Ruane to Retire End of Year

Steve Ruane, IMARK’s VP Marketing, according to an IMARK press release, is retiring the end of this year after an illustrious 43 year career in the industry.

The press release stated:

“A 43-year veteran of the Electrical Industry, Ruane has served as IMARK Electrical’s Vice -President of Marketing for the past 23 years.  His retirement is effective on December 31, 2024.

 According to IMARK President and CEO, Bob Smith, “Steve has been an integral and valued member of our Executive Team for many years. We have benefitted greatly from his perspectives, his insights, and his leadership.  We’ll miss him.”

Says Ruane, “Working for IMARK members has been both a professional and personal highlight for me. I’ve met and worked with so many great and admirable people in the IMARK community of distributors, manufacturers, and agency reps.  

I will always believe that family-owned and operated businesses are essential parts of our communities and, of our national economy.  Our Marketing team takes great pride in offering marketing and training resources that build on the considerable strengths of our distributor members and enhances their profitability.

I’d like to recognize and thank our many friends in the services industry for their strong and unwavering support of IMARK and our members.”

I met Steve back in the late ’90’s when he was a national account / key account manager at IDEAL Industries where he then became Director of Marketing. After a number of years, he left IDEAL and joined AD in 1997. He and I “crossed” paths in the marketing group world as, when he was at AD, I was VP Marketing for IMARK (from late ’95 to July 2000). He left AD, I left IMARK and in early 2002 he joined IMARK where he has helped guide the organization as it expanded its membership, its reached into other verticals and launched marketing initiatives to support members and manufacturers.

43 years … almost a half century! Time flies. Congratulations Steve on a great career and on having an impact in supporting many manufacturers and distributors … and for your support over our 25+ year relationship.