The Power of Partnerships

Demonstrating unique value has never been more difficult for distributors in an era of an increasing marketplace and manufacturers selling direct. The channel is changing and in need of a new infrastructure.   James Dorn (President & CEO, The Dorn Group) joins Mike Vitiello (National VP and Sales Manager, Turtle) to discuss the power of distributors and manufacturers working closer together to reinforce our collective position in the marketplace by providing compounding value.    This presentation was originally shared live at Turtle's Sales Summit on March 20, 2023.  Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information about our products and services or to contact our team of experts.  Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

One of Turtle & Hughes' most important partnerships is with its employees, and that partnership is nourished through unique growth opportunities such as the Rising Stars program. This 12-month program cross-trains some of Turtle's next generation of business leaders in key areas of running, growing, and improving our business through mentoring and monthly classroom sessions. On this month's podcast, we hear first-hand experiences from the Rising Stars graduates who are now leading this year's program.    Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information on career opportunities or to contact our team of product and service experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Meet Teresa Jones, Director of Program Management for Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply (THIS), and hear about what working for a women-owned business means to her.   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information about our products and services or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Mike Savino (Superintendent, JRM Construction Management) joins Joe Milmoe (Outside Sales, Turtle & Hughes) for a candid conversation about recent industry trends, Mike's road to success in the construction business, and some of the most important lessons he's learned during his 20+ year career.   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information about our products and services or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

In a follow-up to June's episode on infrastructure investments in Boston, Steve Lippert (Northeast District Manager) discusses how Turtle & Hughes' expertise in fields such as lighting, switchgear, logistics, and materials managements has led to their involvement in recent significant infrastructure projects.   Subscribe to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts.

In a follow-up to June's episode on infrastructure investments, John Donohue (Vice President Sales and Branch Manager in Philadelphia) explains how Turtle & Hughes is leveraging utilities' energy-saving rebate programs into valuable opportunities for its customers.   Subscribe to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts.

In a follow-up to June's episode on infrastructure investments in Texas, Bob Courcy (Vice President, Gulf Region) discusses Turtle & Hughes' contributions to new infrastructure and energy savings programs in Houston, as well as our initiative to partner with the right engineering companies and contractors to support a sustainable future for the people of Texas.    Subscribe to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts.

Mike Yotnakparian (NY & NJ Senior Account Executive, 3M) joins Mike Frobosilo (Strategic Account Specialist, Turtle & Hughes) to discuss the history of their companies' relationship. They highlight their favorite 3M products, detailing everything from sandpaper and lugs to their American-made cold shrink technology, and they explore flexible solutions for workers in the field as well as exciting innovations that are coming down the pipeline.   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information, and contact Mike.Frobosilo@turtle.com for 3M product training or samples.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

How can large companies benefit from working with diverse suppliers, and what can those suppliers do to better position themselves in a competitive network?   Bev Jennings (Founder and CEO, SEE Company) joins Blake Varbero (Sales Director, Turtle & Hughes) on this month's episode of The Power of Partnerships podcast to answer these questions and share valuable insight from her 30-year career as an inclusion-focused visionary and strategist. In her former role as Head, Global Supplier Diversity & Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson, Bev was a key leader in J&J’s selection as the first Healthcare company to join the elite Billion Dollar Roundtable, where she served as Vice Chair for the non-profit comprised of companies committed to annually spending at least $1 billion with Tier 1 diversity suppliers. Bev currently serves as a member of the Turtle & Hughes Board of Directors, which she joined in 2020 after more than a decade of partnership with the company.   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Unforeseeable situations may strike at any time, but at Turtle & Hughes, our customers can count on us no matter what. This month, we hear from Michelle Bonia (Lighting Department Manager, Stoughton, MA) about a time when she found a way to meet a customer’s needs despite an unexpected and dramatic setback.    Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop online or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is pledging $1.2-billion to shore up America’s aging infrastructure and fuel the growth of green energy initiatives. Projects will improve highways and bridges, public transportation, wastewater plants, airports and EV charging – all areas that Turtle & Hughes supports.   Steve Lippert, Northeast District Manager in Boston, expects the Infrastructure Bill to fund important projects to help Boston re-imagine how people will access their city – with brighter, safer and more sustainable roads, train lines that reach further outside the city, and expanded capacity at Boston Logan Airport.    The Infrastructure Bill is our nation’s largest investment in roads and bridges, public transit, railways, airports and ports, water/wastewater infrastructure, high-speed internet and EV Charging.  We are ready with a century of technical expertise to support our customers – utilities, manufacturing, commercial construction, and major metropolitan infrastructure facilities. We continue to grow our sustainable solutions –– for the health of our planet and society.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts. 

