ARMOR - Key Persons


Adrian Scherer

Job Titles:
  • Inside Sales Specialist

Brendan Glennie

Job Titles:
  • Shipping and Receiving Coordinator

Caleb Garner

Job Titles:
  • Product and Process Development Manager

Candee Williams

Job Titles:
  • Technical Account Manager

Carl Gibeau

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager for Armor Protective Packaging Tells Us about His Success Story With Armor VCI Wrap
Carl Gibeau an account manager for Armor Protective Packaging tells us about his success story with Armor VCI Wrap.

Charl Franks

Job Titles:
  • Technical Account Manager

Charles Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Technical Support Chemist
Charles joined ARMOR in 2012 and brought more than 18 years of experience in developing chemical treatment processes for the manufacturing industry with him. Charles enjoys developing new products and working to ensure that ARMOR's current product line is the best in the industry.

Cheri Rugh

Job Titles:
  • Senior Marketing Specialist
  • Chief Marketing Gal
Cheri joined the Armor Protective Packaging® marketing team in 2011 and works both for ARMOR and its consumer brand Workshop Hero™. Her previous experience includes more than 20 years in health care communications including 12 years as communication's manager and magazine editor for the Michigan Osteopathic Association and 8 years with the Michigan Health & Hospital Association as a brand manager and marketing specialist. A graduate of Michigan State University, Cheri was thrilled to utilize her marketing background in a whole new way - the prevention and removal of rust!

Chris Elias

Job Titles:
  • Inside Sales & Service Manager

Dan Brutto

Job Titles:
  • Materials & Packaging Coordinator
Dan has been with ARMOR since 2007 and brings more than 20 years of experience in several areas to the ARMOR team. His past history includes EMSTogo where he was involved in Quality Control, Inventory control, Supervision and some purchasing; The Crown Group where he was involved in Inventory management, Purchasing of chemicals, Waste management and Shipping supervision. His wealth of knowledge is a benefit to the entire Armor team.

Dave Yancho - CEO, VP

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Vice President

Derrick Rossi

Job Titles:
  • Founder of Moderna
Job Title: International Sales Manager AuFUNtic Job Title: Eradicator of Rust Ringleader I joined ARMOR in: 2006 I do: Read, run, bike, cook and yoga I eat: BBQ and ice cream I am happiest: Going on a trip with my family I would love to meet: Derrick Rossi, founder of Moderna

Eric York

Job Titles:
  • Supply Chain & Warehouse Manager
Eric joined the ARMOR team in 2012. Previously, he was Operations Manager and Sales Manager at Android Industries for over ten years, servicing the automotive industry. He brings a wealth of experience, and both analytical and organizational skills to his position. Eric enjoys hunting and snowmobiling in his spare time and is a graduate of Central Michigan University.

Fernando Longinotti

Job Titles:
  • International Sales Manager
  • International Sales Manager / Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jacob Rhoads

Job Titles:
  • Shipping and Receiving Coordinator

Jeff Godsall

Job Titles:
  • Canadian Operations Manager
  • Operations Manager - Canada Headquarters
Jeff has been with ARMOR at its Canada headquarters since 2007. Before joining ARMOR, he spent 22 years working for a small electronic commercial/industrial equipment company where he learned the value of both team work and independence and an appreciation for working for a small company.

Jeff Short

Job Titles:
  • Business Developer

Jennifer Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Inside Sales Specialist

John Holden - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
John established the company with his wife, Shari, in 1979. He currently serves as CEO and is one of the owners of ARMOR, along with his partners Robin McConnell and David Yancho. John has been semi-retired for a few years and has enjoyed watching what he started blossom into an international corrosion management provider with coverage in five continents and over 30 countries.

Julie Eastwood

Job Titles:
  • Senior Customer Service Leader, Recounts an Urgent Customer Order Story - It Came at a Time When Literally and Figuratively the "Chips Were Down
Julie Eastwood, ARMOR Senior Customer Service Leader, recounts an urgent customer order story - it came at a time when literally and figuratively the "chips were down.

Julie Harris

Job Titles:
  • Inside Sales Specialist - Global Sales Support
  • International Sales Consultant
Julie has been with ARMOR since 2007 and brings more than 15 years of experience in working with customers to the ARMOR team. Her past work includes time at Stock Building Supply, Huron Valley Hospital and her 11-year tenure as a leader on the ARMOR Customer Care team. Julie explains her philosophy when she says, "Customer service is not a job or a department, it's a passion that cannot be taught. I take pride in making sure every single customer is put first." When you combine Julie's customer-centric focus and ARMOR product knowledge, we guarantee that great things are going to happen for ARMOR's many house accounts.

Kelvin Baker

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing / Video
Kelvin joined the ARMOR team in January of 2021. He came to ARMOR after working in various marketing, production, and videography capacities with music organizations including the Cleveland Orchestra, West Michigan Symphony, Kerrytown Concert House, and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Outside of marketing and video production, Kelvin is a trumpeter and has performed in Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Hall, as principal trumpet with the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, and in several churches throughout Michigan and Ohio. Kelvin holds a Bachelor's Degree from Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music, and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with his Golden Retriever and working on freelance video projects through his website www.kelvinjbaker.com.

Kristin Moore

Job Titles:
  • Marketing & Key Account Manager, Workshop Hero Division
  • Technical Account Manager
Kristin is responsible for all of the retail and after-market sales channels for our consumer division, Workshop Hero. Prior to ARMOR Kristin served as a Regional Director for a multi-product oriented company in the education sector and she has also held account manager and regional trainer positions in other business-to-business companies. She earned both her Bachelor's and Master's Degree from Eastern Michigan University. Kristin is a licensed personal trainer and enjoys traveling and reading.

Laura Prang

Job Titles:
  • Customer Care Specialist
  • Customer Coordinator
Laura joined the ARMOR team in 2018 as a Customer Care Coordinator. Laura has a degree in Business Administration from Lansing Community College and spent 15 years working in the medical field prior to joining ARMOR. Laura likes to golf with her husband, jog with her bulldog Puck when the Michigan weather is warm and has recently started to participate in 5Ks. Laura has a daughter and is a lifelong resident of Howell, MI.

Leslee Godsall

Job Titles:
  • Inside Sales / Customer Service - Canada Headquarters
Leslee joined the ARMOR team in Canada in 2005 and she brought with her a vast knowledge of customer service and inside sales experiences. Before joining ARMOR, Leslee worked as a sales assistant for multiple sales reps working with all of their major accounts. Leslee works with a goal to "ensure that all customers are provided with dependable, responsive, unsurpassed service that will not only ‘meet' their needs, but ‘exceed' them."

Nicole Trierweiler

Job Titles:
  • Business Systems Manager

Olivier Gasana

Job Titles:
  • Canadian Production and Machine Operator

Ricardo Quiroz-Torres

Job Titles:
  • Shipping and Receiving Coordinator

Robin McConnell - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner

Ryan Gingery - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Sarah Choate

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Coordinator

Selena McKay

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager / Sales
  • Canadian Business Manager
Selena has been a part of the ARMOR family, working from the canada headquarters, since 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree as well as a diploma in Chemical/Environmental Engineering Technology from the Mohawk College. Before joining ARMOR, Selena worked as a lab tech for Imperial Oil Reserach Center and for FUCHS Lubricants.

Steve Evans

Job Titles:
  • Business Developer

Tamara Bednarz

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Tara Newlon

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Supervisor

Tyler Elliot

Job Titles:
  • Production and Process Specialist

Wesley Measel - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Zach Hanchett

Job Titles:
  • Production & Shipping / Receiving Coordinator