Fluke Corp. (Everett, Wash.): Barbara B. Hulit has been named president with responsibility for the Fluke Industrial and Fluke Precision Measurement businesses. Hulit comes to Fluke from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she was a vice president and director with responsibility for the firm’s packaged goods sector.
Greenlee (a Textron company, Rockford, Ill.): Martha Kness has been appointed vice president marketing. Prior to joining Greenlee in 2003 as director of marketing, Kness spent 12 years with Newell Rubbermaid. Matt Sisco has been promoted to vice president specialty channels. He joined Greenlee in 2000 as director retail sales. Bill Shulha, currently vice president North American sales, will now oversee the wholesale national account managers for electrical, tool house and catalog, and the North American distribution regional management team. Shulha has more than ten years of sales and marketing leadership experience at Greenlee.
National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED, St. Louis): Thomas Isenberg, president of Western Extralite Co., Kansas City, Mo., has been appointed the incoming vice president-elect for the association’s Western Region. Isenberg, who has played an active role in the electrical distribution channel for 26 years, will lead the Western Region in 2007-2008. The Western Region is currently headed by Tammy Miller, president of Border States Electric Supply, Phoenix. In May 2006, Les Williamson, president of Eoff Electric Co. (a division of Sonepar USA), Portland, Ore., will become Western Region vice president for the 2006-2007 year.
Lenox (East Longmeadow, Mass.): Rich Mathews has been named vice president of marketing. Mathews comes to Lenox from Graco, where he had been vice president of marketing and new business since 2001. Additionally, Lee Wilkins has been named director of marketing for the Lenox hand tools division. Wilkins joins Lenox from GKI/Bethlehem Lighting, where he had been the vice president of marketing and product development since 2002. Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. (Coopersburg, Pa.): David Weinstein has been appointed to the newly created position of sales vice-president, market development. In his new role, Weinstein will be responsible for sales of Lutron shading systems. Formerly, he was sales director- window systems.
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA, Rosslyn, Va.): Stephen Gold has been appointed senior vice president of industry programs. Gold previously served as vice president and executive director for the Council of Manufacturing Associations of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
Viking Electric Supply (St. Paul, Minn.): A seven-year Viking Electric veteran, Jeff Wanner has been appointed regional director for the Southeastern Wisconsin market. He will lead the Boggis Johnson organization, which Viking Electric recently acquired.
GE Security (Bradenton, Fla.): A 20-year GE veteran, Dave Griffith has been named vice president, sales and marketing for networked solutions, responsible for working with residential, commercial, real estate, builder and auto dealer market integrators and dealers to help them combine the power of integrated technologies for CCTV, intrusion detection, and access control.