May 11, 2011 -- Dennis Fagan has joined mezzanine manufacturer Steele Solutions, Inc., as regional sales manager, serving the East Coast of the U.S.

Fagan has more than 29 years of experience in the structural mezzanine industry, with manufacturers in the eastern United States.

“Dennis is well respected in the material handling industry and in other sectors where mezzanine systems and equipment platforms are used to enhance efficiency and increase storage space,” said Steele Solutions Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kevin O’Neill. “He is known throughout the East Coast as an expert in mezzanine systems and for his integrity and commitment to customers.”

Fagan’s hiring enhances Steele Solutions’ existing high level of customer service, according to O’Neill. “We now have a local presence on the East Coast from someone who understands that market very deeply,” O’Neill said. “That local presence enhances our company’s commitment to being the most responsive mezzanine manufacturer in the U.S.”

With his extensive experience in the industry, Fagan has a deep understanding of how mezzanine systems can solve space problems and enhance material handling efficiency.

“I enjoy helping customers solve their space problems, and helping them determine how steel structures can make their operations as efficient at possible,” he said.

Fagan is based in the Philadelphia area.He is a graduate of Temple University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He enjoys participating in sports and is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America.

Joins Mike Raby in Working with Dealers

Fagan’s hiring followed that of Mike Raby, Steele Solutions’ vice president of dealer sales who joined the company last October, bringing 28 years of material handling industry experience.

“Dennis’s approach to business relationships is another reason that Steele Solutions is so easy to work with,” Raby said. “From 100-square-foot mezzanines and equipment platforms, to mezzanine systems for million-square-foot distribution centers, the team at Steele Solutions is committed to unmatched attention and customer service.”

Raby of the Cleveland area, is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Retail Industry Leaders Association, and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He has a degree in marketing from the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, history, Cleveland sports, reading and coaching.

Steele Solutions, based in metropolitan Milwaukee, manufactures engineered mezzanines, equipment platforms, catwalks, crossovers and other steel structures for material handling, distribution, industrial, commercial and military use, with installations throughout the world. Distributors and dealers prefer working with Steele Solutions because of the firm’s prompt and unmatched level of customer service, its design expertise and its extensive knowledge of prevailing building codes.