Allen Instruments and Supplies, a Trimble Survey and Mapping distributor in Arizona and Southern California, announces the addition of Richard Gage to its management team as Vice President and General Manager and has relocated to Scottsdale, AZ. Richard returns to Arizona after 21 years, where he began his career in the surveying instrumentation business as a salesman. Since that point he has worked for Topcon in a variety of roles, including Marketing Manager for Topcon’s Surveying Division and General Manager for Topcon’s direct sales operation in Chicago. Since 2000 Gage was employed by Trimble Navigation as a Regional Manager for Spectra Precision.