Lynn Elliott Team
Kurt Batten
Utility & Industrial Outside Sales
(816) 835-1813
Kurt is an owner/partner at Lynn Elliott. Kurt has over 35 years of experience in the utility industry. He worked for Westinghouse/ABB and has experience in marketing management, international and industrial marketing and was a territory manager in Kansas and Iowa. Kurt joined Lynn Elliott in 2002. Kurt has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M.
Jason Hardesty
Utility & Industrial Outside Sales
(913) 538-1290
Jason is an owner/partner at Lynn Elliott. Jason has over 30 years of experience in the industrial and utility industries. He worked as a distribution engineer for KCP&L and later as a manufacturers’ representative. Jason joined Lynn Elliott in 2003. Jason has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University and an MBA from the University of Kansas.
Rich Rippey
Utility Outside Sales
(913) 522-8573
Rich is an owner/partner at Lynn Elliott. Rich has over 25 years of experience in the utility industry. He worked as a manufacturers’ representative and later as a sales engineer for Cooper Power Systems in Kansas and Missouri. Rich joined Lynn Elliott in 2011 as a territory manager covering Kansas and Western Missouri. Rich has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas.
Dirk Lowell
Utility & Industrial Outside Sales
(785) 614-1657
Dirk has over 10 years of experience in the industrial and utility industries. He worked as an Electrical Engineer and Substation Protection & Control Engineer for Sega Inc. and Westar Energy. Dirk joined Lynn Elliott in 2016 as a territory manager covering Kansas. Dirk has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University and is a professional engineer licensed in the state of Kansas.
Matt Barker
Utility Outside Sales
(573) 418-4981
Matt has over 10 years of experience in the utility industry. He worked as an Account Representative for Graybar Electric. Matt joined Lynn Elliott in 2017 as a territory manager covering Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. Matt has a BA in Corporate Finance from Westminster College.
Brandon Coble
Utility Outside Sales
(308) 389-1488
Brandon has over 15 years of experience as a Division Manager in power line construction and as a Utility Sales Manager at a premier Midwest distributor. Brandon joined Lynn Elliott in 2019 as a Territory Manager covering Nebraska.
Josh Madsen
Utility Outside Sales
(712) 485-4411
Josh has over 15 years of experience as a Lineman and Foreman in overhead and underground distribution, transmission and substation work, as well as metering operations at public power utilities in the Midwest. Josh joined Lynn Elliott in 2019 as a Territory Manager covering Iowa.
Ben Nicely
Inside Sales
Ben has over 25 years of experience in the utility industry, first working with an electrical distributor then later in inside utility sales. Ben joined Lynn Elliott in 2005. Ben has a BGS in English Literature from the University of Kansas.
Jenny Yanda
Inside Sales
Jenny supports the distributor activity for our manufacturers. Jenny joined Lynn Elliott in 2014. Jenny has 25 years experience in customer support. Jenny holds a BS in Kinesiology from Kansas State University.
Elier Morales
Inside Sales
Elier has over 10 years of experience in the utility industry, first working with an electrical distributor then later in inside utility sales. Elier joined Lynn Elliott in 2019 to support inside sales for our utility and industrial customers and manufacturers.
Renae Jones
Inside Sales
Renae has over 30 years of experience in the electrical industry, working as inside sales with an electrical distributor. Renae joined Lynn Elliott in 2022 to support our northern territory.
Mitch Smith
Inside Sales – Outside Sales
Mitch has over 16 years of experience in the Utility world, and he began his career as a cable locator for ELM Locating Services in Omaha NE. With ELM, Mitch worked his way up to NE-IA Training Supervisor before moving on to {then} Kriz Davis Co as counter sales, then Warehouse Manager. Mitch was with Kriz Davis when they became Border States and moved into positions as Outside Sales and then Alliance Operations Manager for BSE at CoMo REC in Tipton MO. Mitch and his family reside in Jefferson City MO, and he covers Inside Sales for MO PPD markets and also CoMo & Central Distribution Coops as Outside Sales.