Knoxville

Upon completion of college, David started his career in this industry with B and G Wholesale, Nashville, TN. During the next four years with B and G Wholesale, David worked in each sales division and concluded by running the Gallo division. David left B and G Wholesale for a short period to work for a supplier. He quickly realized that his true passion was to be involved in the wholesale realm of our industry. David moved to Lexington, KY, to manage Bryant Distributing and then moved to Nashville, TN, and became the Director of Sales at Lipman Brothers. David finished his time with Lipman Brothers as the Vice President of Sales. From Lipman, David became the Vice President and General Manager of B and T Distributing in Knoxville, TN. David eventually became the President/Partner of B & T where he significantly grew the company’s presence in Eastern TN. In 2016 David joined the Empire team when Empire purchased B and T Distributing. Today David is responsible for Empire’s Eastern TN divisions.