THE SUNLIGHT SALES TEAM
We have been selling value added performance packaging for more than 30 years.
Sunlight Sales, Inc. has worked as a team to become and continue to be a leading manufacturer’s representative agency for markets in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Eastern Montana, Southern Idaho, and Nevada.
To contact any of our team members please call:
800.472.8122
Home Office – Denver, Colorado
303-393-9800
Dino Zotti's Bio
There are so many wonderful things that make up Dino Zotti. But they can best be explained by his Italian heritage which has become his motto : “Italian men love good food, good music, good art, good wine, good architecture, good cars, and BAD women.”
Some interesting facts about Dino:
1. Corradino Zotti was born on the South side of Chicago. “Dino” for short, came from his father Corrado and Corradino also means Junior.
2. He hitchhiked from Chicago to Key West when he was a sophomore in High School. His mother was not aware of his adventure ( until he decided he better give her a call to check in ) and he stayed a month before he hitchhiked home.
3. Dino was drafted in the Army and served 2 years.
4. His grandmother was his biggest influence and she had lots of amazing stories and lessons. For example: “People should be like ants, they work and do not complain”
5. Napoleon is a man that Dino would have loved to meet. Napoleon is a brilliant man to Dino who was a very accomplished architect. He designed roads and set up educational systems throughout Europe.
6. Dino is a Traveling man. Making his 1st trip overseas to Italy in 1978 where he spent 3 weeks traveling the country with no plans, nowhere to stay and a girlfriend who quit her job to see the beauty of Italy with her love.
Leon Trujillo's Bio
Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with deep family ties to the State, Leon Trujillo found very early in life his aptitude for Marketing, Advertising and Sales. It was the business side of Sports Radio where he began his career path, which led him to joining Sunlight Sales over 10 years ago. Now a Partner in the company that he loves and in a competitive industry in which he thrives, it’s the building of long standing relationships with persistent personnel service that has been his reward at the close of every deal.
Married to his beautiful wife and with two rescue dogs in tow, Leon has many pursuits away from the industry, including off-roading, fly fishing, hunting, and a passion for capturing the amazing moments in life through the art of photography. Leon’s creative sight, energy, and professional drive illuminate all of his endeavors and contribute greatly to the core values of Sunlight Sales.
Cosme Padilla's Bio
Cosme Padilla is the VP of Sales and Partner of Sunlight Sales, Inc. Cosme is from Ribera New Mexico. He is an expert on consulting businesses in the food and beverage industry. He previously worked at Sysco for over 13 years, where he gained valuable experience in the industry, becoming a great asset for the organization and leader/coach for his solid sales team. Cosme cares about helping others to find wise disposable/packaging solutions. He finds fulfillment when his customer’s businesses, helps their bottom line. Over at Sunlight Sales, Cosme has been a man of his word for over 20 years, demonstrating leadership, qualities of charisma, energy, enthusiasm and confidence, which has helped this organization’s growth and expand over the Western side of United States. Cosme is always eager to share his talent, knowledge, and resources with everyone that has a disposable need and/or a new project in the food and beverage, disposable/packaging industry.
If Cosme is not at his office or Sunlight-selling a disposable line, Cosme is gone camping and fishing with his family, friends, and huge fifth-wheeler. But do not worry, MONDAY will come again!
Brent Thiesen's Bio
Brent Thiesen started as an intern with Sunlight Sales in 2016. Brent grew up in the foodservice industry with his parents operating a successful restaurant chain in Colorado. He attended food shows as a kid and got to witness firsthand the ins and outs of the restaurant side of the business. As an intern with Sunlight, Brent quickly realized his passion and knowledge for helping his customers find the best solutions for all their packaging needs. With his willingness to learn and his obvious passion for helping his customers , he quickly earned a full time position as a Colorado based territory sales representative.
When Brent is not helping customers solve their packaging needs, he likes to spend time with family and friends and experiencing everything Colorado has to offer. Brent volunteers his time with the charity group Cap for Kids, an organization that brings awareness to pediatric cancer and helps raise money for families experiencing hardships while their children are going through treatment. He also volunteers as Star Lord with the Super Mega Awesome People, a group of costumed characters that visits children in the hospital.
Nicole Birney's Bio
Having had the pleasure of working with Nicole for a long time I will say that you would be hard pressed to find an any more intelligent, friendly, understanding or humorous person out there to deal with either professionally or personally. She is accomplished in both business, having amassed 2 different degrees, and in her personal life, taking on the additional ever satisfying but ever challenging role as a wife and mother. I believe she handles everything as well as she does because she joyfully accepts what her life’s path is and happily follows it. Nicole has the ability to look at both the big and little picture in any situation and always comes to the correct conclusion. She is highly social with both friends and family, and enjoys the personal satisfaction of building a home and life with her husband and child. Nicole enjoys movies and music, and is a big fan of classic rock…she really enjoys belting out a song with any of her favorite classic rock artist like the Beach Boys. Nicole would if given the chance like to meet a number of historical figures, but the one on top of that list would be Ed Sullivan. Because of her pragmatic nature if she had a super human ability it would be to be able to transport herself from one place to another avoiding both the crowds and expense of traveling, but of course as with any wish there always seems to be other logistical issues. Nicole helps make the challenges of what we do daily more bearable with her problem solving approach to things and her ability to not minimize situations but to keep them in realistic prospective. I am proud to call her my friend.
