Dillon at Noveske – 2 weeks in

Noveske Rifle Works recently announced they brought Tim Dillon aboard as their new President and CEO. I talked to Dillon on Friday to see how he felt now, after two full weeks in. I wanted to get his thoughts and see how things were going.  He was, not surprisingly, happy and effusive.

“It’s been great,” Dillon said. “It’s a real great brand, a good place, good people. You know, the culture dragged me here. They work hard, they’ve got a great product but they don’t take themselves too seriously.”

I’ve heard similar statements about Noveske Rifleworks before. If a business can have a ‘demeanor’ then Noveske’s could be depicted as serious but irreverent. Dillon’s description echoes that.

“It’s kind of quirky place,” he laughs, “great atmosphere, just a great vibe. I love it and we’re going to perpetuate it. It’s a good company started by a creative individual and now my job is to put a good business base into and grow the company.”

Dillon previously ran both Brownell's and STI International; he's an Army veteran who held the 45B20 MOS in his younger days and has more than 3 decades of experience in the firearms industry. His addition to the Noveske Rifleworks team is probably significant on several levels given that company's heritage and the unique place Noveske – the company and its founder – holds in the AR15 mythos.

For more information about Dillon, Noveske and previous Noveske 2IC Sheri Johnson's new venture EraThr3, read this article on Gear Scout.

Noveske Rifleworks is online, on Facebook and on Instagram (#vivanoveske)

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