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Trans Western Executives

Henry Kirsch President
Henry Kirsch is one of the founding owners of Trans Western Chemicals in 1981. His career in the chemical industry began in 1973 at Cal Ink and Tenneco Organics and Pigments as Regional Sales Manager.

Henry is an active honorary member of the Los Angeles Society for Coatings Technology (LASCT), and is a Past President. Henry is also a former Board Member of the Western Coatings Society (WCS). He also served on the Industry Advisory Council at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for six years.

Henry Kirsch is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Marketing.


John Kirsch Vice-President of Operations
John Kirsch has been working with Trans Western Chemicals since 2004, directly out of High School. John's career began at the Customer Service desk, working with customers, taking orders, and solving problems. He then crawled up the ranks moving to warehouse manager, where he improved the efficiency of the warehouse by revamping the organization and flow of product. After 2 years in the warehouse John took on a role as Inside Salesman, developing his skill as a salesman he focused predominantly on the Car Care industry and speciality accounts. John maintains these accounts today as Vice President of Operations while continually looking for ways to improve the customer service team, warehouse logistics, and sales team. He is also responsible for maintaining Trans Western's status as an NACD member and believes strongly in the benefits of working with such an esteemed organization.

We are glad to have John as part of our team and look forward continuing improvement.


Gail Kirsch Accounts Payable/Human Resources
Gail Kirsch worked for Tenneco from 1980-85 in their UK division, and handled the importing and exporting of material. She began working for Trans Western Chemicals in 1985 as a customer service representative. In 1997 she took over the accounting and human resources department, assuming responsibility for relations with suppliers as well as employees.

 

Sales Team

Jeff Mitzner Vice President of Key Accounts
Southern California & Southern Nevada
Jeff Mitzner joined Trans Western Chemicals in 1987. With over 25 years of exprience in the chemical distribution industry, he is responsible for managing the customer base in Southern California and Southern Nevada.

Jeff is an active member of and holds a certificate of accreditation from the Los Angeles Society of Coatings Technology (LASCT) where he also received an Award for Outstanding Customer Service.

Jeff is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a B.S. in Business Administration.


Harry Golding Account Manager
Central & Northern California, Northern Nevada

Harry Golding began his work with Trans Western Chemicals in 1992. Harry is responsible for managing the customer base in Central and Northern California and Northern Nevada.

Prior to working with Trans Western Chemicals Harry held positions at the Degussa Corporation (Evonik) as Vice President and Business Manager for the pigment division and at Carmona Chemical Company and Seachem as President.

Harry is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology.


Len Milowski Account Manager
Arizona and Southern Nevada

Len Milowski began working with Trans Western Chemicals in 2013 as an account manager for the Arizona and Southern Nevada territory. Len is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of the sixth time Super bowl Champions whom he still holds season tickets for today. He served in the Vietnam War for the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged after 4 years. He has a BS in Industrial Management from Allegheny College.

His career began 45 years ago at Mobile Oil Corp./Mobile Chemical Food Division, in the quality control department and as a bench chemist. He later moved to Arizona where his career shifted towards Chemical Distribution sales. He has held various positions in plant and manufacturing operations. His experience in the Arizona market has been focused on Coatings, Inks, Adhesives, Architectural paint, Elastomeric Wall Coatings, and Elastomeric Roof Coatings. Len has been an active member of the Arizona Society for Coatings and Technology for 15 years.

We are very pleased to have Len join our team!


Mike Cook Account Manager
Southern California, Dust Control and Food
Mike Cook began work with Trans Western Chemicals early in 2012 as a customer service agent. He quickly immersed himself in the business, working with customers taking orders and familiarizing himself with the products TWC offers. It was soon apparent that Mike was more appropriately suited for a position in sales. By early 2013 Mike had a client list and was well on his way to building a substantial amount of new business for Trans Western.

Mike is now focused predominantly in the Dust Control market of the Southwest Region, working very closely with suppliers to provide customers with quality products in a timely fashion. He has also taken on the Food Industry, developing new avenues of business for Trans Western in the Central Valley. We are glad to have Mike on our team, and expect his sales to grow greatly as his skills and relationships expand.


Tom Loschiavo Account Manager
Arizona, Oregon and Washington
Tom brings to Transwestern Chemical 30 years of experience in the plastic and coatings colorant markets.  He has held various positions in sales, marketing and business management with Ferro Corporation.  Prior to Ferro, Tom worked for a regional specialty chemical distributor in Philadelphia for 5 years.  He has broad knowledge of the textile, coatings and plastic markets, from manufacturing processes, applications and product specifications.  He is now dedicating his efforts to increasing Transwestern Chemicals market presence in Arizona, Oregon and Washington.

He holds both a BS in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati and MBA in Marketing from Temple University. 

 

 

Trans Western Customer Service Team

Debbie Monroy Senior Customer Service Representative
Debbie Monroy joined Trans Western Chemicals in 1990. As an experienced customer service representative she ensures that our customers receive the best possible service. Debbie's key responsibilities include order processing, billing, purchasing, and inventory management.


Jacquie Trigueros Customer Service Representative
Jacquie Trigueros joined Trans Western Chemicals in 2007. She has over 20 years of experience in customer service. Her responsibilities include order processing, billing and accounts receivable. Jacquie is dedicated to assuring customer satisfaction with every order processed.

 

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