PEOPLE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 6/1/2000

DISTRIBUTORS

Kaman Industrial Technologies named Dave Head national accounts manager... E & T Plastics selected Gene Palmquist as sales representative for the southeastern U.S ... Central States Industrial Supply, Inc. named Christiaan Nielsen as corporate sales manager... Empire Machinery & Supply Corp. promoted H.C. "Hank'' Turner, Jr. president and chief executive officer... DXP Enterprises, Inc. announced key management changes. Jerry Jones, senior vice president and company director, retired from the firm. Jerry Owen and Richard Fortune resigned to pursue other interests... Grainger named Tom Condon vice president of its eBusiness sales division... Motion Industries, Inc. named Mike Gillaspie vice president and general manager of its North division. Gillaspie replaces Mark Sheehan. Zahir Hameer is now assistant vice president, inventory supply management and John Brazil is now assistant vice president, branch operations support. Darrel Chaney was named assistant vice president supplier relations and corporate purchasing. Russ Hosier will serve as vice president and general manager of Motion's West division... MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. appointed Philip R. Peller to its board of directors, while Tom Cox has been promoted to senior vice president of sales... Don Blackburn & Co. named three new vice presidents. They are: Michael Brooks, vice president of sales; Kevin D. Murphy, vice president of finance; and David Pridemore, vice president of systems engineering. The company's board of directors named Ronald D. Clark executive vice president. Murphy also joins the board as treasurer... Strategic Distribution, Inc. named Michael F. Bonner vice president and chief financial officer... Precision Industries announced it formed a new executive management team. Precision named Dick Becker as executive vice president of procurement and Lisa Sarver as executive vice president-administration and general counsel. Chuck Strader is now executive vice president-chief financial officer. Joe Swett is executive vice president-integrated supply and Steve Crain is senior vice president-sales and marketing/distribution... Affiliated Distributors appointed Carla Cooper vice president of its industrial PVF division...

MANUFACTURERS

Sioux Tools, Inc. appointed John Horn as vice president and general manager and D. Mark Allen as marketing manager... Alvey Systems, Inc. selected Stephen Ackerman president. He succeeds Stephen O'Neill, who retired May 1... Bourns, Inc. named Jim Booth president of electronic components operations... NTN Bearing Corp. of America reorganized its aftermarket activities into a separate business unit. Joe Muncer, vice president, will lead this new group... Mitsubishi Fuso promoted Robert E. McDowell to executive vice president and chief operating officer. He also becomes a member of the board... Woodhead Industries, Inc. named Bela J. Horvath to the new position of president, Asia/Pacific... Hermes Abrasives appointed Tony Bennett to special markets manager. Ron Gilbertson was promoted to regional sales manager-northeast region... Kappler Protective Apparel & Fabrics named John Studzinski as northern regional manager covering 22 states... Hydro-Line, Inc., part of the IMC Fluid Power Group, announced Ian Keyworth will be vice president of sales and marketing... Pass & Seymour/Legrand announced a new organizational structure within its new product engineering group. Jim Osterbrock is now director of the new product engineering department and Tom Packard is its director of technology. Brian Abbott is now manager of packaging for the group. Also, Sue Zohler has been promoted to manager of human resources for the company's Syracuse operations... Seacord Corp. appointed Gregg Pond national sales manager... Advanced Handling Systems, a division of Morgan Corp., named Craig L. Fisher general manager. Fisher retains his corporate position as vice president of marketing for Morgan...

SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY

Need2Buy.com hired Jerry Kornblau as vice president of global marketing... White Systems, Inc. named Richard C. Frye vice president sales and marketing... Cyco Software named Jeff Tudas channel manager... J.D. Edwards & Co. reappointed C. Edward McVaney as president and chief executive officer. He replaces Doug Massingill who has resigned from that position and from the board of directors. McVaney also will be chairman of the board of directors. David Girard continues to serve as executive vice president and chief executive officer. Rick Allen remains chief financial officer.