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Sale reps from all over North America came out to California to participate in the 2016 Waterstone Faucets International Sales Meeting. Held over three days at the Pala Casino and Resort, reps got some first hand kitchen faucet training with our National and Region Sales Managers. The first day consisted of a plant tour and some faucet assembly training. Several of the reps actually built a faucet with one of our assembly crew. This hands on training gives our people the knowledge of what actually goes into creating a top quality kitchen faucet. Day two were small breakout sessions to learn about Waterstone vendors. Packaging, printing, manufacturing software, marketing material and website development were all part of the presentations. On to cocktails, dinner and the Clemson/Alabama National Championship Game. Day three started with a half day presentation and feedback session, then on to some fun. Attendees were given the choice of a wine tour in Temecula, golf at the Pala Mesa Resort or a spa treatment at Pala. Waterstone cannot thank our sales team enough. Our amazing “family” is one of the reason Waterstone is were it is today. Great work! Waterstone is also proud to announce our newest member of the faucet family. On January 13th, day three of our sales meeting, Ryker Lank was born. Ryker is the son of our production supervisor Kathleen Lank. He is also the grandson of our Purchasing Manager Pam Donnelly. Congrats to Kathleen and Grandma Pam! [youtube video_id=”vKxdkPru4zM” placeholder=”no” ] Thank you to all who attended: Chris “ Big Dawg” Kuran, President & Founder Steve “ Magic Man” Kliewer, VP Manufacturing & Engineering Bob ” The Rev” Santella Chris “CB” Bica, California Region Steve “Reno” West, West Region Kevin “Udo” Sandage, East Region Darcy Kuran, San Diego & Riverside Counties of California Efrain “ Mr. Hutton” Flores, Southern California Matt “ Vern” Sanchez, Northern California David “Still Water” Rush, Illinois & Wisconsin Nancy Weinstein, NY Metro, Northern New Jersey & Long Island Sean “Wild Thing” Clarke, President Mike “Sunflower” Fotiades, Director of Operations Joe “JT” Tanguay, Director of Business Development Doug & Kim Ellsworth & Dan Rauenzaun, Steadfast Sales Tripp “Day Tripper” McConnell, Celerity Sales Jonathan “Jono” McCain, McCain Sales Mike Smith, McCain Sales Kevin White, KWA Marketing Steve Kidwell, Mary Phillips, Cindy Lau & Jonathan “Aflac” Amos, ROI Marketing Tom Ancy & Jana Tindle, Core Decorative Resource Mark & John Ismert, Bulls I Sales DeAnna “Diamond Girl” Glenn, Kalon Sales Duane Frank, High End New Mexico Michelle Drenckhahn, Spacial Adaptations Dave Sweany, JW Sales Marty Stewart & Jodi Vallejos, MAS Sales Kim & Doug Killgore & Julie Bright, The Rain Company Kathy “Scooter” Johnson-Audette, Customer Service Manager Michael “ Zinger” Zinniger, Creative Director HAVE A GREAT 2016!

We had a three day sales training event here in Murrieta. The training started out with a full factory tour, followed by an open format meeting, then cocktails at the new building, finishing with dinner for the entire team at Chris and Darcy’s house. The next day was a full day of Waterstone sales training conducted offsite at the beautiful Temecula Creek Inn wrapping up the day’s events with a fantastic dinner at an old 1850s converted stone bunkhouse on the property. The third day was more sales training in the morning ending with everybody charged up and ready to get back to their territories and deliver Waterstone another record sales year!