Linda Kowal's Bio
Linda has worked in the Custom Service field her whole career, and the amazing thing about that she has only worked for three different companies during her time working. Linda is very thoughtful person, caring and understanding putting others first. If Linda could possess a super-human power it would be, being able to be in two places at once. Her credo in life is this: “Treat people with respect and it will come back to you”.
Kirk Brackmann's Bio
Born in Illinois but raised in colorful Colorado, Kirk is new to the industry with an ambition to learn. If you sit and talk with Kirk for a while, you will quickly learn how enthusiastic, energetic, and adventurous he is. While still in high school, Kirk joined the Army Reserves and served our Country for 8 years. Kirk has been a personal trainer, owned a gym, been a martial arts coach, and has competed professionally in the sport of Jiu Jitsu. When he is not wrestling alligators and playing with his snakes and scorpion, you will likely find him volunteering at a children’s hospital, dressed up as Thor or Indiana Jones (wearing a hat that he made). After fracturing his skull as a kid and needing to keep the scar out of the sun, he started his own custom hat company called Broken Skull. His most recent endeavor was being a leasing consultant, where he learned about sales and customer service. Kirk is a great addition to the Sunlight family and is ready to take on his next challenge.
Arizona
602-527-9845
Matt Jensen's Bio
Matt comes from a wonderful family born in Utah and has 2 sisters and 2 adopted brothers from Mexico. Growing up his favorite game was “kick the can,” which they played it sounds fun. After graduation from high school, he went on a 2 year mission in Spain with his LDS church, which was an AMAZING experience. Matt shares his life with his wife and 3 beautiful children; 1 Daughter who is 21 years old and attending college at BYU along with 2 energetic Boys ages 12 and 4. Matt enjoys playing golf and coaching his son’s basketball team, where the rewards to coaching are exemplified by the shared experiences of the game.
Matt has worked in a number of fields throughout his life, and became an integral part of the Sunlight Sales team in 2007. Matt’s greatest attributes are a healthy Sense of Humor, punctuality and sincere Honesty. If Matt could possess super-human powers it would be the ability to fly. Words of wisdom from Matt “ Be True to yourself”. Matt has a lot of compassion for other people and would go the extra mile to help anyone!!
Juan Perez's Bio
Juan Perez- Sales Associate with Sunlight Sales, where Juan works to consult ,educate customers about different packaging options.
Juan attended Arizona State University and earned Associate Degree in Exercise Science & Wellness, Juan has worked at Fogo de Chao Brazilian as Assistant Manager for 3 years, learning all aspects of Restaurant business, Juan brings that knowledge to help restaurants to pick correct disposable products for takeout needs.
Juan has competed in Triathlon Races, and goal is start training to compete again, Juan other favorite activities Camping & Outdoors hiking, favorite sports football & basketball.
Nevada
702-972-0219
Alicia Perez's Bio
Alicia Perez, our market leader for Nevada is likely our most broadly experienced sales person having worked her way up in mega hotel purchasing and management, then on the other side of the desk in food broker sales and for the past 5 and half years with Sunlight’s team focus on disposables and packaging. Who would have ever suspected that her first academic interest coming out of high school would have been law enforcement/police work! Alicia actually enrolled in police academy schooling and was quite serious about the work until finally realizing it was not right for her. Ah youth. Perhaps she was influenced by her bon vivant and knowledgeable uncle who taught Alicia all about the nice things in life she was capable of aspiring to while growing up in southern California?
While doing the incredible job she handles for us and mentoring other Sunlight sales personnel she does admit to keeping her sanity by day dreaming of travel to sunny beaches and excursions to Greece, Spain and Italy (anywhere warm). As a matter of fact – she has been working on developing a Star Trek like “teleporter” that would allow her to simply appear at will in any historical age she fancies in all her warm and exciting dream spots. Then when sated with travel she could quickly speed back to continue her heroic efforts in all our behalves. If anyone can pull it off it will be our Supergirl in Las Vegas.
Utah
385-266-4682
Erik Harvey's Bio
Erik Harvey got started with Sunlight Sales after proving himself successful at calling on even some of the most difficult accounts to get through the door at. Erik comes from a sales background, but had never before worked with foodservice or janitorial supply distributors, his success at Sunlight Sales further proving his tenacity and natural ability to connect with his clients. As the new territory lead for Utah, Erik is sure to continue growing the relationships he’s built with his customers over the years.
Erik is a family man with 3 teenage daughters-one who has completed training at hair styling school and is now ready to take some time to travel, one who is an aspiring dancer and the other who is currently attending college and participating in cheerleading. He also has a 10 year old son that plays baseball and basketball when he is not busy playing video games. Erik and his wife try to get out and spend quality time as much as their kid’s busy schedule allows.
New Mexico
505-553-1023
Mandie Davis's Bio
Mandie is a knowledgeable, passionate, and enthusiastic member of the Sunlight team. Her hard work is only matched by the smile and infectious energy she brings to every meeting or expo she attends.
The New Mexico native attended New Mexico Highlands University, receiving a degree in social work before she had the opportunity to open and operate a janitorial supply business for ten years. However, Covid-19 caused Mandie to change her career path, shifting her into the world of food supply. She was soon after recruited by Sunlight Sales President, Leon Trujillo.
Mandie’s passion, work ethic, and attention to detail is also reflected outside of work, through her love of photography which was passed down to her by her grandparents. She specializes in landscape photography, as well as capturing the spectacle and beauty of the annual Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.
While relatively new to the Sunlight Sales family (as of 2022), Mandie is already a valuable member, and we look forward to all of the great things she will accomplish!