PEOPLE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 1/1/2001

DISTRIBUTORS

Pentacon, Inc. elected John ("Jack") C. Dannemiller to the company's board of directors ...David M. Downey has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Applied Energy Co. in Dallas, Tex., and chief executive officer of Sharp Controls in Charlotte, N.C. ..IMARK Group appointed David C. Perry vice president of marketing ... MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. promoted David Sandler to chief operating officer ...Power/mation appointed JD Teter motion product line manager in St. Paul, Minn., and Greg Dieck motion product line specialist based in the Illinois office ... Applied Industrial Technologies named Chris Christensen unit president of fluid power...

MANUFACTURERS

Dalloz Safety appointed Sharon Platt marketing communications project manager for its MBU Americas industrial and construction channels ...The Buschman Co. appointed Greg Rzeplinski vice president of manufacturing. ..Daniel R. Perry has been appointed president and CEO of Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp....Baldor Electric Co. promoted Thomas J. McGuire, Jr. to vice president of the generator division and Randall P. Breaux vice president of customer service. ..National-Oilwell, Inc. named Merrill A. "Pete" Miller, Jr. president and chief operating officer of the company ...H-P Products, Inc. promoted Bud Kirkpatrick to president and chief operating officer, and Allen Green to executive vice president ...Powers Fasteners, Inc. appointed Lenny Colasuonno to the position of eastern regional sales manager...

SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY

Pierre Mihatov joined the sales team of Radio BeaconT as regional account manager for the West Coast ...Alan Sarasohn joined SupplyWorks, Inc. as vice president of customer support and services. ..PSDI named Andrew Moore vice president of alliances and business development worldwide and Craig Newfield has joined as vice president and general counsel ...PurchasingNet, Inc. (formerly American Tech, Inc.) named Kevin Sprake vice-president of marketing communications.