People On the Move - May 19, 2023 Update

Allied Moulded Products (Bryan, OH)

Cathy Goodrich (photo above)has been promoted to regional sales manager for the company's Residential Division – Western U.S. region. She joined Allied Moulded in 2014 and brings over 12 years of experience in the residential and industrial nonmetallic box industry. Goodrich is replacing Ron Robinson, now the national sales manager for the company’s Residential Division.

Current (Greenville, SC)

Steve Harris was appointed CEO, as first reported by inside.lighting.com.

World Electric Supply/Sonepar (Tampa, FL)

The company, which operates 16 branch locations throughout Florida and Georgia, announced leadership changes across finance, supply chain and marketing.

Bill Turner has been promoted to VP of Finance. Over the past year, Turner has been instrumental in several key areas, including managing the integration process of Advance Electrical, incorporating several analytical tools to improve World’s business and developing new financial processes.

Ben Austin recently joined the World Electric team as director of Supply Chain. He brings over 25 years of electrical experience in sales, projects, procurement, IT and operations. Eleven years at Sonepar, Austin most recently worked for the Sonepar USA supply chain group as the director of Project Implementation and Automation. Before joining the supply chain group, he worked as the warehouse process improvement manager for the Eclipse process improvement team at Sonepar.

Nash Welsh, promoted to strategic marketing manager, has been tasked with helping World Electric drive growth by implementing digital solutions and working closely with vendor partners to strengthen those partnerships. Prior to her role at World, Nash worked at Eaton as the Southeast territory manager for the residential and wiring devices retail division.