Matco-Norca announced that
Lynn A. McVay, formerly of Watts Water
Technologies, has joined the company as its new president. McVay had been with
Watts since 2003 and was most recently executive vice president of sales and
president of the company’s Retail Group. Prior to Watts, he worked for the
Little Giant Pump Co.
Alan H.
Barry stepped down as president and chief operating officer of
Masco Corp. Nov. 30, 2007. The company announced that
chief executive officer Timothy Wadhams assumed
the additional title of president, and Donald J. DeMarie
Jr., executive vice president, is COO.
Elkay Manufacturing
Co.’s Plumbing Products Division announced changes to its sales
department with three promotions within the organization: Mark Whittington was promoted to senior vice president of
sales; Ted Hamilton was promoted to director, trade sales and market development – West; and
Mike Purcell was promoted to director, trade sales
and market development – East.
Whittington
joined Elkay in 1999 as the Broadview plant manager; he has also held a variety
of management positions at Elkay, including director of sink manufacturing,
vice president of manufacturing and most recently, vice president, trade sales
and market development – West. Hamilton has held a variety of key roles from sales
services to finance and materials management. Hamilton’s management positions
throughout his career at Elkay include logistics and distribution center
manager, operations manager of Elkay’s St. Charles facility, plant manager for
the Broadview facility and central region sales manager. Most recently,
Hamilton was the market development manager for the Midwest region. Purcell
started with Elkay as the eastern regional sales manager in 2005 and most
recently held the position of national accounts manager in 2006.
Peerless Pump Co. promoted Leroy
Williams to the position of director, demand supply integration;
added Scott Patterson as director of quality and
Mike Gardner as manager of purchasing; and
promoted Angela Selburg to the position of
supervisor, corporate traffic.
Jerry Kirkland was
appointed vice president of operations for Hart & Cooley
Inc. He has held various positions in plant and quality management,
operations and general management. He has worked for Cummins Engine Co., United
Technologies Automotive, Dynagear Inc., and most recently as general manager
for Delphi Automotive Systems.
BrassCraft hired
Jeff Jollay as vice president of marketing and
product development. Prior to joining BrassCraft, Jollay was vice president of
sales and consumer marketing for HON office furniture. In addition, he has held
positions as general manager for Brunswick Recreation and marketing director
for Whirlpool major appliances.
Software provider WennSoft has named Tom
Eide to the newly created position of vice president sales and
marketing. He has experience in a variety of roles including chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, sales and systems.
Bath
furniture and storage solutions manufacturer Sonia
recruited sales expert Stephen LaMachia as eastern
regional sales manager. LaMachia has over seven years of sales experience;
prior to his position with Sonia, LaMachia served as the northeast regional
sales manager for Hansgrohe and worked as an outside sales representative for
both David Gooding Inc. and Urell Inc.
The company also hired
Barr Tinney as a customer service representative.
Tinney has served as a showroom sales associate for both Ferguson Enterprises
and Lawrence Plumbing.
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