Scarpa North America, hired two new sales representatives in the northeastern and southwestern United States.
In the Northeast, Pursuit Sales Group, headed by Jonathan Vinet, will represent the Scarpa brand in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Vinet has already represented Scarpa at Lathrop Associates, the former sales agency for the brand in New England, where he worked since 2004. Lathrop Associates recently closed when its founder moved into different work within the outdoor industry, and Vinet went on to found Pursuit Sales. Pursuit Sales Group is based out of York, ME. Prior to his work as a sales representative, Vinet has also worked in-house for Jetboil, Inc., helping the company open new markets for its Personal Cooking System. And prior to working in the outdoor industry, Vinet worked for nine years in the high-tech software industry, selling financial and recruitment applications to Fortune 2000 businesses.
In the Southwest, Dray Bullard, sales manager for Andramine, an outdoor sales representative group based in Las Vegas, NV, will represent Scarpa in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. Prior to working with Andramine, Bullard worked in Boulder, CO, at Neptune Mountaineering as a manager and climbing buyer and he has also worked as a climbing gym manager and at other outdoor retail posts.
