Bruce Owens Retires 

David E. Cowan, President and CEO of Plastic Safety Systems, Inc., (PSS) recently announced the retirement of Bruce Owens, PSS Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Bruce, a PSS employee since 1993, will officially retire on December, 30, 2011. He and wife Kay will move to the Annapolis, MD area to enjoy retirement with children and grandchildren.

Announcing Bruce's retirement, Dave said, "Bruce was far more than a manager. In plain language, Bruce was my wing man. He was also a guide, counsel, and devil's advocate, depending upon the situation."

Dave added, "Thanks to Bruce, we got a lot of those situations right."

As Vice President, Bruce managed the sales and marketing activities at PSS.  He joined PSS when we introduced our LifeGard Drum and Rubber Tire Collar System.  Bruce helped make the drum and tire collar system both a runaway success and an icon, as the system enjoys a 90%+ market share of total drum sales.  

Under Bruce's watch, PSS brought several other new products to market, including:

• LifeGard® II Traffic Drum
• Anchor® Type III Barricade
• CrashGard® Sand Barrel System
• RoadQuake™ and RoadQuake Modular™ Temporary Portable Rumble Strip
• SafetyWall™ and SafetyRail™ ADA-Compliant Pedestrian Barricades.  

Most recently, Bruce has managed the expansion of PSS's direct sales force. In early 2011, Bruce added three product managers to promote our growing line of rumble strips and pedestrian barricades.

Bruce Owens

Over the years, Bruce has enjoyed relationships with innumerable customers and suppliers in the traffic safety industry. 

Through our corporate membership, Bruce is a member of the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), where he recently served as a board member, and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).

Bruce also serves on the board of the Cleveland State University Transportation Center.

Once officially retired, Bruce will remain active in the industry by serving as a consultant to PSS in sales and marketing issues.

Though Dave Cowan noted, "Bruce is irreplaceable," he also announced that Tim Cox will assume the role of National Sales Manager, effective January 1, 2012.

Tim Cox

Currently our Senior Product Manager, Tim joined PSS in 2003 as a Regional Sales Manager. Tim is also a veteran traffic safety professional, with 32 years in the industry.  

Through our corporate membership, Tim is a member of ATSSA and ARTBA, and serves as the Secretary of the Temporary Traffic Control Technical Committee of the National Committee On Uniform Traffic Control Devices. 

Tim is also a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committees AHB50, Traffic Control Devices, and AHB55, Work Zone Traffic Control.

Please join us in wishing Bruce a happy retirement, and Tim a successful tenure!