New Flyer Industries Inc. announced the appointment of Joe Drapeau to the position of New Flyer regional field sales manager for the central U.S.
Drapeau is a respected individual who brings extensive bus sales experience in the U.S. heavyduty urban bus industry. Over his transit career, he has developed relationships built on trust with his customers throughout the Midwest. In his role, Drapeau will focus his efforts on the various solutions offered by New Flyer including the Xcelsior and MiDi family of bus product lines.
“We are very pleased to have Joe accept this role as regional field sales manager,” said Joesph Gibson, New Flyer vice president national sales. “Joe brings over 26 years sales experience with the last five of those years being within the urban transit bus industry. His wealth of knowledge, strong sales and customer relationship-building abilities, combined with his technical knowledge makes him a great asset and we are excited to welcome him to our field sales team.”
Drapeau also has many years of management experience working for manufacturing and custom parts fabrication companies such as Key City Die-Casting, in Peosta, Iowa, where he was the president — sales manager, and EON–E-Ande where he was the director U.S. sales and Ertl Co., Dyersville, Iowa, where he was the division manager/sales manager. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.
