Leadership
Mike Pruss
Joe Saganowich
Chief Commercial Officer
Huntersville, NC
Damon J. Anderson, C.P.M.
Vice President of Global Sourcing
Huntersville, NC
Jeff Huss
Director M&A
Huntersville, NC
Mike Pruss
Mike Pruss is the Chief Executive Officer at NSI, based out of our Huntersville, NC headquarters. He joined NSI in 2020 and has over 30 years of experience in financial leadership roles.
Prior to NSI, Mike was the SVP and CFO of PlayPower, Inc., a role he began in 2011.
His earlier experiences include being SVP and CFO of Jackson Safety/Kimberly-Clark for seven years, SVP and CFO of WorldPages, Inc. for three years, and controller or auditor roles with Falcon Products, Argosy Gaming Company and Arthur Andersen.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Joe Saganowich
Joe is the Chief Commercial Officer at NSI, based out of our Huntersville, NC headquarters. He joined NSI in 2022 and has over thirty years of experience, 24 of them in the electrical industry.
Prior to NSI, Joe was the VP of Sales at Ideal Industries, INC. for six years.
He also previously served as the VP/General Manager at SK Hand Tools, as VP of Sales and Marketing and as an RSM at Ideal, as an RSM at Shell, and in other sales positions with Sun Oil Company, Subaru and Black & Decker.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Pennsylvania State University.
Damon J. Anderson, C.P.M.
Damon Anderson is the Vice President of Global Sourcing at NSI, based out of our Huntersville, NC headquarters. He joined NSI in 2017 and has over 24 years of experience.
Prior to NSI, Damon held leadership roles in Sourcing and Marketing with Newell Brands, primarily working with tools, plastics, healthcare and Rubbermaid, for 15 years.
He also has more than 20 years of experience teaching English in China and held a Business Development Specialist position at VerticalNet.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Samford University.
Jeff Huss
Jeff Huss is the Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at NSI, based out of our Huntersville, NC headquarters. He joined NSI in 2022 and has over 17 years of experience with mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to coming to NSI, Jeff was the Corporate Development Senior Manager with Rite-Hite for four years.
His other past experiences include an Associate Director position with Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a role as Senior Associate with Incline Equity Partners and Analyst positions with Warburg Pincus and Merrill Lynch.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.