Marcos Gonzalez, a product engineer at Texas-based global composite matting manufacturer Signature Systems, invented the OmniDeck, an innovative composite panel system that protects stadium turf. The product is now in use at University of North Texas’ (UNT) new Lovelace and McNatt Families Practice Facility on the UNT campus in Denton, Texas, but also in iconic Major League Baseball, NFL and... read more
Primera has hired Jeff Braun as the company’s new CEO. Braun spent the past 22-plus year of his career with DeWalt Industrial Power Tool team, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, where he originally interned as an undergrad and stayed with the company after graduation. He is a graduate of Towson University. In his time with DeWalt, Braun held... read more
PBI-Gordon’s pest management business unit added Jason Manz as director of national accounts. Manz joined PBI-Gordon in February and leads the key account sales team’s efforts as it develops and executes customer business plans for the company’s national accounts. Manz has more than 20 years of experience in the professional turf and agriculture industries, most recently as seed treatment global... read more
David C. Heegard, vice president of sales and marketing for LebanonTurf, died on May 10 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was 69. Heegard was the oldest of seven children, born on June 28, 1950, in Austin, Minn. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in plant and soil science. He married his high school... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) is creating a manual to address best management practices when managing sports fields. This manual will have a national version and also provide a template for chapters to use to validate their practices. STMA says this should be helpful to provide specific information to local and state governments when legislation is being proposed that... read more
