SAN RAMON, CA - Dowd and Guild Inc. has hired Jim Payton and Tim Ewton as Account Managers to support the company’s expanding business in the Southwest.

Payton will focus his efforts on customers in southern Texas and Louisiana. Payton worked in the lab at Devoe Paint and then spent 20 years at Shell Chemical in various capacities. He can be reached at jim@dowdandguild.com.

Ewton will focus his efforts on customers in northern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. He has worked in the chemical industry for the past 24 years. In 2008, he began selling commodity chemicals to a variety of applications, which evolved into selling specialty chemicals to the CASE markets. He can be reached at TEwton@dowdandguild.com.