PE-backed Davey Coach Sales beefs up staff with new hire

Davey Coach Sales, which is backed by Progress Equity Partners, has hired Marcus Watts as national manager/retail sales trainer. Davey Coach Sales is a provider of new and used mid-sized buses and shuttles in North America.

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SEDALIA, COLO. (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 01, 2018

Davey Coach Sales has hired industry veteran Marcus Watts, as National Account Manager/Retail Sales Trainer. He will report to Josh Davey, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Davey Coach Sales.

“We are pleased to welcome him to our team. Marcus believes in providing the best service and products in this industry, which aligns with our core values. He’ll be sharing the wealth of his knowledge and experience with our team, so they can continually offer better service to our valued customers,” commented Tom Davey, CEO.

Watts brings 37 years of bus sales and service experience to Davey Coach. Before his impressive career began, he attended Arizona State University on a full-ride football scholarship. Following a brief stint in the National Football League, he jumped into the mid-sized bus industry, opening the first sales and service satellite office in the San Francisco Bay area for a major manufacturer (National Coach Corp). He then successfully owned and operated a bus dealership in San Francisco (Metrotrans West) before joining Krystal Enterprises as Vice President of Bus Sales and National Accounts. He enjoys golf, skiing, and fishing.

Davey Coach Sales, one of the leading dealers of new and used mid-sized buses and shuttles in North America, was established in 1992. Davey Coach Sales is consistently awarded Top Distributor honors by our customers and manufacturers alike for over 20 years. As the leader in the Specialized Transportation Vehicle Industry we adhered to a basic philosophy of treating our customers in the same fashion as we individually want to be treated.

Our emphasis on quality and customer satisfaction continues to stimulate our growth. Davey Coach is backed by Denver-based Progress Equity Partners, a private equity investment firm. The principals of Progress Equity are relationship driven, long-term investors and have been partnering with owners and management teams to build industry leading companies since 1993 (http://www.progressequity.com).