TULSA, Okla. (Sept. 23, 2016) – OCV Control Valves LLC, a manufacturer of hydraulically operated, diaphragm actuated control valves, announced that Shirley Nelson has been appointed director of sales. In Nelson’s new role, she will oversee customer enhancement initiatives, OCV’s global sales team and strategic partnerships. Nelson most recently served as OCV’s regional sales manager for the company’s international fueling division, focusing on military, commercial aviation and terminal fueling. She is a veteran in the industry with nearly two decades in the water and wastewater industries, including 10 years in the control valve industry.
“Shirley is an experienced and skilled industry expert with an enormous amount of energy that is reflected in her work and in the growth of our mining and aviation divisions under her leadership,” said Blake Kelso, senior vice president of OCV Control Valves. “She will no doubt make a positive impact on our business and our brand as she has shown to in the past.”
OCV Control Valves was founded by Tex Radford who began designing and manufacturing control valves from his small machine shop in Tulsa more than 60 years ago. Radford’s vision was simple–build a high-quality, reliable product and sell it at a fair price. Today, that small machine shop has expanded into three companies, multiple product lines and buildings covering a city block in the Tulsa area.
“My goal is to increase our global reach with strategic partnerships and to capitalize on market leadership opportunities,” Nelson says.