Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Little Neck, N.Y.): Daryoush Larizadeh has been appointed to the newly created position of chief operating officer. A member of Leviton’s executive committee and senior management team, Larizadeh will serve as chairman of the company’s operating committee, overseeing day-to-day operations and execution of Leviton’s annual plan and operating budget. With his new position, he will retain responsibility for the company’s voice and data, OEM, lighting management systems, international, residential and industrial/commercial businesses. Larizadeh joined Leviton in 2001. In 2005, he was named senior vice president and joined the company’s executive committee. Bob Becker has been appointed vice president and general manager of the company’s new Residential Business Unit. The new business combines Leviton’s Residential Products and Integrated Networks and Controls. Becker joined Leviton in 2003 as vice president and general manager of Leviton Integrated Networks and Controls and is credited with consolidating the company’s residential lighting control and structured cabling businesses. Becker will focus on expanding the company’s line of contractor- and consumer-friendly products, streamlining business processes and developing long term plans for the company’s residential business.
Leviton Voice & Data, a division of Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Bothell, Wash.): Asef Baddar will lead the company’s applications engineering department as principal application engineer/applications engineer supervisor. Baddar will lead the AE team as it focuses on the continued improvement of customer facing deliverables, such as phone support, customer complaint resolution, Web content, training, technical publications and general technical customer support services. Baddar brings 13 years of structured cabling experience from General Cable, where he was a senior applications engineer.
Ideal Industries Inc. (Sycamore, Ill.): Brian Thomas has been promoted to district sales manager, responsible for field personnel and large regional accounts in Texas. A veteran of Ideal for seven years, Thomas was previously senior area sales manager in Dallas. He will report to David DiDonato, regional sales manager.
Yale Electric Supply Co. (Lebanon, Pa.) Mark Bucci has been appointed president effective Jan. 2. G. David Thomas, the company’s owner and president, has now assumed the office, and duties, as the company’s chief executive officer. Bucci worked for United Electric Supply of Wilmington, Del., for many years until founding his own manufacturers’ representative agency, Electrical Resource Group.