Aquatherm Announces Team Changes
Aquatherm North Americahas announced several team changes. Derek Robinson has been appointed to the newly created position of director of commercial business development; Elizabeth Williams has been appointed to the newly created position of inside sales manager; and Jim Leary has been appointed as eastern regional sales manager.
Robinson brings 21 years of mechanical and plumbing industry experience to Aquatherm North America; most notably he recently served as eastern regional sales manager for Aquatherm North America from May 2021 to December 2022.
Robinson started his career as an account executive for Mutual/Hughes Supply in 2002, commercial quotations manager for Ferguson, and sales executive for BBN Sales. In 2012, he was named southeast district manager for Viega. Robinson was Viega’s healthcare business development manager until 2021 when he transitioned to eastern regional sales manager at Aquatherm.
He received his degree from Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky — Kinesiology, 2002.
Working nationally, Robinson will champion sales growth by managing and developing strategic commercial accounts in his newly created position as a member of our Aquatherm sales team.
He may be contacted atderek.robinson@aquatherm.comor 615-982-4451.
Williams brings 18 years of mechanical and plumbing industry experience to Aquatherm North America; most notably she recently served as national sales administration manager for Viega LLC from July 2017 to December of 2022.
She started her career as a customer service representative, then moved to inside sales as a sales rep, and eventually became the manager of the department. Williams has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from McPherson College.
Williams will champion the sales growth managing and developing the newly created inside sales department as a member of the Aquatherm sales team working remotely from Colorado.
She may be contacted atliz.williams@aquatherm.comor 801-388-0734.
Leary brings almost 40 years of mechanical and plumbing industry experience to Aquatherm North America; most notably Jim recently served as vice president of sales for Widos LLC in North America from June of 2011 to December 2022.
Starting his career as a pipefitter apprentice in the UA in 1980, Leary has been involved in the installation of piping systems in a wide range of applications over his career. Focusing on the plastic piping industry since 1999, he has been involved in many areas of the industry from applications engineer to his involvement with standards and code development for plastic fusion.
Jim will champion the sales growth drive in the company’s eastern region and be a member of the Aquatherm sales team.
He may be contacted atjim.leary@aquatherm.comor 617-283-9973.