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Both Rorex and Rea’s primary responsibilities are further enhancing a distributors network in their regions, providing support to current distributors, and continuous promotion of the Stellar brand within the industry.

Thomas Rorex will be relocating to the Beaumont, Texas, area and Chad Rea resides in Sioux City, Iowa, with his wife and four children.
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Stellar announced two new employees to their sales team, Thomas “Tommy” Rorex as the new regional sales manager for the South Central region, and Chad Rea as the new regional sales manager for the Midwest and Great Lakes region.
Both Rorex and Rea’s primary responsibilities are further enhancing a distributors network in their regions, providing support to current distributors, and continuous promotion of the Stellar brand within the industry.
Rorex joins the Stellar team with more than 20 years of transportation/refuse industry experience.
“Stellar has always stood out as a standard bearer of quality, dependability and customer service,” said Rorex. “Throughout my many years in the industry, I had always thought of Stellar as a destination company that I wished I would eventually be a part of — I am honored that I am now a part of the team and I look forward to the success we will enjoy together.”
Rea joins the Stellar team from Shurco/Donovan. There, as the director of Sales Waste segment, Rea was responsible for top line sales growth, managing bottom line costs, dealer and sales team training, input into product design, marketing plans, and day to day sales functions.
“I really enjoy finding new customers or dealers and then growing and nurturing those relationships,” said Rea. “I truly believe Stellar has the best product in the industry.”
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