Russ Grimm
Credit/Operations Manager Heatwave Supply Inc.

      Russ has been credit/operations manager for Heatwave Supply since March of 2000. Russ oversees human resources, warehouse and dispatch operations, as well as the credit collection area. Russ started his career in the consumer finance field in Oklahoma City and quickly changed to the wholesale area with Central Floor Distributors and a move to Tulsa. With the economic downturn in the late eighties Russ ventured out in project management with Architectural Metalcraft. Russ has served on several bankruptcy committees even serving as chairman on an unsecured creditors committee. Russ also served as a bankruptcy trustee on the Zephyr Metal Works case which ended in 1991. Russ spent eight years working for Ferguson Enterprises ending up as area credit manager for the Oklahoma CIty and Tulsa markets. Russ is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in psycology and business management. He later pursued an MBA degree at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has served on the board of NACM Mid America for four terms, and has held several positions on the board.. Russ is currently the chairman of the NACM Mid America board.