Leviton Appoints Coyne Sales Manager, Lighting Showrooms, Lighting Control Division

Jan. 23, 2004
Leviton (Little Neck, N.Y.): Chad Coyne has been appointed sales manager, lighting showrooms for the company’s lighting control division. Coyne arrives at Leviton with an extensive background in the lighting control industry that includes technical sales, management of new business initiatives and the development of strategic relationships.

Leviton (Little Neck, N.Y.): Chad Coyne has been appointed sales manager, lighting showrooms for the company’s lighting control division. Coyne arrives at Leviton with an extensive background in the lighting control industry that includes technical sales, management of new business initiatives and the development of strategic relationships.

Affiliated Distributors (A-D, King of Prussia, Pa.): A-D has appointed David Oldfather vice president of the electrical supply division. He brings with him 11 years of senior staff management as an A-D electrical affiliate. Before coming to A-D, Oldfather was the senior vice president of sales for the contractor and installer groups at Hagemeyer North America. Prior to that, he served in several executive positions at Tristate Electrical Supply Co.

Lutron Electronics Co. (Coopersburg, Pa.): Walter Zaharchuk has been appointed a vice president of Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. In this role, Zaharchuk will have overall general management responsibility for the company’s wallbox business unit. In his 27-year career with Lutron, Zaharchuk has acquired broad experience in the engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing and applications groups. Most recently, he served as business director of the company’s ballasts business.

Hughes Supply Inc. (Orlando, Fla.): Mel Meineke has joined Hughes Supply as the new vice president of corporate marketing. Meineke most recently was the vice president of marketing at Hagemeyer North America. The hire is part of a realignment in which Hughes Supply merged its sales and marketing departments into the marketing and vendor development group.

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA, Rosslyn, Va.): NEMA has announced a significant staff reorganization. As of Feb. 1, Frank Kitzantides, who was recently elected vice president of the International Electrotechnical Commission and is currently NEMA’s vice president of engineering, will become NEMA senior vice president and chief technical officer. Al Scolnik, currently vice president of industry operations, will become vice president of technical services, formerly engineering. Tim Feldman, vice president of the government affairs, will take over as vice president of industry programs, which will include functions now in industry operations. Kyle Pitsor, currently an industry director, has been promoted to vice president of government relations, formerly government affairs. Gene Eckhart will continue to be responsible for NEMA’s international operations and assumes the title of director of international operations and market development. Ed Gray will move to industry programs and assume responsibility for the power equipment division. Kurt Riesenberg, industry manager for many of NEMA’s power equipment sections, will assume Pitsor’s former responsibilities.

FCI-Burndy Products (Manchester, N.H.): Paul Werthman has been appointed director of marketing. A 16-year FCI employee, Werthman previously served as product manager, director of product marketing and division director.

W.A.C. Lighting (Garden City, N.Y.): Marc Pfeiffer has been appointed national sales manager. With several years of lighting experience, Pfeiffer most recently served as eastern regional sales manager. Renee Cohen has been appointed northeastern regional sales manager. Cohen, who joined W.A.C. Lighting in spring 2003 as specification sales manager, previously served as TechCenter manager for Lightolier and East Coast sales manager for Translite Sonoma. Michael Morin recently joined W.A.C. Lighting as southern regional sales manager. His professional experience includes office manager/specification sales for Architectural Lighting Associates.

Warshauer Electric Supply Inc. (Tinton Falls, N.J.): With more than 26 years experience in the electrical wholesaling industry, Mark Feldman has accepted a position with Warshauer Electric Supply as an account executive.

Russound (Newmarket, N.H.): Jeff Kussard has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president of strategic development. Kussard initially joined Russound in May 2003 in a consulting role and was then appointed director of strategic development in July. He will be responsible for company strategies related to product development, marketing, and organizational structure.

Nuheat Floor Warming Systems (Vancouver, British Columbia): Colin Pinner has been appointed national sales manager. Pinner has been with Nuheat since 1998, most recently as Midwest sales manager. Dave Mackey will succeed Pinner as Midwest sales manager. Mackey joined Nuheat in 2002 as a salesperson.