William Rudisill – President
Responsibilities: Strategic plans, directions, and improvements; Focus growth with strategic customers.  Industrial sales in Florida & Central Virginia; calls on OEM's and strategic end users

Experience: Past president of a factory automation distributor;
30+ years of controls, motion, sensors, IT, communications, including both sales and management; consultant to automation industry; serves on factory rep councils; past member of AHTD Board
Education: MSEE, MBA, BSEE&CS, Columbia University, NY, NY;
BA, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Email: william@jakerudisill.com

Robert A. Pace – Vice President

Joined April 1980 - Died February 4, 2010
Experience: 20+ years of utility and industrial technical sales experience within the territory, covering a broad range of industry types and technologies; background in power plant design and automated machine control; was with Duke Power Company, Charlotte, NC for 7 years in the design engineering department
Education: MSEE & BSEE, Clemson University

Avis Summers Lewis – Product Manager – Joined June 1991
Responsibilities: Customer contact and sales; Interface with principals for project tracking, forecasting, & sales; Training, meetings, and Travel
Experience: Significant utility and industrial sales and process improvement; attends principals’ product & sales training sessions

Education: WVU & West Virginia Wesleyan College
Email: avis.lewis@jakerudisill.com

Myra Waddell – Accounting – Joined October 1991
Responsibilities: Accounting, commissions statements, sales support for salespersons, itinerary tracking, customer service.
Experience: Extensive Rep sales process knowledge
Education: Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Email: myra.waddell@jakerudisill.com

Ray Catoe – Sales Engineer – Joined October 1992
Responsibilities: Duke Energy Company, Santee Cooper, South Carolina Electric & Gas, and various public power companies in NC and SC.
Calls on utility customers & consultants in Charlotte area.
Experience: Expertise in metering, power quality, system protection, and substation equipment; 10 years design engineering experience with Duke Power Company, Charlotte, NC
Education: BSEE, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Email: ray.catoe@jakerudisill.com

Sam Thomas – Sales Engineer – Joined May 2002
Responsibilities: North Carolina for power, industrial control, motion and electronic product lines.
Calls on OEM's, consulting engineering firms and strategic end users
Experience: Field Sales to OEM and industrial accounts in NC & SC; primary expertise in controls and control systems; has taught PLC courses with major manufacturer; Has sold both capital and OEM equipment, working with consulting firms, end users and OEMs
Education: BA/BS, Charleston Southern University
Email: sam.thomas@jakerudisill.com