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July 12, 2007
IMARK Group (Oxon Hill, Md.): Robert P. “Bob” Smith will join IMARK as senior vice president He will succeed IMARK’s current president and chief executive officer, Steven Cunningham, at the cooperative’s annual meeting in October.Smith has 30 years of sales and marketing experience, primarily in the electrical industry. Most recently, he was executive vice president of sales for the Legrand brands of Pass & Seymour, OnQ, Wiremold and Cablofil/Legrand.

IMARK Group (Oxon Hill, Md.): Robert P. “Bob” Smith will join IMARK as senior vice president He will succeed IMARK’s current president and chief executive officer, Steven Cunningham, at the cooperative’s annual meeting in October.Smith has 30 years of sales and marketing experience, primarily in the electrical industry. Most recently, he was executive vice president of sales for the Legrand brands of Pass & Seymour, OnQ, Wiremold and Cablofil/Legrand.

Legrand North America, parent company of Pass & Seymour (Syracuse, N.Y.): John Hoffman has been promoted to executive vice president of sales and market development for the company’s Electrical Wiring Systems (EWS) division. Hoffman joined the Wiremold organization in 1989 and has since held executive positions in sales, marketing and market development. His most recent position, vice president of market development for EWS, will allow for a smooth transition to his new role. Hoffman will be responsible for unifying the direction of the EWS sales organization, encompassing the P&S, Wiremold and Cablofil brands. He will continue to focus the EWS market development team in driving a total solutions message for other Legrand companies, including On-Q, Ortronics and the EWS brands.

Pass & Seymour/Legrand (Syracuse, N.Y.): Pat Davin has been appointed vice president and general manager. In this role, Davin will provide leadership for the overall P&S brand. He will claim responsibility for the brand’s Profit and Loss (P&L) and will develop P&S’s strategic and operating plans – overseeing all aspects of marketing, customer and technical services, and engineering.

EGS Electrical Group, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation (Rosemont, Ill.): George Mulligan has been promoted to president of the company’s Electrical Construction Materials Group (ECM), a manufacturer of electrical products for hazardous and non-hazardous locations. Mulligan succeeds Ron Orcutt who is retiring after nearly 13 years of service at Emerson and EGS. In his new position, Mulligan will have overall responsibility for operations, strategic planning and direction for the Appleton, ATX and O-Z/Gedney brands. Mulligan preiously served as president of EGS Power Quality Solutions Group and Sola/Hevi-Duty. Mulligan joined EGS in 1985 as director of purchasing, before being promoted to several high-level executive positions within the company. Joe Corrigan has joined EGS as vice president of operations for ECM. Corrigan has been with Emerson for 19 years, most recently as a general manager at Emerson Process Management Valve Automation Division. Bill Estes joins EGS as vice president of supply chain. In his seven years with Emerson, Estes has held positions of increasing responsibility with ASCO Valve, the Motor Co., and most recently in the Emerson Corporate Procurement Group. Mike Kramer has been named director of operations for ECM, while maintaining responsibility for the ECM Heating Cable group’s operations.

Springfield Electric Supply Co. (Springfield, Ill.): The company has promoted four managers to newly created positions: Harry Honings to regional manager (Bloomington, Champaign, Danville and East Peoria); Chris Suerdieck to regional manager (Mattoon, Mt. Vernon, Decatur); Dennis Hazel to regional manager (Rockford, Peru, Moline), and Drew McMinn, strategic business manager. The new regional managers will provide management support and direction to the branches within their region. Each will also continue to serve as branch manager for their home branch. As strategic business manager, McMinn will direct Springfield Electric’s Automation, DataCom and A/V sales teams and will be directly involved in penetrating strategic accounts, generally larger, multi-location customers with exceptional business potential.

AFC Cable Systems (New Bedford, Mass.): James “Jim” C. Dollins, vice president of product development, will retire. Dollins has held numerous professional titles. He was chairman of the National Armored Cable Manufacturers Association, chairman of the Wire and Cable Council of the Copper Development Association, member of the National Electrical Code Making Panel 8, member of the NEMA/UL Policy Committee, member of the Code Making Panel 8 of the NEC, member of NEMA’s Standards and Policy committee and he served a a board member for the International Association of Electrical Inspectors. Dollins developed several new armored cables, including branch-circuit MC cable, home-run cable, super-neutral cable, red metal-clad fire alarm and control cable, armored datacom cable and color-coded AC and MC cables. He was also a key force in obtaining official approval for use of armored cable product in more than 75 U.S. cities. A well-known sailboat racer and ski instructor, Dollins plans to spend more time on the open seas and the frozen slopes.