Spartan Chemical Co. Inc., Maumee, OH, recently announced the promotions of Robert Gaustad and Rony Valle to the role of regional manager.

Gaustad joins Spartan as the regional manager for the Oregon region. For the last eight years, Gaustad worked as a clinical director for Starkey Hearing, covering Oregon, Montana, Utah and Washington where he was responsible for sales and events for the company. Prior to that, Gaustad was an account manager for three years in Portland, OR, working at Expect Payment Solutions. His experience also includes seven years at American Family Insurance where he was the owner, managing all of the sales and marketing activities.

Joining Spartan as the regional manager for the Chicago region, Valle spent the last 20-plus years gaining industry experience working for Johnson Diversey and Georgia-Pacific Professional. He started his career as market manager in Chicago with Johnson Diversey. During his 13 years at Georgia-Pacific, he worked in field sales, regional distribution and national distribution. He worked his way up to the role of market sales director. For the last four years as market sales director, Valle managed a sales team of eight external sellers and three inside sellers across eight states selling through local and national distribution customers in the Upper Midwest. The team focused on mutual value creation with distributor customers by aligning new business creation and implementation strategies.

For more information, visit www.spartanchemical.com.

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