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Rauckman High Voltage Sales is a manufacturer's representative serving the electric utility market. 

Headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Illinois, Rauckman High Voltage Sales covers all electric utilities, distributors and consultants in Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois.

Dedicated to the electric utility market Rauckman High Voltage Sales, LLC has grown since 1999 from a “one-man show” to now employing some of the most experienced and talented sales people supplying products to the electric utility industry.

Together our sales force has extensive experience serving the electric utilities and the distributors that participate in the utility marketplace.

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Personnel:
 
JIM RAUCKMAN
E-mail: jim@rauckman.com
Cell: 618-407-5985

Jim is the General Manager of Rauckman High Voltage Sales and has outside sales responsibility for Ameren Headquarters, AmerenUE and a select group of utilities in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Originally from the St. Louis area, Jim is a 1983 graduate of the University of Missouri in Rolla where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Upon graduation Jim joined A.B. Chance Company in the role of an Application Engineer working primarily on padmounted and overhead switches throughout the United States. After two years as an Application Engineer, he was given the sales responsibility for A.B. Chance in Colorado, and parts of Wyoming, Nebraska, and South Dakota. In this role he had sales responsibility for all segments of Chance's market and all customers, including distributors, investor owned utilities, municipals, and cooperatives. In 1989, after approximately three years in the Colorado market, Jim was promoted to Product Manager of padmounted switches, fault indicators, and overhead switches at the A.B. Chance factory. In this marketing role he had profit and loss responsibility for over 10 million dollars in product sales. In 1992 Jim was promoted to Regional Manager of Asia. In this role he had responsibility for all in-country agents, distributors, utilities and licensees throughout Southeast Asia. After approximately three years of international responsibility, Jim was reassigned in 1995 by Hubbell to be Marketing Manager for A.B. Chance products under Hubbell Power Systems. In this role Jim had profit and loss responsibility for over 100 million dollars in global sales. In 1999 Jim left Hubbell Power Systems to form Rauckman High Voltage Sales.

Jim works out of Rauckman’s main office in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, IL.

 
 
KEVIN CLIZER
E-mail: kevin@rauckman.com
Cell: 816-853-4240

Kevin has outside sales responsibility for Western Missouri and Kansas.

Originally from the Kansas City area, Kevin is a 1989 graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Upon graduation Kevin joined A. B. Chance as an Application Engineer in Centralia, Missouri responsible for Cutouts, Fuse Links and Sectionalizers. Kevin then relocated to the Seattle, Washington area where he spent the next 6 years selling A. B. Chance (and later Ohio Brass and Kerite) products to electrical utilities and distributors in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.

In 1996 Kevin was promoted to Product Manager with Hubbell Power Systems. In the Product Manager role Kevin has had responsibility for overhead switches, padmount switches, fault indicators, fiberglass products and anchors. In his most recent role Kevin had global marketing responsibility for all of A. B. Chance's Hotline Tool business.

In 1999 Kevin left Hubbell Power Systems to join Rauckman High Voltage Sales.

Kevin’s office is in the Kansas City suburb of Weston, MO.

 
 
JERRY SCHWIEDER
E-mail: jerry@rauckman.com
Cell: 314-791-9909

Jerry has outside sales responsibility for Southern Illinois including the Illinois locations of Ameren: AmerenIP (formerly Illinois Power Company), AmerenCIPS (formerly Central Illinois Public Service) and AmerenCILCO (formerly Central Illinois Lighting Company).

Originally from the St. Louis suburb of Collinsville, Illinois, Jerry is a 1979 graduate of the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration.

Upon graduation Jerry started in sales with Phillips Petroleum and Ziegler Coal Company. In the mid-80’s Jerry joined the St. Louis sales agency – Kenway, which later became part of Cleaves-Bessmer-Marietti, Inc. (a.k.a. CBM) headquartered in Blue Springs, MO. In 1989 Jerry left CBM to form his own sales agency which later joined with JSG Electric headquartered in the Chicago area. Throughout the years Jerry has continued to call on the electric utilities in Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri.

In September 2004 Jerry joined Rauckman High Voltage Sales to add experience and continuity in serving the electric utility industry in Southern Illinois.

Jerry’s office is in the southern Illinois town of Maryville, IL.

 
 
Rauckman High Voltage Sales David ReinkeDAVID REINKE
E-mail: dave@rauckman.com
Cell: 573-836-3868

David has outside sales responsibility for non-investor owned power plants and select transmission and distribution customers in the RHVS territory.

David is a registered professional engineer in the state of Missouri. David has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a Master of Science degree in engineering management both from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (f/k/a University of Missouri – Rolla).

David spent 39 years in engineering, marketing and sales roles with Westinghouse and later with ABB. David is a youthful veteran that brings a great deal of experience from a product and customer standpoint to the RHVS team.

In October 2011 David joined Rauckman High Voltage Sales. David’s office is in the Springfield, Missouri.

 
 
Rauckman High Voltage Sales Matt ScherbringMATT SCHERBRING
E-mail: matt@rauckman.com
Cell: 314-610-6395

Matt has outside sales responsibility for Commercial and Industrial markets. These include  commercial end users, industrial end users, consulting engineers, EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) firms, contractors, OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and distributors that serve these customers. He covers the RHVS territory and extreme western Kentucky.

Originally from the St. Louis area, Matt is a 2005 graduate of Ranken Technical College with a degree in Industrial Electricity. Upon graduation, Matt held an industrial maintenance position with MSX International, a subcontractor to the North and South Chrysler Plants in Fenton, MO.

In late 2006 Matt took a position with a manufacturers’ representative firm selling ABB Power Products and variable speed drives among other lines in Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska to the commercial and industrial markets. In this position, he provided technical support and handled inside and outside sales.

In March 2012 Matt joined Rauckman High Voltage Sales. Matt’s office is in the western St. Louis suburb of Wentzville, Missouri.

 
 
SHIRLEY RAUCKMAN
E-mail: shirley@rauckman.com
Phone: 618-222-7100

As office manager Shirley is responsible for quotations, order entry, expediting and customer service.

Originally from St. Joseph Missouri, Shirley is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.

Shirley taught elementary school for 18 years - 16 of those years spent with learning disabled students. In 1999 Shirley dedicated her full time efforts to Rauckman High Voltage Sales.

Shirley is located at Rauckman’s main office in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, IL.

 

 
 
 
JOANNE LOCKWOOD
E-mail: joanne@rauckman.com
Phone: 618-222-7100

In her position as Customer Service / Inside Sales Joanne is responsible for quotations, order entry, expediting and customer service.

A longtime resident of the St. Louis suburb of Fairview Heights, Illinois, Joanne and her late husband Rich raised three children. Joanne re-entered the workforce in 1992 when she joined Magna Banks in Belleville, Illinois. Joanne worked for 10 years in Magna Banks' (later Union Planters Bank) loan operations center. In June 2002 Joanne joined Rauckman High Voltage Sales.

Joanne is located at Rauckman’s main office in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, IL.

 
 
 
Rauckman High Voltage Sales Drew BendickDREW BENDICK
E-mail: drew@rauckman.com
Phone: 618-222-7100

In his position as Customer Service / Inside Sales Drew is responsible for quotations, order entry, expediting and customer service primarily for the Commercial and Industrial customers.

Originally from the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Illinois, Drew is a 2009 graduate from the Illinois State University in Normal where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Government and Business Administration. Upon graduation Drew started working for Guarantee Electric as an outside field electrician, later moving inside as an assistant project manager. In the fall of 2011 Drew joined Rauckman High Voltage Sales.

Drew is located at Rauckman’s main office in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, IL.

 
 

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