Cooper Industries Ltd. (Houston): Thomas Kellagher has been named senior vice president, strategic planning and business development. Kellagher joins Cooper from Pennzoil-Quaker State where he was group vice president and chief financial officer.
Morlite Systems Inc. (Erie, Pa.): Claude Sarti has been appointed vice president and brand manager. A veteran of the commercial lighting industry, Sarti most recently served as director of sales for the JJI Lighting Group’s Alkco division.
American Fluorescent (Waukegan, Ill.): Phillip Alexander joins the company as director of light commercial sales. Alexander will lead and implement American Fluorescent’s launch into the light commercial market and oversee its current OEM and hospitality divisions. Alexander has more than 30 years experience in the lighting fixtures market, most recently at Forecast Lighting where he was vice president and general manager.
Briteland Industries Corp. (Ontario, Calif.): Bruce Hartnett was appointed director of marketing, bringing 30 years of lighting industry experience to Briteland.
Alpha Wire Co. (Elizabeth, N.J.): Gerald Di Petrillo Jr. rejoins the company as western sales manager. Di Petrillo was previously employed by Alpha Wire in various sales management positions from 1992 to 2000.
Klein Tools (Chicago): Bringing more than 26 years industry experience, Steve Norris has been appointed western regional manager, responsible for sales, marketing and operations for the 11 western states.
Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, Ill.): Gordon Hunter has been named chief operating officer, effective Nov. 3. Hunter has been a director since June 2002. He was vice president of Intel Corp.’s Intel Communications Group and general manager of the Optical Products Group.