Travis Mullins promoted to chief operating officer

Travis Mullins promoted to chief operating officer

Linder Industrial Machinery Company recently promoted Travis Mullins to chief operating officer. Mullins grew up on a farm in Oklahoma where he learned to operate heavy equipment. After working on a pipeline crew for several years, he transitioned into a sales role and eventually into a branch manager position for an equipment rental corporation. He then became a service manager at Komatsu Equipment Company and worked his way up to vice president of operations before accepting a position with Linder.

Travis Mullins, COO

“About six years ago, Linder called and offered me a position as vice president of service,” recalled Mullins. “I spent four and a half years in that role before transitioning into vice president of product support for one year, and most recently accepted a position as COO on April 1. I’ve been able to grow within Linder because of my experience working both sides of the customer-experience fence.”

As COO, Mullins oversees the sales, rentals, parts and service departments. He plans to continue finding ways each department can best service Linder’s customers.

“I try to merge the knowledge from my experience as a customer purchasing equipment with my corporate sales and service knowledge to provide our customers the best support to meet their needs,” said Mullins. “We will continue to focus on growing our after-sales support, which includes training for our product support reps in the field, our technicians and our parts counter people. Linder’s employees are its best assets — without them, we wouldn’t be able to take care of our customers.”

Mullins and his wife of 22 years, TJ, have two children, Ava and Mitch. The family enjoys spending time together outdoors. You can typically find Mullins and his family fishing on a boat. ■