Machine Tool Builders Inc. (MTB), recently announced and welcomed K.C. Warren as the company’s new director of sales and marketing. Warren will report directly to the ownership team and is tasked with further developing the company’s rapidly growing position in the machine tool marketplace. He will oversee sales and marketing operations and will be responsible for team leadership, planning and implementing sales, marketing and business development programs, business strategy execution, product development as well as general management responsibilities. Warren will focus on driving revenues through long-term customer relationships, delivering customized high-value solutions to meet each individual customer needs and pursuing new business opportunities that continue to increase MTBs market share of best-in-class products & services.
 
Warren comes to MTB with 17 years of executive-level experience and held technical sales & marketing leadership positions with several companies where he responsible for building, managing & leading global sales organizations. He is a well-known figure in a variety of industries and markets that include automotive, industrial automation, process control instrumentation, industrial manufacturing and environmental technology. He received national recognition for customer service excellence and has been a key contributor in a number of product innovations and technology advancements that were crucial to each organizations success.  Warren brings a deep understanding of highly engineered systems and applications allowing him to quickly identify customer needs and provide high value solutions. He brings a proven record of forging relationships with some of the largest companies in the world, working directly with OEM’s, integrators, dealers, representatives, distributors, engineering firms, sales partners, reseller accounts and end-users. MTB believes his versatile business experience, technical knowledge and unwavering commitment to serving customers coupled with a contagious winning attitude and outgoing personality are assets that complement and enhance MTB capabilities as well building upon their already stellar reputation. 

“I am excited to join the dedicated and passionate team at Machine Tool Builders. I'm very fortunate to be joining such a well respected company that prides itself on best-in-class products and services and achieving absolute customer satisfaction.” Warren said. “I was attracted to MTB given their reputation in the industry. After meeting with ownership I quickly realized we shared many of the same philosophies, primarily a commitment to serving customers, listening to their needs and delivering high-value solutions that build positive long-term relationships.”

 
He added, “I believe in being proactive to the customer needs, not reactive, that means understanding the applications and processes working together to identify & eliminate issues before they become problems. The goal is to exceed the customer’s expectations, providing them highest quality products, services and solutions. MTB shares that same passion so it was a perfect fit.”

“In my 17 year career I have never seen an organization with ownership so committed and deeply involved in serving the customer. It truly speaks to the MTB culture and I’m thrilled to be part of such a rapidly growing customer-focused business. In just a few short years they have become leaders in their market and have grown exponentially, that is what I was looking for, especially one with a reputation like MTB.” Warren said. “I intend to continue that tradition, while driving new business across our current markets and ultimately expanding our offerings.”  

Kenneth Flowers, MTB president states, “We are very excited to welcome K.C. to our team as director of sales and marketing. Our new product and service innovations coupled with an increasing demand from our customers led us to look for a new addition to our leadership team, one who also fit with our company philosophy. K.C.s experience and drive are exactly what we need to introduce our offerings to new markets. I’m confident that K.C. will play a key role in providing and implementing high quality solutions for our clients. Not only will he bring a focus on customer relationship quality to our sales team, but he also possesses a strong sales and marketing background and is very knowledgeable in aspects of business operations. He will be a great resource for our employees, customers and vendors who come into contact with him.”