Each newsletter offers a profile of one of the people that make ARMOR such a great place to work and do business. Profile candidates include ARMOR personnel, distributors and customers. If you’d like to nominate someone for inclusion, please send an email to Cheri Rugh with the name and the reason(s) you’d like them to receive some extra attention.

Name:
Steven Evans

Home:
Oil City, Pennsylvania

Born:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Profession/Job Title:
Independent Sales Agent – “The Total Package for Packaging”

Family Details:
Steve has been married to his wife Renee for 25 and they have four children – Will a senior at Slippery Rock University, Andrew a sophomore at Slippery Rock University, Libby a junior at Oil City High School and Lydia, their adopted daughter, a third grader at St. Stephens School.

Experience:
“I started my career in sales and marketing with Hills Brothers Coffee in Philadelphia. I was transferred to Chicago then to Columbus, Ohio and while in Columbus I accepted a position with M&M Mars. In 1983, I moved to Detroit, Michigan where I worked as an independent sales agent marketing pressure sensitive tapes and plastic films to automotive OEM and packaging distribution. In 2002, I started an independent sales business encompassing western Pennsylvania, western New York and eastern Ohio. Armor Protective Packaging® was one of my first lines.”

Hobbies:
"My poison is fly fishing!"

Best Book Read Recently:
“The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary” by Mark Sanborn.

Latest Accomplishment:
“This summer was spent in reconstruction of a retaining wall and privacy fence that was 80’ in length! It looks good!”

What’s Playing on Your iPod?
“No music on my iPod, I prefer Pandora Radio because it offers all genres. I do have two audio books uploaded, they are ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill and ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’ by Dale Carnegie.”

Best Movie Watched Recently:
“The Gray.”

Your Favorite Movies of All Time:
“Harold and Maude,” “Blazing Saddles,” “The Long Road Home,” “Rocky,” and “Saving Private Ryan.”

How Long at ARMOR:
“It was 10 years this past September. ARMOR has been the best company to represent; it has the greatest associates anywhere!”

Favorite Quote:
As time passes us by, it passes much too fast “CARPE DIEM!”