People: April 24, 2009

April 24, 2009
Cobra Wire & Cable Inc. (Hatboro, Penn.): Peter Sheehan has been appointed CEO. He most recently served at several senior executive posts for Belden Americas Division. Prior to that he worked with Cable Design Technology and Berk-Tek.

Cobra Wire & Cable Inc. (Hatboro, Penn.): Peter Sheehan has been appointed CEO. He most recently served at several senior executive posts for Belden Americas Division. Prior to that he worked with Cable Design Technology and Berk-Tek.

Hunt Electric Supply Co. (Burlington, N.C.): Qwon Reid has been promoted to vice-president of the company’s Eastern division, which includes Raleigh, Sanford and surrounding areas. Qwon has been with the company for twenty years, serving as the Raleigh branch manager for the last twelve years.

Border States Electric (BSE), (Fargo, N.D.): Blake Sexton has been named vice president/business development. He joined BSE in November 1993 and has held various positions within the company including vice president of sales; vice president/Southwest region and Southwest region business development manager.

Leviton Manufacturing Co.., Inc. (Little Neck, N.Y.): Enmanuel Hwong has moved to the newly-created position of business development specialist for the Caribbean market. He now oversees the development of new business opportunities throughout the Caribbean marketplace.

Allied Wire & Cable (Collegeville, Pa.) has hired four new sales representatives. Mike Autry has been in the wire and cable industry for more than eight years, working exclusively with SEA Wire and Cable. He will be based in Madison, Ala. Chuck Crane previously worked for Molex in the connectors and accessories side of the electronics and electrical industries. David Smith is new to the wire and cable business and will be joining his sister Ashley in the Pennsylvania office. Also new to wire world, Ben Ficken will be joining Allied Wire & Cable’s Merrimack, N.H., office.

Clarification: Thomas & Betts Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.): Charles (Chuck) Treadway has joined the company as senior vice president, group president–electrical, reporting to Dominic Pileggi, the company’s chairman and CEO. Reporting to Treadway will be Ned Camuti, president of T&B’s U.S. Electrical Division; Mike Kenney, president of Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia; Bob Caporale, president of the T&B Utility Business and Viswas Purani, V.P., Power Solutions. Camuti is responsible for all aspects of T&B’s U.S. Electrical Division including marketing, sales, operations, customer service, logistics, finance, accounting and human resources, while Treadway will be responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to the company’s electrical products businesses on a global basis, including leveraging the company’s strong brand and broad product portfolio and sharing best practices across geographies.