Technical Sales Representatives

Technical Sales Representative

Courtney joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in 2018.  His area of coverage is Oklahoma, Kansas, and Northern Texas.

Courtney served as the Foundry Manager for SP Foundry/Jencast from 2013 – 2018.  Prior to that, Courtney was the Foundry Manager for Tonkawa Foundry from 2010 – 2013.  He was a Molding Supervisor for Grede-Wichita from 2008 – 2010 after being a Molding Supervisor at ACME Foundry from 2005 – 2008.

Courtney has over 19 years of experience in the foundry industry.

Courtney received his Plant and Soil Science degree from Southern Illinois University in 2004.

Email: cabbott.pwi@gmail.com
Phone: 620-252-9384

Technical Sales Representative
Industrial and Marine Market Development 

Duane joined Porter Warner Industries in 2009 as a Surface Preparation Technical Sales Representative for the Southeast U. S. and works out of our Birmingham, AL facility.  

Prior to PWI, Duane was employed by The Sherwin Williams Company from 1984 to 2009. Starting as store manager in Talladega, AL in 1984 and was then promoted to the facility manager in Auburn, AL in 1994.  Duane became sales rep in Birmingham in 1996.  Duane was promoted to sales rep in Montgomery, AL in 1998 and was promoted to facility manager at the Birmingham Commercial location in 2001.  In 2003, Duane opened the first full service Industrial facility in Birmingham, AL, and then was promoted to Industrial and Marine Rep in North Alabama in 2005 where he finished his career with Sherwin Williams Company.

Duane has over 40 years’ experience in the coatings and surface preparation industry.   

Email: duane.alford@yahoo.com
Phone: 256-318-2298

Technical Sales Representative
Foundry/Surface Preparation

Tom joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in 2005.  His area of coverage is Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Northern Mexico.

Prior to PWI, Tom was employed by ME Global as a Supervisor in the molding department from 1995 to 2005.  Tom started his career with Waterton Industrial Products as a warehouse manager from 1989 to 1995.  Waterton Industrial Products was purchased by PWI in 1991.

Tom has over 32 years of experience in the foundry and surface prep industries.

Tom earned his B.S. degree in Management from Arizona State University in 1988.  

Email: n2dunez@cox.net
Phone: 602-284-8529

Technical Sales Representative

Joe joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in 2015. His area of coverage is Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. 

In 2022, Joe became a Technical Consultant for PWI.

Prior to joining PWI, Joe was with American Colloid Co from 2002 through 2015 as a Technical Service Representative and Product Manager.  His employment at American Colloid came through the acquisition of a private company he and a business partner ran from 1990 through 2002.  Joe worked for Ashland Chemical from 1981 to 1990 as a Technical Service Representative, Metallurgist, and Product Manager.  Joe worked from 1978 to 1981 as a foundry metallurgist at Rockwell International in Atchison, KS and Florida Machine and Foundry. 

Joe has over 45 years of experience in the foundry industry.

Joe earned a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1978 from the University of Missouri – Rolla.    

Email: joe.fuqua.pwi@gmail.com
Phone: 205-215-0883

Technical Sales Representative

Michael joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in 2022, servicing the southern California marketing including Oakland.

Michael involvement in the manufacturing industry started as a teenager with his father teaching him to make green sand molds for part time work. Foundry work was a part of life while attending college for a communications degree specializing in sales and marketing. After college Michael spent time working inside sales and customer service in web based/retail environment unrelated to the foundry world but returned to manufacturing selling ceramic sand to the foundry industry since 2014. This translated to experience with many types of foundries all over the world including Europe, Japan, Mexico and the U.S. Projects overseen were core making (conventional and 3D printed) and full sand system conversions from silica where sand system monitoring was critical.

Michael continues to add to his manufacturing background through selling to the foundry, concrete, blast abrasive and filtration media industries.

Michael has a communications degree specializing in sales and marketing from Central Washington University.

Email: michaelsaltarellipwi@gmail.com
Phone: 206-369-8541

Technical Sales Representative

Ben joined Porter Warner Industries as a Technical Sales Representative in October 2023. His area of coverage is West Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Prior to PWI, Ben was employed by Thompson Tractor Company in Birmingham as a Parts and Service Sales Representative for two years. Before that he had a combined 22 years in the foundry industry servicing customers in the Southeast as a Technical Sales Representative for Specialty Foundry Products and Perry Supply Company in Birmingham. He began his career as a Machinist and CNC Programmer / Operator for Research and Development Company in Tuscaloosa.

Ben earned his A.S. degree in CNC / Machine Tool Operation from Shelton State College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Email: bstoughpwi@gmail.com
Phone: 205-903-0359