Lance Matiste Promoted to Strategic Account Manager for Fire-Dex

Lance Matiste has been promoted to strategic account manager for Fire-Dex. In his 10 years with Fire-Dex, Lance has been recognized various times for his sales growth and is a three time recipient of the “MVP Regional Sales Manager of the Year” award. In his new role, he will be working in conjunction with our current distribution channel and regional sales managers to increase the Fire-Dex presence in metro fire departments. Of the approximately 35,000 fire departments in the United States there are 140 metro fire departments consisting of more than 400 firefighters per department.

Fire-Dex is a manufacturer of protective firefighting clothing, emergency response apparel, NFPA hoods, gloves, and helmets. Visit www.firedex.com for more information.

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