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Dorner Names Darren McKune Regional Sales Manager Covering the Southeastern United States

Darren McKune will cover Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi for Dorner.

Dorner Names Darren McKune Regional Sales Manager Covering the Southeastern United States

HARTLAND, Wis., (October 25, 2018) — Darren McKune has been named Regional Sales Manager covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi for Dorner. In his new role, McKune will be working with distributors, integrators, OEM's, and end users to grow the company's industrial and sanitary conveyor business, as well as focusing on the automation markets throughout the four states.

McKune brings several years of industrial sales and product management experience to Dorner. Most recently, McKune held the title of vertical account manager of the food division at Rexnord. Prior to Rexnord, McKune worked for several Fortune 500 companies, giving him a diverse background and unique perspective on sales processes and growth strategies.

"Dorner is a company that sets the bar high for quality, application expertise and customer responsiveness, and I'm looking forward to contributing to those benchmarks with customers in the Southeast," McKune said.
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McKune earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in sports marketing from Georgia State University. He lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area, and can be contacted at Darren.mckune@dorner.com.


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Hartland, Wisconsin-based Dorner is a world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of high-quality conveyors and related equipment. Since 1966, companies from around the world have turned to Dorner conveyors for greatly improved efficiency and productivity. For more information about products or company news, visit Dorner's Web site at www.dornerconveyors.com or call 1-800-397-8664.

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