Sam Rutherford-President/CEO

Sam has been in the air compressor business for over 40 years. He opened Air Industrial Resource in 1991 in Kansas City Missouri. Later he went on to open offices in Tulsa, OK; Oklahoma City, OK; and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.

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Scott Ewart – Sales & General Manager

Scott has been in the air compressor business for over 21 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in Engineering. His duties include sales, customer service, business development, marketing, and product line-up.

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Cody Vandiver- Application Engineer-DFW

Cody graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.A. Business Administration of General Business with International emphasis. He has 9 years experience as a Sales Representative.

Pablo Flores- Territory Manager- DFW

Pablo has an Associate’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from ITT Technical Institute. He has 5 years Experience as a Sales Representative.            

Mike Chisum- Territory Manager -Tulsa

Mike holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Angelo State University. He has been with Air Industrial Resource since March of 2001 and all together has over 20 years of experience in industrial equipment sales.

Brent Koetters- Territory Manager OKC

Brent graduated from John Wood Community College in  Quincy Il. with an Applied Science Associate’s Degree with an emphasis in Marketing.  He has 8 years experience as an Air Compressor Sales Representative.

Joyce Brown- Accounting Manager

Joyce has been employed by Air Industrial Resource for the past 15 years. She attended Central Missouri State University, UMKC and the Sullair credit and collection conference in Michigan City. She is responsible for all phases of the corporate accounting including sales, accounts payable, accounts receivable, corporate business, as well as human resources. Her hobbies include oil painting and gardening.

Brian Hoover- KC

Brian has been with Air Industrial Resource for 2 years. He graduated from MMI in Orlando Florida. In 2007 he received parts managment and customer service training at Sullair Corporation in Michigan City.

Jake Rutherford- Tulsa and OKC

Jake has been with Air Industrial Resource for 5 years.  He received parts management and customer service training at Sullair Corporation in Michigan City in August, 2005; has also attend the Summit Oil trainee program in Tyler, Tx.

Larry Fenter- DFW

Larry has been with Air Industrial Resource for 8 years. He has had

experience in parts management for the last 20 years.  He attended the

University of Texas with emphasis in introductory management as well as

advanced management.  He also has received courses in basic fluid power as well as attending TCC with machine shop technology..

Ken Mason- KC, OKC, and Tulsa

Ken has been employed with Air Industrial Resource for the past 2 years.

He graduated from Missouri State University with a degree in Industrial Technology.  He is responsible for Service Management in Kansas City, Tulsa; and Oklahoma City.

Tonya Sikes- DFW

Robert Long- Tulsa