PERSONNEL Noble Gas Hires New Staff Noble Gas Solutions, Albany, N.Y., has named Rob Collins business development specialist for the company’s medical and specialty segment, and Kevin O’Rourke and Mitch Evans customer service specialists. O’Rourke previously worked at Woolferts Roost Country Club. Evans most recently was customer service advocate for Wellpoint. IPC Names Principal Engineer IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries®, Bannockburn, Ill., has named Jasbir Bath principal engineer within its assembly technology area. Bath, who has about 20 years of experience in the research and development of soldering, surface mount, and packaging technologies using tin-lead and lead-free solders, is with Bath and Associates Consultancy LLC, providing process consulting and training services for the electronics manufacturing industry. O’Neal, Inc., Hires Process Department Head O’Neal, Inc., Greenville, S.C., a design and construction firm, has hired Stella Dominguez as a process department head. Dominguez previously served as a biofuels project engineer with BP-Biofuels in Houston, Tex. M. K. Morse Names Regional Sales Manager The M. K. Morse Co., Canton, Ohio, a supplier of saw blades and power tool accessories, has named James Reid III regional sales manager for the eastern United States. Reid previously worked as 98 JANUARY 2013 a sales manager and sales director in the cutting tools industry. Gateway Fills Key Post Gateway Safety, Cleveland, Ohio, has appointed Greg Schmidt to the newly created position of product development manager, concerned with eye, face, head, hearing, and respiratory protection. Previously, Schmidt worked for Applied Industrial Technologies as product manager for tools, safety, and general industrial products. Earlier, he served Rockwell Automation as a product manager and design engineer. Wall Colmonoy Staffs Its European Headquarters Wall Colmonoy Ltd. (UK), Pontardawe, Wales, has appointed Kevin Nolan managing director, Philip Tilston chief financial officer, Steve Leahey operations director, Mark Harrison continuous improvement manager, Nick Clark machine shop business unit manager, John Lapping sales manager for alloy products, Richard Shaw sales manager for components, and Alun Rodge technical manager. FMA Elects Officers Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International®, Rockford, Ill., has elected Burke Doar chairman of the board. Doar, who is vice president, sales and marketing at TRUMPF, Inc., became active on the board in 2005. Serving as vice chairs are Carlos Rodriguez-Borjas with Feralloy Corp. and Edwin Stanley with GH Metal Solutions. Al Zelt, with ASKO, Inc., serves as secretary/treasurer. TRUMPF Designates NW Sales Representative TRUMPF, Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named Christopher Gildehaus Northwest direct sales representative, specifically for the northern parts of California and Nevada. Previously, Gildehaus worked in financial brokerage services in the Boston, Mass., area. Watts Specialties Appoints Pipe Sales Manager Watts Specialties, Puyallup, Wash., has appointed David Carr sales manager, based in Houston, Tex. With more than 27 years of experience in industrial sales of pipe equipment, Carr will be responsible for managing the company’s pipe-cutting machinery industry. IMS WaterJet Hires Shop Foreman IMS WaterJet, Inc., a supplier of waterjet cutting systems, has hired Thomas DeMatteo as shop foreman at its new facility in Waterbury, Conn. With nearly 30 years of manufacturing experience, DeMatteo previously worked at Radiall USA as a CNC toolmaker and tooling engineer. Folkerts Joins Battelle Battelle, Tampa, Fla., has hired John Folkerts, major general (ret.), U.S. Air Force, to lead its business with Special Operations Forces to further the company’s business with Dept. of Defense Special Operations Forces. Obituaries Keith Van Loon Flood Keith Van Loon Flood, 68, died Sept. 22 in Albany, N.Y. Flood was an AWS Life Member who served many years as treasurer of the Northern New York Section. Rob Collins Mitch Evans Kevin O’Rourke Greg Schmidt Philip Tilston Steve Leahey Thomas DeMatteo — continued on page 100
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