Meet the Trainers
Lightweight Splice School
Chad Ackerman
Strategic Accounts Manager
Flexco
Chad Ackerman recently joined the Flexco Team as a Strategic Accounts Manager. Chad spent 5 years at Ammeraal Beltech as a Regional Manager and a Key Accounts Manager. His experience includes working and developing strategies with end user and distributor customers in various industries. Prior to this Chad spent 3 years working for an OEM focused on conveyor construction and serving the meat and poultry industry. Chad has been involved with NIBA since 2015 and is excited to contribute his time and experience in LW training.
Mark Green
Light Duty Marketing Field Specialist
Flexco
Green has been with Flexco for more than 25 years, working in various roles such as manufacturing, ISO9001 implementation, engineering support, project management and more. In his current position, Green works with a variety of departments at Flexco in a global capacity to conduct internal and external product testing, develop and conduct product training and demonstrations, and is the customer service liaison to answer technical questions from the customers and convey customer feedback to the product team.
Don Rabb
Eastern Regional Sales Manager
Chemprene
Don Rabb has been with Chemprene for 9 years as the Eastern Regional Manager and prior to that with Forbo-Siegling for 10 years in a Sales role. Utilizing these years of experience in LW Belting, he has taken an active role to lend this experience in this teaching role.
Sander Romers
Light Duty Marketing Field Specialist
Flexco
Romers came to Flexco in 2010 with 20 years of industry experience. In his role, Romers travels the world providing technical support for the light-duty fastener and endless splicing product lines. He is also heavily involved in internal and external product testing and conducts regular training and demonstrations as an instructor for our distributor training schools and employee onboarding. Romers' specialty is working with the product design, development, and marketing teams to ensure Flexco products are designed and built with the customer in mind.
Michael Wieland
Vice President of Sales
Mulhern Belting, Inc.
Michael Wieland is Vice President of Sales at Mulhern Belting, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience dealing with distributors and OEMS in all aspects of the belting industry. He has worked with lightweight and heavyweight belting equally during his career. He has a background in all areas from food, automotive, and aggregate. He is responsible for the development and implementation of sales and marketing strategies for Mulhern Belting.