In 1975, Dennis got his start with a company known as Johnson & Dix, a small oil company in Ascutney, VT. First, he sold oil and heating equipment to customers. Before long, he was managing new branch companies that joined with Johnson & Dix along the way.
For the next 7 years, he worked for Gulf Oil. This was during the Kaneb tenure. He was a distributor representative covering eastern NY, VT, NH, and ME. Adding 14 new distributors during that time.
In 1998 he took the position of General Manager of Lampron Energy, a distributorship and heating oil company located in Gorham, ME. 2 stores grew to 8, while also supplying other individual sites in the greater Portland area. The company sold in 2008 to Nouria Energy. Dennis stayed on for a year during the transition.
Back in his home state of Vermont, he joined Irving Oil as a distributor representative. During his time with Irving, he added a variety of new Irving sites through new distributors. After some time, he was part of a team that developed new ground-up stores throughout New England.
Now he has joined up with C-Store Investments!