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title: Ryan Graham Promoted to Vice President of Sales | Vortex Companies
description: To support continued strategic growth, Ryan Graham has been promoted to Vice President of Sales.
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# Ryan Graham Promoted to Vice President of Sales

 January 17, 2019

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**The Vortex Companies Promotes Graham to Vice President of Sales**

Houston, TX (January 15, 2019)

The Vortex Companies recently announced the promotion of Ryan Graham to Vice President of Sales. In his new role, Graham will assume all sales and marketing responsibilities related to managing the growth of Vortex’s extensive line of service offerings for trenchless infrastructure repair. “Graham has been with Vortex since the beginning and has gained a wealth of experience on both the sales and operations side of our business,” stated Mike Vellano, CEO of the Vortex Companies. “His ability to manage sales personnel and relate to our customers’ needs make him perfect for this new position.”

As VP of Sales, Graham will be managing the business development team, implementing critical sales processes to support growth, developing a complete sales operations team, and supporting Vortex’s strategic partnerships across the country. “Our ability to educate and lead our customers  with a vast technical sales team, drive new industry standards, message best trenchless construction practices and overall, navigate our rapidly evolving industry,  is critical to our company’s success,” said Graham. Prior to his promotion, Graham was VP of Vortex Turnkey where he  oversaw bypass business development, operations and project management.

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