FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Turina McClelland
Wagstaff, Inc.
3910 North Flora Road
Spokane, WA 99216 USA
Ph (509) 922-1404
Email: tm@wagstaff.com
Kevin Person to Succeed Paul May as CEO of Wagstaff
SPOKANE, Wash., May 3, 2011 - (News Release) - Paul
May, current Chief Executive Officer of Wagstaff, Inc., has announced
his retirement from Wagstaff, Inc. effective May 18, 2011. Kevin Person,
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will assume the role of Chief
Executive Officer. Lee Swartling, Area Sales Manager for Russia, Romania
and Ukraine, will become Vice President of Sales and Marketing upon
Paul’s retirement.
Paul, who will be 65 years old in 2011, has a total of 30 years’
service in various roles at Wagstaff, most recently as CEO. Upon earning
his degree from the University of Idaho in mechanical engineering in
1969, Paul began the first of two tenures at Wagstaff, serving in the
engineering and sales departments. In 1978, Paul became Plant Manager
and served in that role until leaving Wagstaff in 1990. In 2002, Paul
returned for his second tour with Wagstaff, and has served in the role
of CEO since 2007.
Kevin Person graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from the
University of Washington and joined Kaiser Aluminum where he worked in
numerous positions at Kaiser’s Mead, Ghana, Ravenswood and
Trentwood facilities. He was recruited to Wagstaff in 1998 as an
Applications Engineer and served as Applications Engineering Manager
before becoming the VP of Sales and Marketing in 2006.
Lee Swartling has more than 35 years’ experience in the
aluminum industry and has served as Wagstaff’s Area Sales Manager
for Russia since 1999. Lee has worked for Kaiser Aluminum in various
locations including Tacoma, Ghana, Newark, and the Primary Technology
Sales organization in Spokane. Lee holds a degree in metallurgical
engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
In its 65th year of business, Wagstaff is confident that these
management placements will position the company to serve customers in
the most responsive and effective way possible.
About Wagstaff – www.wagstaff.com
Wagstaff, Inc. is a 64-year-old technology and manufacturing company
that provides customized, advanced aluminum direct-chill (DC)
solidification solutions to rolling ingot and extrusion billet producers
worldwide. Wagstaff offers casting machines, mold systems, process
automation, rolling ingot tooling, extrusion billet tooling, auxiliary
equipment and technical service and support to all sizes of DC aluminum
casting operations in 55 countries around the globe.
With manufacturing in Spokane, Washington, and Hebron, Kentucky,
USA, and service and commercial resources placed in strategic locations
close to global aluminum production centers, Wagstaff is positioned to
deliver, commission, and service casting operations
worldwide.
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| Paul May, Kevin Person, Lee Swartling, Wagstaff |
