January 2007
New Employees Added to Ripley’s Sales Group


Ripley is proud to announce the addition of three new employees that will be serving our valued customers in the Sales and Customer Service Areas.

Jim Marzano has joined Ripley as the Regional Sales Manager – Broadband in the western US market. Jim is responsible for calling on and servicing all of Ripley’s Cablematic® and Miller® distributors. Jim will be working out of the Denver, Colorado area. His wealth of sales and business experience, including 10 years working for Telecrafter Products who serves the same broadband market and channels as Ripley, insures that Jim will be a valuable addition.

Geoff Kelly, who will be based in our Ripley Europe facility in Kingswinford, England, has joined Ripley as the European Sales Manger – Abeco. Geoff will be responsible for the sales of Abeco products throughout Europe as well as the UtilityTool™ line in the UK. Geoff comes to Ripley with many years of sales management experience. Geoff comes to Ripley with experience selling Abeco Tools having worked for Ross Courtney, Ltd. who produced and marketed the Abeco product line previous to Ripley purchasing the company.

Lorien Weintraub has come to Ripley to serve as a Customer Service Representative in our Cromwell, Connecticut Corporate Headquarters. Lorien will be working with the Product Line Sales Coordinators and Salespeople to insure that Ripley continues to provide the very best support to our customers. Lorien’s excellent customer service skills and high energy level insure that she will be successful reaching this goal.

We are certain that Jim, Geoff, and Lorien will play an integral part in maintaining Ripley’s reputation as the manufacturer of choice for cable preparation tools and related products.

For more information please contact Ripley in Cromwell, Connecticut, toll free in the USA at 800-528-8665, Internationally at (01) 860-635-2200, or by e-mail at info@ripley-tools.com. Ripley products and distributors can also be found on the company website: http://www.ripley-tools.com.