Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co. is pleased to announce that Anthony Ethridge has joined the Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co./Morris Group International sales team as a sales and business development analyst. He begins his career in the plumbing industry after working eight years for a cable and fiber optics company in various sales positions.

Ethridge will be tracking leads through PEC Reports/Salesforce/Dodge and others. He will be pre-qualifying the lead through plan and spec review along with various other methods. Once completed, Ethridge will create opportunities in Salesforce and send them to the respective rep in the territory.

Ethridge will be working out of the company's Cornelius, North Carolina office.