Burndy (Manchester, N.H.): Stewart Gale has been promoted to V.P. of sales and marketing at Burndy. He will report to David Smith, V.P. and general manager, Burndy U.S., and assumes his new role this week in Manchester. Gale joined Burndy in 2011 as a senior product manager and was promoted to key account manager in 2013. His current role includes national account representation across C&I and utility verticals.
Before joining Burndy, Gale was the president of Force 9 Consulting. Prior to that, he was A-D’s vice president of marketing and business development and V.P. of sales and marketing with Rockingham Electric Supply Co. He holds a BA degree in economics from Johnson State College.
Eaton Corp. (Cleveland): James W. McGill is now V.P.–Eaton Business System. He replaces Thomas Gross, who was recently named V.P.–power quality solutions operations in the company’s Electrical business. McGill will continue the aggressive deployment of the Eaton Business System throughout the company to support Eaton’s integrated operating company business model. He will report to Alexander (Sandy) Cutler, Eaton chairman and CEO, and will be located at the company’s headquarters in Cleveland.
McGill most recently served as vice president and general manager for Eaton’s Industrial Controls Division in Milwaukee. He has 27 years of combined Westinghouse and Eaton service and has held several significant leadership roles in Eaton’s Electrical business, including experience in Southeast Asia. McGill holds a bachelor’s degree in Math & Science from Miami University.
Siemens (Washington): Barbara Humpton has been named president and CEO at Siemens Government Technologies Inc. (SGT), effective Oct. 1. Humpton joined SGT in Oct. 2011 as senior V.P. for business development. Last year, she was appointed SGT’s first COO. Prior to joining SGT, Humpton held senior leadership and management positions at Lockheed Martin and Booz Allen Hamilton, where she was a V.P. at both firms. She has over 30 years of experience working in the government market and with the federal industry. She holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Wake Forest University.
It was also announced that SGT’s current president and CEO Judy Marks has been appointed executive V.P.–global solutions, at Dresser-Rand, a Siemens business, also effective Oct. 1. Marks will also take over leadership of the Siemens Dresser-Rand integration as a result of the Siemens acquisition of the Houston-based company this summer.
Siemens Government Technologies Inc. provides products and systems within the federal market for smart buildings and infrastructure, renewable and secure energy, automation technologies, marine products and services, cyber security and healthcare.
NSi Industries, LLC (Huntersville, N.C.): Greg Shewman was hired as regional sales manager, Great Lakes. Shewman comes to NSi Industries with over 15 years of electrical industry experience, having held various sales management roles most recently with Pentair and more than a decade-long career with Panduit Corp. Shewman will report directly to John Watson, Central Region V.P., and will be responsible for parts of Kentucky, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Upper Michigan and Wisconsin, Indiana, and northern Illinois.
General Electric (Fairfield, Conn.): GE’s board of directors has named Beth Comstock company vice chair leading GE Business Innovations. Comstock will be in charge of building out GE as a service, along with her current GE Business Innovations responsibilities leading GE Lighting, GE Ventures and Licensing, corporate marketing, sales and communications.
Comstock was named a GE company officer in 1998 when she became vice president of corporate communications. She currently leads GE’s Business Innovations unit, which is focused on accelerating growth from new businesses and those in transition, intensifying commercial impact and increasing brand value.
Comstock was GE’s first chief marketing officer in more than 20 years in 2003 and has a long history of marketing and digital expertise, having served as president of Integrated Media at NBC Universal. She has also held a succession of roles at NBC, CBS and Turner Broadcasting. She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in biology.