Pacific Western Sales Hires National Sales Manager

Pacific Western Sales, Brea, Calif., announced the hiring of John Short as its new national sales manager effective August 22. Short will be responsible for developing and growing Pacific Western Sales' national accounts as well as overseeing its multi-line representative sales force.

Short has over 12 years of experience in the promotional products industry as both a distributor and as a supplier. He has worked for Corporate Express and GatewayCDI on the distributor side, and for Ariel Premium Supply, Bodek and Rhodes and most recently Thanks A Dozen/Brandelope on the supplier side. Short will be based out of St. Louis.