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is pledging $1.2-billion to shore up America’s aging infrastructure and fuel the growth of green energy initiatives. Projects will improve highways and bridges, public transportation, wastewater plants, airports and EV charging – all areas that Turtle & Hughes supports.   John Donohue, Vice President Sales and Branch Manager in Philadelphia, points to potential Infrastructure investment projects ahead in highways, airports, and wastewater plants.   The Infrastructure Bill is our nation’s largest investment in roads and bridges, public transit, railways, airports and ports, water/wastewater infrastructure, high-speed internet and EV Charging.  We are ready with a century of technical expertise to support our customers – utilities, manufacturing, commercial construction, and major metropolitan infrastructure facilities. We continue to grow our sustainable solutions –– for the health of our planet and society.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts. 

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is pledging $1.2-billion to shore up America’s aging infrastructure and fuel the growth of green energy initiatives. Projects will improve highways and bridges, public transportation, wastewater plants, airports and EV charging – all areas that Turtle & Hughes supports.   Bob Courcy, Vice President based in Houston, explains that Turtle’s 45-year presence in Texas and the relationships it has built with the City of Houston, vendors and contractors, puts it in a position of strength in contributing technical expertise and service capabilities to expand highways, roads and bridges. Infrastructure investments in Texas will support the influx of people and businesses into the State, safety in the event of a major storm or power failure, and resiliency in community rebuilding.   The Infrastructure Bill is our nation’s largest investment in roads and bridges, public transit, railways, airports and ports, water/wastewater infrastructure, high-speed internet and EV Charging.  We are ready with a century of technical expertise to support our customers – utilities, manufacturing, commercial construction, and major metropolitan infrastructure facilities. We continue to grow our sustainable solutions –– for the health of our planet and society.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts. 

At a time when the digital customer journey has never been more important, Turtle & Hughes has partnered with LinkedIn Sales Solutions to adopt their powerful Sales Navigator tool.  Michaela Spannaus (Relationship Manager, LinkedIn Sales Solutions) joins our podcast this month to discuss the many features and use cases of Sales Navigator, as well as its game-changing impact on Turtle & Hughes' process of connecting with its digital audience.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop our products and services or to contact our team of experts. 

This month, we're celebrating Earth Day by highlighting our commitment to Sustainability. We're joined by several of our employees in the Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply division to discuss what Sustainability means to them and how they are mindful of it in life and in business.   Featuring: (In English) 0:33 - Molly Sheehan 0:55 - Brian Polston 1:13 - Jose Mata 2:39 - Jonathan McLane 4:14 - Mary McGeary   (En español) 5:49 - Angelica Rodriguez 6:05 - Carlos Solis 7:16 - Alba Hernández 7:29 - Yoselin Constantino   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Join Turtle & Hughes employees Anthony Abdullah (Sustainability and Supplier Diversity Manager), Caldwell Hart (SVP Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer), and Molly Sheehan (Sustainability) for a fireside chat about our company's sustainability journey, the value of research in the ESG space, and the importance of doing business with sustainable partners to help power a better tomorrow.    Visit our website at www.turtle.com to shop Turtle Green, one of the industry's first sustainable electrical & industrial e-commerce catalogs.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Tim Doyle (VP of Sales, TopSpot) joins Ajay Kamble (CIO, Turtle & Hughes) to discuss the process of creating sticky and user-friendly digital content that not only attracts customers, but also increases companies' revenues by keeping up with the changing market.   TopSpot is the largest independent search marketing agency in Houston, TX. They partnered with Turtle & Hughes in 2017 to help our successful 99-year-old national company kickstart a digital transformation that will ensure continued success for many more years to come.   Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Ross Kennedy, founder of Exertherm, joins us to discuss the Industrial Internet of Things with Tom Forquer, Account Manager at Turtle & Hughes. The IIoT enables machines and sensors to send data to computers and control systems over secure networks, helping operators achieve unprecedented new efficiencies in production environments.    Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Christina Lampe-Önnerud, CEO, Cadenza Innovation, sits down with two Turtle executives: Kathleen Shanahan, CEO, and Luis Valls, President, Electrical division. They discuss the strength of diversity partnerships, the future of our infrastructure, and what Cadenza’s award-winning technology – a patented and UL-listed supercell design for manufacturing safe, high-performing, low-cost lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in microgrids – brings to our customer’s sustainability projects.   Lampe-Önnerud is one of the world’s pre-eminent battery experts, the former founder, international chairman and CEO of Boston-Power, and previous chairwoman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Energy Technologies. She is a writer and lecturer, and has appeared in many prominent business media, including the Wall Street Journal and Inc. Magazine.    Visit our website at www.turtle.com to find more information or to contact our team of experts.    Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!

Scott West (President, Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply) discusses the origin and value of the integrated supply service model with George Krauter, who initiated and developed the concept of on-site supplier management of MRO storerooms.   Email us at solutions@turtleintegrated.com or view our website at turtleintegrated.com for more information.   Subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation between Turtle & Hughes and its best-in-class partners on the first day of every month!