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Jordan joined Controlled products in March of 2016.
He works with sales and/or customers in order to draft designs to meet the customer’s desired specifications. Jordan primarily uses FlexiSIGN, CAD, IGEMS, Photoshop, and Illustrator in his daily work. He also calculates materials needed for each design and then turns those amounts in to cut files to be cut on the water jet. Jordan earned his degree in Digital Design from Dalton State College.
Chersten works as a Marketing Coordinator and is responsible for all of the social media and blogging for Controlled Products and its respective brands. Among other duties, some examples of her work would be the management and development of marketing materials, CRM management, website management, email marketing and assisting the VP of Sales and Marketing in putting together reports and presentations for clients. Chersten began working at Controlled Products in early 2015 and graduated with a B.B.A. in Marketing from Dalton State College in 2012. Mrs. Reed and her husband reside in Adairsville, GA with their daughter.
Email: chersten@cpturf.comJoanna works as a graphic designer and is responsible for the design of all the sales and marketing collateral. Among many other applications, some examples of her work would be the design of brochures, web and print ads, spec sheets and packaging. Joanna has past experience of designing the Whitfield County Food Service Mascot as well as Dug Gap Elementary’ s new mascot, the Bandit. She began working at Controlled Products in 2012 and is a graduate of Berry College with a degree in Fine Arts.
Email: jravenholt@cpturf.comDamon has been in the synthetic turf industry for 13 years. He is a family man that volunteers in the community in many areas such as Outreach at HPCOG, coaching through the local parks and recreation department and Select Baseball, along with serving the community through Outer4 Ministries. Damon started his career at Mohawk Industries in the Mohawk Home Division where he filled many roles such as scheduling, safety, software/equipment training, and department supervisor. In 2006, Damon moved his experiences to Controlled Products a leading manufacturer of Synthetic Turf. He has served in many areas and filled gaps while being employed at CP by leading and maintaining the R&D of a quality product line, scheduling, costing, and safety. He currently serves as the companies Senior Technical Manager and is the bridge between Manufacturing and Sales/Customer Support through his knowledge of manufacturing, synthetic turf applications in the market place, synthetic turf construction, and athletic field layouts and performance. He is also an STC Certified Landscape Installer.
Email: damon@cpturf.comWendy started with Controlled Products as a Customer Service Representative. In 2015 she was promoted to Sales Account Manager within our sales division. At present she is primarily involved in assisting with the growth of our Private Label Non Field Division. Her primary responsibilities will be to work on domestic and international accounts ranging from sports fields, batting cages, backyards, putting greens, bocce courts, and various other turf applications. Wendy comes with 13 years of previous Human Resources experience in the Manufacturing Industry. She attended Dalton State College and resides in Dalton, GA with her daughter.
Email: wendy@cpturf.comJimmy joined Controlled Products in the summer of 1999 and currently serves as our Business Director for our Private Label Non Field Division. Jimmy’s primary responsibilities include supervising and managing all business functions associated with the P/L non field division. These responsibilities include generating new business as well as domestic and international customer relations. Jimmy has over 25 years of experience in the artificial turf industry where he has served in various rolls including, research and development, marketing, product development, new business development, installation, tech services, project management, and manufacturing as well as various over sight roles. Jimmy graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1990 with a Bachelor’s in Industrial Management with a minor in business. Mr. Rogers is an active member of the Frist United Methodist Church of Dalton and actively works with Boy Scouts of America and has previously served on several community boards. Jimmy and his wife Laura reside in Dalton with their two children who are both active in sports.
Email: jimmy@cpturf.comElaine started with Sporturf in the spring of 1999 as a Customer Service Representative. She was promoted to Customer Service Manager in 2004. While working as the Customer Service Manager, Mrs. Pack took on more of an account management roll and was promoted to a Sales Account Manager in 2009 for our Sporturf division. During 2014, Elaine was promoted to Senior Account Manager of our non-field division. During her tenure at Controlled Products she has worked on domestic and international accounts ranging from sports fields, batting cages, custom logos, backyards, putting greens, bocce courts, tennis courts, and various other turf applications. Elaine attended the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and completed her studies at Dalton State College. She and her husband Jarrett reside in Rocky Face, Georgia with their two children.
Email: elaine@cpturf.comScott joined Controlled Products, LLC in 2009 as Chief Operating Officer and was named President in 2010. Previously, Scott was employed by The Dow Chemical Co. from 1988 through 2009. Scott served in a number of commercial roles while employed by Dow with his last role being the Global Business Director for the Polyurethane Systems Flooring Division. Under his leadership, Dow was able to expand a North America business to a Global platform including new business developments in Europe, Middle East, China, Australia/New Zealand, and Japan. Scott has served as a board member of the Synthetic Turf Council since 2009 and most recently Vice Chairman of the STC. Scott has a BS in Business Administration from The Citadel and a MBA from Southern Methodist University. Scott and his wife Wendy reside in Ooltewah Tennessee with their two children.
Email: scottlowrie@cpturf.comKevin joined Controlled Product in the fall of 2013. Kevin is responsible for leading and managing all of Controlled Products domestic and international marketing functions. His responsibilities include all consumer product marketing and advertising, public relations, special events, sales network communications, database and customer relationship management, and lead generation. Mr. Barker has over 20 years’ experience in both business to consumer and business to business marketing. He has overseen a wide variety of domestic and global marketing accounts that have launched new products and brands for a number of companies such as Connor Sport Court International, Athletic Republic and Aacer Sports Flooring. Mr. Barker has a degree in Business Administration from University of Arizona and completed MBA work in Marketing from Denver University. Mr. Barker and his wife reside in Chattanooga Tennessee with their two daughters.
Email: kbarker@cpturf.comHowell is a seasoned accounting professional with over 30 years of experience. He brings more than 17 years of proven financial and operational experience as a CFO in the turf industry. Howell has served in his current role with Controlled Products since 2008; prior to that, he served as the CFO for Evergreen Synthetic Turf, where he helped grow the business and expand its profitability, eventually leading to its sale to Controlled Products. He is experienced in providing strategic operational leadership across an array of functions, including finance, operations, strategic planning, ERP conversion, and M&A. He actively participates on numerous boards in Dalton, Georgia, while serving as a Past-President of Dalton Golf & Country Club. Mr. Kerr and his wife, Kayanne, have two children in college and reside in Dalton, Georgia.
Email: howellkerr@cpturf.comFrank joined the Controlled Products team in the summer of 2000. Mr. Harp has been working in and around the manufacturing field for more than 35 years. His responsibilities currently include the day to day operations of the manufacturing of all turf products, as well as development of new products. Mr. Harp’s most recent project has been the installation of our new state of the art coating machine, which has proven to be very efficient and quality driven along with all the ISO programs that he has put into place. Frank began working in manufacturing at a very early age and has continued throughout his career. He has worked for Little Lake Industries based out of California, Capitol Interiors out of Chicago and Wellington Industries out of South Carolina. Frank and his wife Angela reside in Cartersville Georgia. They have two grown children whom they enjoy spending time with.
Email: frank@cpturf.com