Cisco-Eagle Announces 2025 Core Values Awards

Cisco-Eagle named its inaugural Core Values award winners in June 2025. These are employee-owners who embody our core values–the principles we aspire to. Those values were established over thirty years ago and remain unchanged since. “They are universal and timeless,” said CEO Darein Gandall. Our founder, Warren Gandall, has often said that he wants to treat his suppliers, customers and employees the way he wants to be treated.

Our values reflect that vision, and so do the 2025 winners of these awards.

What are our core values?

These values are restated at the start of our meetings, huddles and training sessions. The are:

1. Respect for all
2. Uncompromising integrity and honesty
3. Continuous improvement
4. Commitment to excellence
5. Team environment
6. Customer/supplier partnerships

Respect for all: Evan Fleishacker

Pictured: Marketing Analyst Evan Fleishacker (right) with Chief Revenue Officer James Murphy

Criteria:

• The Respect for All award is presented to an outstanding employee-owner, who consistently demonstrates a deep commitment to treating others with dignity, empathy, and fairness
• Through everyday actions and thoughtful leadership, this employee-owner fosters an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and respected.
• Their unwavering dedication to kindness, integrity, and mutual understanding sets an example for others to follow.

This year’s award winner, Evan Fleishacker embodies our belief that respect for all is universal. Evan joined the company in 2016 and has consistently lived by this belief in his dealings with other employees, customers and vendors. In his role as Marketing Analyst, Evan has consistently demonstrated innovation, willingness to help and respect for everyone he deals with.

Uncompromising integrity and honesty: Devin Fuson

Pictured: Account Executive Devin Fuson (right) with Scott Stone, Vice-President of Marketing

Criteria

• The Uncompromising Integrity and Honesty award recognizes an employee-owner who upholds ethical standards, even when it’s difficult or unpopular.
• This individual demonstrates honesty in words and actions, building trust through transparency, accountability, and doing what’s right.
• Their moral compass and commitment to ethical behavior sets a powerful example, strengthening the culture of trust and responsibility across the company.

Devin Fuson joined Cisco-Eagle in 2019 as an account executive and has been a consistent performer and excellent team member. Integrity is about doing the right thing, even when it’s hard, and Devin lives by that code in dealing with customers, suppliers and fellow employee-owners.

See more: Devin discusses vertical product movement options

Continuous improvement: Brandon Cherry

Pictured: Systems Integration Director Brandon Cherry (right) with Chief Financial Officer Nichole Wheeler

Criteria

• The Continuous Improvement award honors an employee-owner who is relentlessly committed to learning, growing, and making things better every day.
• This individual seeks opportunities to enhance processes, solve problems, and elevate performance—not just for themselves, but for their team and the company as a whole.
• Through curiosity, innovation, and a proactive mindset, they help create a culture where progress is constant and excellence is always pursued.

Brandon Cherry is our Texas Director of Systems Integration. He became an employee-owner in 2023 and has pursued process definitions and improvements in his role. Brandon believes in the power of systematic improvement, and works across departments and functions to help improve performance.

See more: Brandon discusses Automated Guided Vehicles

Commitment to excellence: Dale Mize

Pictured: Warehouse Manager Dale Mize (left) with President Bryan Gauger

Criteria

• The Commitment to Excellence award recognizes an employee-owner who delivers outstanding work and holds themselves to high standards.
• This individual demonstrates a passion for quality, precision, and professionalism. They never settle for “good enough.”
• Their dedication to excellence inspires others, drives results, empowers their co-workers and contributes meaningfully to our long-term success.

Dale Mize joined Cisco-Eagle in 2023 as Warehouse Manager. Dale has transformed our warehouse and the way it serves customers significantly, driving improvements across the board that let us ship product to customers faster and more accurately.

Team environment: Lori Knaeble

Pictured: Accounts Payable Manager Lori Knaeble (left) with President Bryan Gauger

Criteria

• The Team Environment award honors an employee-owner who strengthens collaboration, trust, and camaraderie.
• This individual consistently supports others, shares knowledge generously, and helps create a positive, inclusive space where everyone can thrive.
• Through active listening, encouragement, and a true team-first mindset, they exemplify what it means to build and nurture a strong, unified culture.

Lori Knaeble joined Cisco-Eagle in 2000 as our accounts payable manager, and has been an invaluable team member her entire career. She constantly works with customers, other employee-owners and suppliers with a mindset focused on collaboration and solving problems.

Customer/supplier partnerships: Amanda Miller

Pictured: Systems Integration Project Manager Amanda Miller (left) with Chief Revenue Officer James Murphy

Criteria

• The Customer/Supplier Partnerships award recognizes an employee-owner who builds strong relationships that create lasting value for Cisco-Eagle, its customers and suppliers.
• This individual demonstrates a commitment to understanding customer and supplier needs, bridging gaps, delivering on promises, and fostering open communication.
• Through reliability, responsiveness, and mutual respect, they strengthen partnerships that drive long-term success and shared growth.

Amanda Miller joined Cisco-Eagle as a project manager in 2013 and has been instrumental in the design and implementation of large scale material handling projects. Her role as a project manager puts her in position to deal with customers, suppliers and subcontractors for complex systems.

See more: Amanda discusses ecommerce order picking systems

About our employee-ownership culture

Cisco-Eagle has been proudly employee-owned since 2000. Our employees are all shareholders and partners in the business. We make a practice of “exceptional service by employee owners,” and we believe no one provides better service than an owner. Judging by our service ratings, our customers agree. For more on how our ownership culture influences our ability to serve clients, visit our ESOP page.

Scott Stone is Cisco-Eagle's Vice President of Marketing with 35 years of experience in material handling, warehousing and industrial operations. His work is published in multiple industry journals an websites on a variety of warehousing topics. He writes about automation, warehousing, safety, manufacturing and other areas of concern for industrial operations and those who operate them.