Warren Thoma
Warren Thoma is honored to have been the President of the Irrigation Association. After a successful career as a senior product manager with a major manufacturer in the industry he founded Warren Thoma & Associates, LLC in April of 1991. He oversees all operations and territories of the firm.
13513 Grainery Lane, Huntley, IL 60142
847-922-5824
warren@thomaassociates.com
Sam Thoma
Sam’s enthusiastic, professional approach has resulted in great sales increases throughout his territories and his knowledge and experience continues to grow in a constantly changing market.
4018 Harvard Terrace, Skokie, IL 60076 847-224-8843 sam@thomaassociates.com
Steve Rimar
Steve has years of experience in the industry, mainly as a manager with John Deere Landscapes, John Deere Water and John Deere. He has already proven to be a great asset to the firm.
5728 Carriagehouse Ct., Apex, NC 27539 224-770-7183 stever@thomaassociates.com
Fred Thoma
Fred has vast experience in the Green industry, as he owned and managed a very successful irrigation, landscaping and lighting business in Florida for Over 35 years. This first-hand knowledge will be very helpful in servicing our customers.
12100 Seminole Blvd., # 69, Largo, FL 33778 727-249-6061 fred@thomaassociates.com
Ward Whittington
Ward brings years of experience in the irrigation industry to our firm and is also a professional photographer—having served for the US Navy as one. He lives in the Montgomery, AL area.
1045 Grier Rd., Wetumpka, AL 36092 205-475-5551 ward@thomaassociates.com
Ricky Hayward
Ricky Hayward is our newest employee. He has extensive experience in the insurance and trucking industries and will be co-managing the midwestern states.
750 Dodge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202 847-693-1986 ricky@thomaassociates.com
Miguel Mattey
Miguel is our newest associate and has many years of experience with a major Southeast irrigation, agronomics, and lighting distributor. Miguel will be managing TX, OK, AR, and LA.
1609 McCann Road, Longview, TX 75601 205-500-5869 miguel@thomaassociates.com
Duff Brown
Duff Brown manages special projects, sales development, and database administration for the firm. He has over 30 years experience in sales and sales management in the industrial valve industry. Duff has dealt with manufacturing, power, and chemical sectors with responsibilities from local regions to national and international contracts and was Midwest Manager for Storm Manufacturing Group.
8608 Zenith Ct., Cincinnati, OH 45231 513-658-4211 duff@thomaassociates.com
Lara Thoma
Lara Thoma is our Payroll Specialist. She is responsible for properly allocating all commissions to the proper salesperson.
13513 Grainery Lane, Huntley, IL 60142 847-922-5824 larat@thomaassociates.com
Marissa Thoma
Marissa Thoma is our Inside Sales Specialist.
2774 N. Buffalo Grove Rd., Unit 102, Arlington Heights, IL. 60004 847-224-8843 sam@thomaassociates.com
Penny Thoma
Penny’s experience with a major irrigation manufacturer in underground and hose-end products is invaluable to our customers. She handles inside sales, customer support, and troubleshooting any and all issues that may arise for our customers and sales staff alike.
13513 Grainery Lane, Huntley, IL 60142 847-922-5824 pennyt@thomaassociates.com