Industrial supply industry veteran F. A. “Skip” DeVilling III will retire next month, according to an announcement from DeVilling & Associates, LLC of Sarasota, Florida. “I would like to thank my constituents, mentors, and friends, who helped me throughout my career,” DeVilling said in a statement. “I am so grateful! We never do this by […]
Category: Leadership
PTDA Announces Pike Award
The Power Transmission Distributors Association last week named Pamela Kan as the 30th recipient of the Warren Pike Award for lifetime achievement in the power transmission/motion control industry. PTDA honored Kan during its 2021 Industry Summit last week in Atlanta. For more than three decades, Kan has worked for Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation in Pittsburg, California, which […]
Home Depot Names New VP
The Home Depot has named John Deaton as its new vice president of supply chain and product development. The change will take effect Nov. 1. Deaton replaces Mark Holifield, who has accepted a role as CEO of U.S.-based last-mile delivery firm LaserShip after 15 years with The Home Depot. Deaton himself has worked for The […]
NetPlus Names Annual Award Winners
Lockport, New York-based NetPlus Alliance, an industrial and contractor supplies buying group, hosted 550 distributor and supplier attendees from more than 245 companies at its Annual Meeting in Nashville earlier this month, where it named its latest award winners. The 2020 MVP Distributor of the Year Award was presented to Ohio Power Tool for the […]
Core & Main CEO Steve LeClair on Growth in Challenging Times
To continue reading this article you must be a paid subscriber. Subscribe to MDM Already Subscribed? Click here to log-in | Forgot your password? In order to prepare for its eventual IPO, several years ago Core & Main CEO Steve LeClair started to implement some of the same principles used by public companies. Authenticity is […]
ISA President Gerber Departing
Industrial Supply Association President and CEO Ed Gerber will depart to pursue a “life-changing” opportunity, the association said in a notice to its members Tuesday. “After 5 years as President & CEO of ISA, Ed Gerber will be departing the association to pursue a transformational professional opportunity that, in Ed’s words, ‘will be life-changing for […]
Motion President Breaux: Transparency and Honesty Matter Most for Employees
There has been an abundance of lessons learned by distributors ever since the pandemic hit last year, but Motion President Randy Breaux says some of the biggest include a better human touch with employees and a continued focus on customers. “It has been a challenging past 18 months, and I think the last few months […]
Olympic Steel Names New General Manager
Cleveland-based metal services center Olympic Steel Inc. (NASDAQ: ZEUS) announced that James D. Esway will be the company’s new general manager for facilities in Buford and Winder, Georgia. Esway is expected to lead day-to-day operation at both facilities. David J. Gea will continue to work as Olympic’s vice president for the region, which includes both […]
Cook & Boardman Adds New Exec to Senior Leadership Team
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Cook & Boardman Group announced that Mark K. Duato has been appointed as the company’s senior vice president of strategic integration solutions. Cook & Boardman, a leading specialty distributor of commercial door entry solutions and systems integration services, said Duato is as a security industry professional whose career has spanned more than […]
Cook & Boardman Adds New Exec to Senior Leadership Team
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Cook & Boardman Group announced that Mark K. Duato has been appointed as the company’s senior vice president of strategic integration solutions. Cook & Boardman, a leading specialty distributor of commercial door entry solutions and systems integration services, said Duato is as a security industry professional whose career has spanned more than […]
Cook & Boardman Adds New Exec to Senior Leadership Team
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Cook & Boardman Group announced that Mark K. Duato has been appointed as the company’s senior vice president of strategic integration solutions. Cook & Boardman, a leading specialty distributor of commercial door entry solutions and systems integration services, said Duato is as a security industry professional whose career has spanned more than […]
Behind the Deal: Why Did Rexel Acquire Mayer Electric — and Why Did Mayer Sell?
To continue reading this article you must be a paid subscriber. Subscribe to MDM Already Subscribed? Click here to log-in | Forgot your password? The acquisition is sure to shift MDM’s Top Electrical, Data & Security Distributors list for 2022 — Rexel was No. 5 and Mayer was No. 12 in the 2021 rankings. Rexel’s […]
L&W Supply Picks New Manager for Branch in Michigan
Interior construction and building materials distributor L&W Supply announced that Trish Boomsma has been named branch manager of the company’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, location. Boomsma will be responsible for leading L&W Supply’s customer service representatives, delivery drivers and other associates, the company said. Boomsma has worked in the distribution industry for 15 years and spent […]
L&W Supply Picks New Manager for Branch in Michigan
Interior construction and building materials distributor L&W Supply announced that Trish Boomsma has been named branch manager of the company’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, location. Boomsma will be responsible for leading L&W Supply’s customer service representatives, delivery drivers and other associates, the company said. Boomsma has worked in the distribution industry for 15 years and spent […]
L&W Supply Picks New Manager for Branch in Michigan
Interior construction and building materials distributor L&W Supply announced that Trish Boomsma has been named branch manager of the company’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, location. Boomsma will be responsible for leading L&W Supply’s customer service representatives, delivery drivers and other associates, the company said. Boomsma has worked in the distribution industry for 15 years and spent […]
Sonepar Promotes VP to President of OneSource Distributors
Sonepar USA, a family-owned subsidiary of the privately held Sonepar Group in South Carolina, announced that Matt Weber has been promoted to president of OneSource Distributors. Weber moves up from his current position as vice president of contractor Sales, effective immediately. Weber replaces Dana Mouritzen, who was promoted earlier this year from president of OneSource […]
OBIT: Dr. Daniel F. Jennings
Dr. Daniel F. Jennings, the founding director of the Master of Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University, died Oct. 5 at his home in Dallas. He was 84. Jennings, who also was the Andrew Rader Professor of Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M, retired in 2019 after working at the university for 22 years. Before that, […]
Crescent Names New Senior Vice President of Industrial
Crescent Electric Supply, an independent distributor of electrical hardware and supplies based in East Dubuque, Illinois, announced Thursday that Edwin Ojeda has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Industrial. Ojeda will be responsible for industrial category sales growth and will lead the development and deployment of a standardized sales process and support team, […]
MSC Announces New Interim Senior VP
MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM), a distributor of metalworking maintenance, repair and operations products based in Melville, New York, said Wednesday that Senior Vice President of Sales & Customer Success Edwin Martin has departed the company. Kim Shacklett will assume the role of interim VP in Martin’s absence. Shacklett joined MSC in 2006 as […]
Wajax CEO to Retire at End of 2021
Canadian industrial distributor Wajax Corp. (TSX: WJX) on Tuesday announced that Mark Foote will retire as president and CEO on Dec. 31. Ignacy (Iggy) Domagalski, the CEO of Tundra Process Solutions Ltd., will be appointed the new president and CEO upon Foote’s retirement. Wajax acquired Tundra earlier this year. Foote has served as president and CEO […]
