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Our Story

Since 1962, we have evolved into one of the country's top rep agencies. Click for more on our history.

Our Team

Our multi-generational sales team executes creative business strategies across our market. Meet our team!

Our Territory

From State College, PA to Louisville, KY, we get the opportunity to work in some great U.S. cities. Learn more about our territory.

Industry Associations & Involvement

Our team gets involved in the industry at all levels of our company. See how we work to give back to this great industry.

Careers

Looking to start or continue a career in our wonderful industry? Find out how you can join our team.

Looking for Sales Representation

We have represented the best plumbing, HVAC, and hydronic manufacturers for over 60 years. Please reach out if you want to partner with a forward-thinking sales agency in our territory.
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Plumbing

We have been fostering relationships in the plumbing industry for more than 60 years. Check out our partners in the plumbing space.

Hydronics

From boilers to circulators to radiant heating, our hydronics partners are some of the most innovative in the industry.

HVAC

The HVAC world is rapidly changing in the midst of electrification. We represent the solutions to help our partners embrace these changing tides and grow their business.

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Our Team

Our multi-generational team executes creative business strategies across our market. Meet our sales and corporate office teams!

Marketing & Analytics

We help our manufacturer partners develop creative marketing solutions tailored to our market. Our BI team lives and breathes data to make sure our sales team is delivering a return to our manufacturer partners.

Secondary Market Services

Our sales team lives with engineers, contractors, developers, builders, and more to create brand awareness for our manufacturers and drive sales through our distribution partners.

Warehousing

Our manufacturer partners can take advantage of our warehouses in Hermitage, PA and Cleveland, OH to support their supply chain.

Looking for Sales Representation

We have represented the best plumbing, HVAC, and hydronic manufacturers for over 60 years. Please reach out if you want to partner with a forward-thinking sales agency in our territory.
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Training Resources

In-person or virtual we have the training resources you need to increase your knowledge. Whether you’ve been in this industry for years or are just starting, our team has a training for you.
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Engineers & Architects

Our manufacturers offer solutions to enhance the performance and feel of any project, and our team of commercial experts serve as trusted consultants throughout the design process.
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Equipment Startups

From boilers to commercial water heaters to VRF systems, our team is here to make sure your equipment is operating at optimal efficiency from Day 1.

Continuing Education

Every install will need troubleshooting and maintenance. Our team invests countless hours in training to help our contractor partners when they need us the most.
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Getting your new employees up to speed quickly is essential in today's social media and word-of-mouth business environment. We'll help your new and veteran team stay up-to-date on the latest products, innovations, and install techniques for our manufacturers.

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Training

Learn about the newest solutions from our manufacturer partners or let us help you onboard a new employee. Whatever your needs, we are here to help grow your teams’ skillset.

Warehouse Program

Our distributor partners can take advantage of our localized inventory in Hermitage, PA and Cleveland, OH to support their supply chain.

Marketing & Analytics

Our BI team works daily with distribution partners to ensure they are getting the most out of every relationship with our manufacturers.
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Our multi-generational sales team executes creative business strategies across our market. Find your local PSI rep!
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Our Team

Our team is the heart and soul of Preferred Sales - from our office teams in Hermitage and Cleveland to our outside sales professionals stretching from Western Pennsylvania to Kentucky. Meet the team who makes this one of the best rep agencies in the country. Click any individual to learn more about them!

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Steve Armstrong

Outside Sales

Steve Armstrong

Outside Sales

Northern Ohio

armstrongs@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Helping customers with problems and finding solutions.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Cleveland Browns

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
I enjoy variety of movies but love comedy

Hobbies:
Camping and boating

Dave Bernardini

Outside Sales

Dave Bernardini

Outside Sales

Western Pennsylvania

bernardinid@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Anytime that I can be training contractors.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Pittsburgh Steelers

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Forensic Files, Braveheart

Hobbies:
Golf and hunting

David Budziak

Outside Sales

David Budziak

Outside Sales

Central Ohio

budziakd@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Sellign my first truckload of pipe.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Cleveland Browns

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Game of Thrones

Hobbies:
Cooking

Matt Copas

Director, Sales

Matt Copas

Director, Sales

Western Pennsylvania

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Realizing what a great industry I was in and that it would be my career field for the rest of my working life.

Favorite Sports Teams:
The Ohio State Buckeyes

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Step Brothers

Hobbies:
Traveling somewhere I haven't been before.

Ken Davis

Director, Residential Business Development

Ken Davis

Director, Residential Business Development

Western Pennsylvania

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Seeing a market change.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Pittsburgh teams

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Westerns movies / discovery channel

Hobbies:
Running, hiking, fishing, and hunting

Matt Decaprio

Outside Sales

Matt Decaprio

Outside Sales

Northern Ohio

decapriom@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
A customer seeing the value in a product or service we provide and aligning with us.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Cleveland Browns

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Sopranos

Hobbies:
Hunting, fishing, camping, and cooking.

Jessica Gibson-Thomas

Outside Sales

Jessica Gibson-Thomas

Outside Sales

Northern Ohio

gibsonj@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Our team winning Milwaukee Agency of the Year 2020, Bev winning Inside Sales Point Person of the year and winning Rep of the year. One fell swoop for our company who worked so hard to earn the recognition!!

Favorite Sports Teams:
The Browns or Ohio State Buckeyes

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Hobbies:
Hiking with our dogs, fishing, and a little Texas Hold’em over a nice bourbon.

Rachel Goodman

Outside Sales

Rachel Goodman

Outside Sales

Western Pennsylvania

Dayne Graff

Outside Sales

Dayne Graff

Outside Sales

Southern Ohio

graffd@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Instructing at the Turnpoint Apprentice School

Favorite Sports Teams:
Philadelphia Eagles and Flyers
South Africa Springboks

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Tommy Boy
The Three Stooges
Letterkenny

Hobbies:
Hiking, Hunting, Auto

Alan Guidish

Chief Executive Officer

Alan Guidish

Chief Executive Officer

Western Pennsylvania

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Watching the team and Preferred Sales grow over the past several years.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Pittsburgh sports teams.

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Mad Men
Breaking Bad

Hobbies:
Fly fishing, golfing, reading

Matt Guidish

Director of Marketing

Matt Guidish

Director of Marketing

Western Pennsylvania

guidishm@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
Helping PSI navigate through the pandemic

Favorite Sports Teams:
Penn State, Steelers, Penguins, Pirates

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, In Bruges, Arrested Development, Ted Lasso, Seinfeld

Hobbies:
Exercise, Cooking/Grilling, Reading, Golfing

Jon Hall

Outside Sales

Jon Hall

Outside Sales

Southern Ohio

hallj@preferredsales.com

Favorite Career or Sales Moment:
I have enjoyed all of the traveling with my career. I have enjoyed a lot of unique experiences in places I would not visit if it wasn’t for work.

Favorite Sports Teams:
Cincinnati Bengals, Louisville Cardinals

Favorite Movies/TV Shows:
Back to the Future, Goonies, Tommy Boy

Hobbies:
Playing golf and watching my daughter play soccer

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Our Team

Our Territory

Industry Associations & Involvement

Careers

Plumbing

Hydronics

HVAC

Our Team

Marketing & Analytics

Secondary Market Services

Warehousing

Training Resources

Engineers & Architects

Equipment Startups

Continuing Education

Training

Warehouse Program

Marketing & Analytics

Our Sales Team/Territory

Our Team

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