People060807

June 7, 2007
Generac (Jackson, Miss.): Aaron Jagdfeld, Generac’s chief financial officer, has been named president of the corporation as part of the management transition brought about by the sale of the company to CCMP Capital Advisors and the retirement of Robert D. Kern. Jagdfeld joined Generac in June of 1994 as a staff accountant and will continue to handle the responsibilities of CFO. The other two members of Generac’s senior executive team are Dawn Tabat, chief operating officer, and Bill Treffert, chief executive officer.

Generac (Jackson, Miss.): Aaron Jagdfeld, Generac’s chief financial officer, has been named president of the corporation as part of the management transition brought about by the sale of the company to CCMP Capital Advisors and the retirement of Robert D. Kern. Jagdfeld joined Generac in June of 1994 as a staff accountant and will continue to handle the responsibilities of CFO. The other two members of Generac’s senior executive team are Dawn Tabat, chief operating officer, and Bill Treffert, chief executive officer.

RAB Lighting (Northvale, N.J.): Terry Crawley has joined RAB Lighting as regional sales manager covering the Southeast.He brings 15 years of lighting experience to the RAB team. Crawley was previously with Zumtobel Lighting as a regional manager and with BEGA-US, also in the position of regional manager. Crawley is a member of IESNA and the USGBC (US Green Building Council) and has recently become “Green Advantage Certified.”

Border States (Fargo, N.D.): Matthew Eddleman has been named senior vice president–Southwest & South Central regions, vendor relations. Eddleman previously served as vice president–Southwest region with general management responsibilities for seven branches in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. His responsibilities now include 16 more branches in Texas, two additional branches in New Mexico, and vendor relations. Before joining Border States, he served in sales and marketing as well as general management positions for Rexel. Russ Rettus has been appointed South Central region manager and to the company’s executive council. Rettus joined Border States in January 2000 as branch manager in Farmington, N.M. He moved to Border States’ Tucson, Ariz., branch where he has been branch manager since 2003. He will relocate to Austin, Texas, and have general management responsibilities for 18 branch locations in Texas and New Mexico. Before joining Border States, he was senior purchasing agent for Rosendin Electric.

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. (Atlanta): Jeff Timms has been appointed vice president, Electronics Assembly Systems division (EA). Timms was named acting vice president earlier this year to fill a position vacated by Vice President Guenter Lauber, who accepted a senior leadership position with the A&D global Electronics Assembly Systems Division in Munich, Germany. During his career with Siemens, Timms has held several management positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president of services and sales and general manager of the Electronics Assembly Business Unit. Before being named acting EA vice president, Timms had a four-year assignment as the division’s vice president of marketing and sales. In this position, he was responsible for all aspects of positioning, pricing, distribution and selling of EA products and services throughout the Americas.

Leviton Manufacturing Co. (Little Neck, N.Y.) Chuck Rich has been promoted to business development director for the company’s Government Business Development Program. In his new post, Rich will spearhead sales of the company’s voice and data networking solutions to U.S. government and military installations. He will also oversee joint sales with the government’s network of certified contractors and system integrators. Rich began his career with Leviton in 2004 as national business development manager for government business, where he managed the sale of voice, data and connectivity solutions. Prior to joining Leviton he served as a military communications systems advisor in end-user requirements and assessments for Los Angeles’ Air Force Base and as Deputy Director for combat communications for Atlanta’s Robins Air Force Base. Rich has held numerous positions in military communications and has also held civilian positions with General Dynamics, Griffin Services, Urban Media Communications and MCS of Tampa where his responsibilities included the sales and implementation of network, security and communication systems.

W.A.C. Lighting (City of Industry, Calif.): Chris Johnston has been appointed Western regional sales manager. Johnston will work closely with lighting showrooms and residential sales agencies. In addition, he will work with designers, engineers, specifiers and commercial sales agencies to grow W2 Architectural Lighting, W.A.C. Lighting’s commercial division. Johnston will oversee sales in all states west of the Mississippi, as well as Mexico and Central America.

Engineered Products Co. (Minneapolis): Geoff Turner has been named Western regional sales manager. Over the past 10 years, Turner has covered multi-state territories in the western region of the United States for FCI Burndy, Codale Electric Supply, Graybar Electric and Philips Lighting Co. Schaedler Yesco Distribution (Harrisburg, Pa.): Dean Krout has been appointed vice president of marketing and information systems. Krout, former manager of IT and marketing, will continue to manage the IT and marketing departments as well as have additional responsibilities that include the purchasing department.