Rich Burns is the Vice President of SurfacePrep’s Southeast Region where he focuses on leading and growing sales, ensuring efficient business operations and working with customers to develop and create solutions that help them improve their surface enhancement processes or decrease their total costs.

Rich joined the SurfacePrep family in 2019 as an Owner and Sales Manager of DeLong Equipment Company. Prior to DeLong Equipment, he held management positions at Coca-Cola and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

With more than 17 years working in the metal finishing solutions industry, Rich has held increasingly responsible positions in outside sales, sales management, and general management.