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Meet the Team

Regional Managers

John Stone
Senior Regional Sales Manager — Northeast Region
CT, DC, DE, IL, IN, KY, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, VA, WV
John.Stone@menardifilters.com
803-392-1205

Job Description
Maintain current business as well as grow and prospect new business in the Northeast region of the US..

Industry Experience
39 years of experience in the liquid and air filtration industries. Exposure includes design engineering for fluid filtration OEM, application engineer for baghouse OEM and regional & national territory manager for the dry capture consumable industry.

Fun Facts

  • I enjoy fishing, camping, kayaking, sailing and spending time with family.
  • Have climbed high peaks in the Adirondack mountain region.
  • I once saved a young child who wandered into a high-traffic intersection unattended.
  • Was a residential general contractor & enjoy carpentry, plumbing, masonry & basic wiring.
  • Love woodworking.

Darryl K. Sarver
Senior Regional Sales Manager — West Coast
AK, AZ, CA, ID, IA, MN, MT, NE, NV, ND, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY
Darryl.Sarver@menardifilters.com
1-803-605-1779

Job Description
Maintain current business as well as grow and prospect new business in the West Coast to Upper Middle Region to WI. Provide top-notch customer service. Work with each customer to provide filtration solutions to meet their needs.
Relevant Certifications & Training
23 plus years of sales, sales management, leadership development, needs-based sales certification, and management certification in industrial and pharmaceutical sales
Industry Experience
Chemical facility manager for three years, OSHA certified auditor and trainer for ten years.

Fun Facts

  • Played college tennis for three years
  • Loves riding motorcycles
  • In the military was credited with assisting in 25 births aboard a UH60A – Blackhawk
  • Completed two Spartan Races
  • Has taken on the sport of Pickleball

Jerry Lanting
Senior Regional Sales Manager — Gulf-Central Region
CO, KS, NM, MO, OK, TX
Jerry.Lanting@menardifilters.com
803-392-9068

Job Description
Maintain current business as well as grow and prospect new business in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Provide top-notch customer service. Work with each customer to provide filtration solutions to meet their specific needs.

Relevant Certifications & Training
MSHA Certified

Industry Experience

  • 25 yrs in sales/sales management
  • 9 years in industrial sales with focus on manufacturing

Fun Facts
Avid college football and pro golf follower

Fernando Custodio
Senior Regional Manager — Southeast States
AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN
Fernando.Custodio@menardifilters.com
1-803-392-1253
1-704-604-5225

Job Description
Grow current business within my territory and be known by my customers as a customer service-oriented person and technical sales advisor. Work with each customer to provide filtration solutions to meet our customers’ needs.

Relevant Certifications & Training

  • International Executive MBA – Fundação Instituto de Administração – FIA (USP), Brazil, 2016
  • Academic Extension attended at Vanderbilt University (USA), Lyon Ecole de Management et de Commerce (France), and King’s College at University of Cambridge (England)
  • Degree in Automation Engineering – Universidade Bandeirante de São Paulo, Brazil, 2011
  • Technical Diploma in Industrial Automation – Escola SENAI Mariano Ferraz, Brazil, 2005
  • Technical Diploma as Maintenance Electrician – Escola SENAI Mariano Ferraz, Brazil, 2001
Industry Experience

  • Proactive sales professional with over 20+ years of experience, the last 12 years managing multiple areas with a focus on Sales & Marketing. Strategic vision and experience helping new products and technologies to be introduced for different markets, connecting people forming high-performance teams, and building strategies to achieve established goals.
  • Short to long-range strategic planning with constant monitoring of KPIs addressing issues as soon as they happen.
  • Medium- and long-range strategic planning with constant monitoring to reach targets.
  • Ease in establishing long-term relationships at all customer levels, and working as a consultant in the sale of complex solutions and technical sales.
Fun Facts

  • I love to be with my wife Lala, daughter Lili, and dog Freddy, doing anything we can, but together.
  • I have been running since 2018 and recently completed the Palmetto Peach Half Marathon in SC and GA.
  • I am a reader of all kinds of books but passionate about countries’ histories, mainly my home country, Brazil, and now my new home country, the US.
Technical Support

Michael Goff
National Sales Manager
Michael.Goff@menardifilters.com
803-392-1210
706-414-4836

Job Description
Manage and coach sales.

Industry Experience
18 years of experience in the industry.

Fun Facts

  • Graduate of Georgia Southern… GATA.
  • Married, father of 3 kids (all boys), college, high school, and middle.
  • Football fan: Atlanta Falcons and UGA Bulldogs
  • 1 cat, 1 dog
  • I like to play golf when I can
  • Enjoy DIY home improvement projects (flooring/tile/wood, gardening, painting, lighting, construction, etc.)
  • I’ll take the beach over almost anywhere else