People: December 19, 2008

Dec. 19, 2008
Amelia A. Huntington has been promoted to chief operating officer for the Schneider Electric North American Operating Division and president of Schneider Electric USA, effective Jan. 1

The Schneider Electric North American Operating Division (Palatine, Ill.): Amelia A. Huntington has been promoted to chief operating officer for the North American Operating Division and president of Schneider Electric USA, effective Jan. 1. Chris Curtis will remain CEO of the North American Operating Division, as well as assume additional responsibilities in leading Schneider Electric’s global Building Automation and Energy Efficiency business. Curtis is also a member of the Schneider Electric Executive Committee. In her new role, Huntington will have North American Operating Division managerial responsibility for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Juno Lighting Group and several other core Division functions and business operations. Huntington joined Square D and Schneider Electric in 1988, and has had a long career in sales and channel marketing management, as vice president of corporate quality, and as vice president and senior vice president Strategic Accounts and Schneider Global Business Development, respectively. Prior to the president and CEO leadership position of Juno Lighting Group in 2006, she also served as senior vice president, Business Development and Strategy for the North American Operating Division.

Hubbell Electrical Products- RACO Division (Orange, Conn.): Don Brody, vice president of sales, Electrical Distribution and Ken Economou, vice president of sales, Retail, will be retiring at the end of the year. Brody will be retiring from Hubbell Electrical Products after being with the company for more than 36 years. He transferred to South Bend from Wiring in 1985. Economou will be retiring from Hubbell Electrical Products at the end of 2008. Economou joined the Hubbell team in 1989.

EGS Electrical Group, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation (Rosemont, Ill.): EGS Electrical Group announced two promotions within its marketing and product development teams. Rich Andrew has been appointed lighting product manager for Appleton Lighting with responsibilities to help enhance and grow its portfolio of products and to better position the organization in global markets. Andrew joined EGS in 2004 as a product support specialist. John Dobson has been promoted to senior director of hazardous location products. Dobson has worked for EGS Electrical Group for 21 years in sales and management roles within its Canadian organization. He is located in Elmira, Canada.

B&K Electric Wholesale (City of Industry, Calif.): The following appointments will be effective Jan. 1: Todd Brown has been named president. For the past four years, Brown has been the vice president of the company’s Rockwell region. Previously he came from the test and measurement industry. Kathleen Ellison will maintain the position of CEO. Glen Mayfield will be promoted to vice president of sales of the Rockwell Region. He was most recently the Rockwell Automation Group director. Ryan Wright will be promoted to vice president of operations. Wright was most recently the director of IT. Ray Tuider, regional vice president of Square D Region, is now vice president of sales of the company’s Square D region.

Ferraz Shawmut (Newburyport, Mass.): Dean Cousins has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing and business development, and Jim Kosciolek to vice president of sales. Cousins will oversee Ferraz Shawmut’s marketing activities. Formerly, Cousins has held the positions of vice president of OEM sales and vice president of business development. Kosciolek will manage Ferraz Shawmut’s sales operation within the United States and Mexico. Kosciolek most recently served as the vice president of distribution sales.