Emerson Industrial Automation named Brandon Locklear as regional sales manager for Latin America, based in Sunrise, Fla. Formerly sales manager for the North American market, Locklear will support the company’s market growth initiatives in the region. A graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Locklear was involved in technical international sales for five years, working with Latin America’s electrical power transmission distribution industry.
Emerson Industrial Automation announced the addition of Craig Wilkens as sales manager for the firm’s North American region. A 1988 graduate of Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Wilens brings 25 years of power generation experience, including equipment sales and project management, to his new role.
Gerry Bugyra was recently hired as Solar Logix’s general manager, where he will be responsible for the complete internal and external operations of the firm’s Thunder Bay, Ontario office. Bugyra has more than 12 years of experience in the Renewable Energy Sector and more than 28 years in the business management field. He plans to educate future clients about the advantages of the microFIT and FIT programs offered by the government.
McLean, VA-based design and architecture firm FOX Architects has promoted Damon Josue, IIDA, LEED AP, to the position of Associate. An Interiors Director/Associate in the McLean, VA office, Josue is a graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State of University. Josue’s design career spans over 13 years, 5 of which have been with FOX. Josue specializes in large corporate and government spaces.
Derek Wood, AIA, LEED AP, a Senior Architect for FOX Architects, was promoted to the position of Associate. He currently serves at FOX’s base building studio and the Building Information Modeling leader for the firm. With14 years of experience and 5 years with FOX, Wood is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, his prominent projects include: 440 First Street, 1400 Crystal Drive, and 2175 K Street in Washington, D.C.
SVTC Technologies named Gunter Ziegenbalg the company’s new president. In his role, Ziegenbalg will focus on growing the firm’s global solar business as well as defining, establishing, and overseeing the photovoltaic manufacturing development facility.
The Alliance to Save Energy is saddened by the Sept. 17 passing of its creator and co-founder Charles Percy. From the Alliance’s inception in the 1970s, Percy served the organization and its mission, first as chair of the board of directors from 1977 through 1982, then as co-chair through 1989. He continued to participate actively in the Alliance until his health declined in the early 2000s.
Dur-A-Flex Inc. recently named Patrick Meade vice president of sales and technical support. With 20 years of experience in sales and business development, Meade has focused on strategic planning, team building, negotiating and project closings. In his new role, he will work on the company’s "continued evolution" of its strategic vertical markets and customers. Meade will also be responsible for Technical Service and Strategic Accounts.
John Crowe was named President and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corp. and Certain Teed Corp., the company’s largest North American subsidiary.
American Buildings Company promoted Thad Tiner as sales manager for the company’s Atlantic Division. Tiner has 17 years of experience in the field and has been with the company since 2003, serving in estimating, group services sales, and district sales manager roles. Most recently, Tiner served as District Sales Manager of the company’s South Division.
