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National Sales & Support Team

POLARIS Laboratories™ is the fastest growing oil, fuel and coolant analysis laboratory in the country. We employ national territory sales managers and have developed a Field Services Division that has expanded POLARIS' network of technical services and customer support with private and public training classes, program reviews and assessments and assistance with every facet of fluid analysis program management.

Brett Minges

Brett Minges, Vice President, Sales, has extensive fluid analysis and sales experience with multiple nationally recognized companies. Minges has been Area General Manager for Stewart & Stevenson, a distributor for Detroit Diesel and Allison products. He has also been General Manager for Oklahoma Operations for a Cummins distributor, Marketing Manager for Ferodo America, a National Account Manager for Fleetguard, Inc., and a partner in Lubricon, a fluid analysis laboratory once based in Indiana. Minges is located at POLARIS' headquarters in Indianapolis.
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Bill Salmon

Bill Salmon, National Account Manager, has more than 20 years experience in the commercial and industrial lubricants industries with an operations and sales background. His career in the lubricant market has been spent with blenders and compounders and one company with an in-house fluid analysis program. After having progressed through the operations ranks with a manufacturer in the automotive aftermarket, his career has been focused on general management including sales responsibility for major and national accounts throughout North America. Salmon is based at POLARIS' headquarters in Indianapolis.
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Linda Pascali

Linda Pascali, Northeast Territory Sales Manager, has 20 years of analytical laboratory testing experience. Pascali began her career as a medical technologist where she acquired a Bachelor of Science Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science. Additionally, she has over 10 years of experience in the oil and oil analysis industries as a technical sales representative for Shell Oil, a lubricants distributor for Neslo Petroleum and a chemist for Mobil Oil Corporation. Pascali is based in Philadelphia.
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Christine Furlong

Christine Furlong, Midwest Territory Sales Manager, has over 19 years of sales experience as both an OEM Corporate Account Manager and a heavy duty Commercial and Industrial Product Sales Manager for Valvoline, a division of Ashland, Inc. While at Valvoline, Furlong has managed national and international OEM private label and Valvoline branded lubricants, antifreeze and chemical programs. She was also responsible for sales territory management for both Castrol Oil (now BP Lubricants) and Stuart Petroleum. Furlong is based in Indianapolis.
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Scot Tani

Scot Tani, Southeast Sales Manager, has over 17 years of sales and analytical laboratory testing experience. Tani began his career as a laboratory technician with United Testing Group before moving to inside sales. Additionally, Tani was a Territory Sales Manager for CTC Analytical Services, a Sales Manager for Caterpillar Equipment, and a Technical Data Manager for Analyst, Inc. Tani is based in Atlanta.
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Michael Wells

Michael Wells, Southern Plains and Southwest Territory Sales Manager, has over 14 years of sales and management experience in the lubricants and fuel marketplace providing operational support to the oil, petrochemical and manufacturing industries. He was a regional sales manager for National Draeger, an international manufacturer of combustible gas detection; Universal Lubricants, an independent manufacturer of industrial lubricants; as well as Vecenergy Resources, a treatment service company for distressed fuels. Wells is based in Houston.
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Cathy Smith

Cathy Smith, West / Pacific West Territory Sales Manager, has 15 years experience in outside sales and account management. She was a Sales Representative and Automotive Brand Manager for Siegel Oil Company of Denver for eight years specializing in oil, lubricant and chemical sales and maintains a strong background in communications, marketing and training from her sales experience with Hallmark Cards and Frito-Lay. Smith is located in Denver.
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Mary De Bruin

Mary De Bruin, Western Canada Territory Sales Manager, has over nine years of analytical laboratory testing experience. De Bruin began her career as a trace PCB chemical analyst. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree with a double major in Chemistry and Biological Sciences. De Bruin has been a business development representative for the Oil and Gas division of AGAT Laboratories and the Western Canada Business Development Manager for the Oil and Gas division of Bodycote Testing Group. De Bruin is based in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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Doug Rolls

Doug Rolls, Western Canada Territory Sales Manager, has over 10 years of experience in the oil analysis industry. He has previously held both sales and management positions with Stavely Services, Canada, Inc. (formerly CTC Analytical, now ALS) and AGAT Laboratories. He has been actively involved with the Alberta Chapter of the Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and has served on the Board of the Alberta Fleet Maintenance Supervisor's Association in Edmonton for many years in various portfolios. Rolls majored in Business Management at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and graduated with a degree in Business Administration.
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Updated: August 2010


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Training

  • Salt Lake City
    Cooling Systems Maintenance
    September 20, 2010

  • Salt Lake City
    Practicing Oil Analysis
    September 21-22, 2010

  • Edmonton, AB
    Cooling Systems Maintenance
    October 26, 2010

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Tradeshows & Conferences

  • Oil Sands Show
    Ft. McMurry, Alberta
    September 15-17, 2010

  • Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show
    Lloydminster, SK
    September 15-16, 2010

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