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Meet Burton's Fire Sales Team. Scroll down to read their biography:

Carlos Sweeney

I started my career as Fleet Manager for a large manufacturing company in Wisconsin. I was recruited by Gelco Leasing, a major leasing company to head-up their west coast operation as Branch Manager and handle Customer Service for the 11 western states. My family and I moved to the San Francisco area and were in California for over six years before being transferred to the east coast in the same role for three years.

The next promotion was to the home office in the Minneapolis area as Sales Manager for the Truck Fleet Leasing Group where I traveled all of the lower 48 states supervising a field sales staff. Here I helped customers develop vehicle work application specifications for railroads, utilities, service fleets and a variety of other work vocations calling for specialized body build-ups. After deciding the travel was not in the best interests for me or my family, an opportunity to move back to Northern California with the intent to buy a heavy machinery repair company came along. This didn't work out so I spent 10 years as Manager of Mining, Off-Highway sales for Cummins West, the Cummins Engine Company distributor. Part of my time was spent working with the factory conducting field tests of proto-type engines up to 2000 HP. When the environmentalists eliminated expansion or new permits for mining and many off-road engine opportunities, this market disappeared.

My next move was to work for Stewart & Stevenson as Service Sales Manager quoting repair work for the shop: working with fire departments, Waukesha engines used in alternative fuel applications, transit districts quoting engine and transmission overhauls or re-powers and power generation service contracts. The company changed ownership and business philosophy and I was able to join the Burton's staff, first as Service/Sales Manager and later in my current position as Sales Manager, a position I hold today.

Doug Schindler

As Regional Sales Manager for the Southern portion of California, I am responsible for promoting the products and services of Burton’s Fire to the fire fighting community. My sales career began after college in 1982, with various sales and management positions in the healthcare arena with companies that provided outpatient high-tech testing and therapy administration. In these roles, my responsibilities included contract negotiation and service coordination with hospitals, insurance companies and medical groups. In 2003, I decided to leave the healthcare field, and accepted the position of District Sales Manager with Federal Signal, promoting the emergency warning product line to the fire and EMS arena for the 11 western states. With some successes under my belt, I was promoted to Senior Sales Manager in 2005, then to Regional Sales Manager in 2007, gaining responsibility for Western Canada and various OEMs throughout the west. In April of 2009, I joined the Burton’s Fire Team, and look forward to increasing the value of Burton’s Fire to the departments and agencies that have relied on them for support over the years.

I live with my girlfriend in Claremont, a suburb just east of Los Angeles, and I have 2 children… a twenty three years old son just out of college and a twenty one year old daughter in her junior year. Hobbies include time with our dog, enjoying wine, my ’64 Pontiac, cooking and camping…

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