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Sonny Hines is a seasoned sales and management professional with a broad range of experience in customer service, team building, negotiation, and project management. He has held leadership positions in various industries, including the textile and oil industries, and has a strong educational background in industrial engineering. With over 50 years of experience, Sonny has developed a unique blend of skills and expertise that enable him to effectively manage teams, build strong relationships with customers, and drive business growth.

Experience

  • Cekal Specialties, Inc.
    • Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area
    • Sales Agent
      • Jan 2015 - Present
      • Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area

      Sales agent for Cekal Specialties offering a broad spectrum of additives (including flame retardants) for the textile industry.

  • Nelson Oil Company, Inc.
    • Lenoir-Hickory-Morganton, NC
    • CEO / Chairman
      • 1963 - 2014
      • Lenoir-Hickory-Morganton, NC

      Responsible for sales and supplier relations. In course of my tenure, Nelson Oil Company distributed products for Gulf Oil, Mobile, Texaco, BP and Chevron. We served the Southeaster United States.

    • President CEO
      • 1972 - 1996
      • Lenoir, NC

      Manufacturer of coatings for the furniture industry. Customers included Broyhill, Burnhardt, Henredon, Drexel, Hammary, Kinkaid, Century Chair, Lane Furniture, Thomasville and a variety of other home furnishings companies.

  • U S Army
    • Camp Gordon, GA
    • Company Commander
      • 1954 - 1956
      • Camp Gordon, GA

      Commander of the 257th Signal Company, Installation. We trained technicians in the three types of telephone central office equipment in use in the Army at that time. I attended the Army CBR course at Fort McClellan, Alabama in December 1954 and subsequently was assigned at Regimental Adjutant at the Signal Corps Unit Training Group (SCUTG) headquarters. Duty included serving as parade adjutant when the SCUTG companies passed in review on parade days. After all the preliminaries of company and battalion parade formation,I remember well doing an about face, rendering a hand salute to the Regimental Commander, and reporting "Sir, the parade is formed".

Education

  • 1949 - 1954
    North Carolina State University
    Bachelor of Science (BS) Industrial Engineering

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