio: Mark has been in the automotive aftermarket for over 25 years. His experience includes being an ASE Certified mechanic, Division Sales Manager for a Nationally known Automotive Chemical Company to being co-owner of a manufacturers representative sales agency.

Richard Young

Job Titles:
  • Territory Manager
Bio: Rick has been in the automotive aftermarket for 27 years. He has been a buyer for 17 of those years at assorted companies, such as: Trak Auto, VIP, Pamida, Pep Boys, Hutchins and World Automotive. He was a manufacturers' rep for 10 years in the upstate New York, where he represented hard parts, chemicals and tool lines. He has experience selling, buying and merchandising in automotive, grocery and general merchandise. Rick has excellent relationships with all the factories he has dealt with since he has been on both sides of the desk.

Robert Singer

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager