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Bob Traxler
Bob Traxler was named President of Arizona Tile in July
of 1996. In this role, his primary focus
includes leading the management team, focusing on branch location challenges
and developing employees.
He joined the company in October 1979 and has
served in numerous roles during his tenure.
This includes working in the warehouse, at the order desk, in outside
sales, as a Branch Manager, as a Regional Manager and as an Executive Vice
President. While involved in many of the
company’s great successes since its inception just a couple of years prior to
Bob’s joining, one of his accomplishments includes developing the company’s
first computer system in the early 1980’s.
This system continued to be used by the company for 15 years.
Bob has spent the greater part of his career in the
stone and tile industry. Prior to
joining Arizona Tile he managed a small tile store and did estimating for a
tile contracting family.
He graduated from Coleman
College in San Diego in 1981 with a certificate in computer
science software applications and systems design.
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