STAFDA announces Anaheim Associate State-of-the-Industry Speaker
Stanley Black & Decker division president Maria Ford will deliver the state of the industry manufacturer's update.
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Maria Ford, President of Commercial Construction – North America for Global Tools and Storage (GTS), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Towson, MD, has been named as the Associate speaker at the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association’s Anaheim Convention & Trade Show, November 8-10. She’ll address manufacturing-related issues during STAFDA’s General Session on Monday, November 9.
Ford oversees a $1.2B organization with a team of more than 450 people. In this position, she is responsible for the sales, channel marketing, and user facing strategy of GTS products distributed under the DEWALT, DEWALT Anchors & Fasteners, LENOX and STANLEY brands in the North American commercial construction market.
She started her career with Stanley Black & Decker (SBD) in 1998 as an intern on the Home Depot team. Since then, she has held roles of increasing responsibility in sales, product marketing, and channel marketing for a variety of Stanley Black & Decker’s largest brands and customer accounts.
Along with her leadership position at SBD, Ford is a member of the Women Industrial Supply Executives (W.I.S.E.) and involved in executive leadership with other industry organizations. She actively works to keep SBD’s products and brands at the forefront of the construction and industrial vertical, while advocating for the advancement of women in the industry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Loyola University Maryland, and lives in the Baltimore area with her husband and two children.
Registration for STAFDA’s 44th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Anaheim opens on Monday, June 29, at 8:00 a.m. Central from the members-only section of www.stafda.org. For more information on the STAFDA Convention & Trade Show or membership, please contact Catherine Usher, cusher@stafda.org, 262/784-4774 or 800/352-2981.
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