Beckhoff USA Hires Don Shanklin as Great Lakes District Sales Manager
Don Shanklin has joined the rapidly growing Beckhoff USA team as Great Lakes District Sales Manager. Based in the Cleveland area, Shanklin will work to boost market share gains and increase sales from wide-ranging manufacturers and machine builder OEMs throughout Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and northern Kentucky. He will focus on strategic Beckhoff accounts and oversee the established local sales and applications engineering group’s development efforts. He reports to Midwest Region Manager Jake Schieffer.
A long-time automation industry professional, Shanklin has held key sales and application engineering positions, including successful runs at Caterpillar, Rexel Automation and Crescent Electric Supply Company. He spent 17 years at Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc., starting as Developmental Sales Engineer and eventually earning the title of Senior Director of Sales. Most recently, Shanklin served as Vice President of Sales for HTE Automation in St. Louis.