About

South TX & South NM

Sales Manager

Jeff brings 29 years of solid sales experience to the table as founder of Reliable Power Transmission & Conveyor Components, a manufacturer's representative firm specializing in the technical sales of power transmission and conveying products in a multi-state territory. Over the years, Jeff has built strong relationships with Independent Distributors, National Distributors and Original Equipment Manufacturers, a great benefit to the principals and customers of RPT.

His background includes 15 years as a successful salesman and sales manager for Rexnord Corporation, where he was a product specialist and marketed couplings drives and engineered magnetic technology. Jeff was a key contributor in the introduction of new magnetic coupling technology to a variety of industries, developing and managing a distributor network for the product. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the school of Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Phone: (713) 907-1361

Email: jbadders@reliable-pt.com

Location: Kerrville, TX

Joining the RPT sales force in January 2010, Ryan has been an excellent resource for customer support and sales. He has been a pioneer for future sales training for RPT, offering new ideas and developing new facets for training. In conjunction with our manufacturers, a large portion of his training has been with engineers as well as a more hands-on approach out on the manufacturing floor.

Ryan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Leadership and Development from Texas A&M University.

Phone: (979) 877-5940

Email: rbadders@reliable-pt.com

Location: Diana, TX

Brandon Kelly joined RPT in March of 2012 after working in sales and customer service at Sudden Link for 2 years. Brandon has completed an extensive training course on Bearings and Power Transmission and lives in Lubbock, TX where he covers the Panhandle, West Texas and New Mexico territories for RPT. He has a MM Degree from Texas State University and a BM from Texas Tech University.

Phone: (806) 445-4537

Email: bkelly@reliable-pt.com

Location: Ft. Worth, TX

A graduate of Texas A&M with a degree in Industrial Distribution, Russ has more than thirty years in Power Transmission equipment sales and application. Russ joined Reliance Electric/Dodge Mfg. upon graduation and spent fifteen years cutting his teeth with Dodge. He has also had positions with the Schaeffler group (FAG, INA, Barden bearings), Sumitomo gear, Drives USA roller chain and most recently with The Carlson Company/Carlson Energy. With experience and knowledge on the complete range of PT products and both industrial and energy industry experience, Russ is ready to introduce you to the complete application solutions and products represented by Reliable Power Transmission.

Phone: (469) 955-6000

Email: rchapman@reliable-pt.com

Location: Morgan, TX

Tim LeDoux attended Texas A&M as a member of the Corps of Cadets and company D-1 while working facility and equipment maintenance and studying for his Bachelors of Science in Agricultural Leadership and Development. After graduation, Tim spent several years garnering experience as a welder and mechanic that eventually led to a career in Industrial Distribution. Tim’s technical knowledge, mechanical experience, and personable attitude make him a welcome addition to the Reliable Power Transmission team.

Phone: (979) 739-3965

Email: tledoux@reliable-pt.com

Location: Kyle, TX

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Operations Manager

Harper, Texas

Phone: (830) 896-7681

Email: budbadders@reliable-pt.com

Location: Kerrville, TX

Kirk McCormick has an extensive and successful history in our Industry having spent 19 years with Motion Industries in the South Louisiana area. During that time, Kirk worked his way up from the ground floor at Motion Industries and was rapidly promoted to Account Manager. Types of industries that Kirk has worked with include: Petro Chemical, Oil Refining, LNG, Food, Water Treatment, Oil Field, Sugar Mills, Grain Elevators, Marine and General Manufacturing. His most recent assignment was as a Sales Representative in the Cooling Tower Industry.

Kirk will be handling South Louisiana where his knowledge of accounts will be invaluable to all. He has excellent sales skills, product knowledge, and his enthusiasm is contagious to everyone around him.

Phone: 504-644-7442

Email: kmccormick@reliable-pt.com

Location: Madisonville, LA

Zach Koehn has an extensive background in the power transmission industry, coming to us from Siemens where he was a vertical account executive, providing MV drives & motors to the midstream Oil & Gas industry. Prior to that he was a national sales engineer at Voith Turbo, influencing specifications at O&G end-users for their mechanical variable-speed drives. Zach has had some experience on the distribution side of the Houston market as well as an outside salesman at Brance-Krachy.

In conjunction to his work in sales, Zach has also served our country in the US Army through several tours of duty and over 75 combat missions, managing Helicopter maintenance crews and piloting Chinook and Apache Helicopters. His most recent activities included running base operations at Houston Executive Airport and appointed ground force commander in Hampshire, TX for Hurricane Harvey relief.

Phone: (832) 888-8438

Email: zkoehn@reliable-pt.com

Location: Cypress, TX