2011 AIMCAL MARCH MANAGEMENT MEETING Speakers

People on the
Move
At Adhesives
Research, Inc., Glen
Rock, Pennsylvania,
George Stolakis has
been promoted to
president. As president,
Stolakis will
George Stolakis oversee the company’s
Adhesives Research
division, ARx, LLC, and ARmark
Authentication Technologies, LLC.
Stolakis has been with the company
since 1994 and most recently served as
vice president and general manager
of the Adhesives Research division,
which manufactures highly customized,
high-performance adhesives, tapes,
adhesive-coated products, films, and
laminates for the pharmaceutical, medical,
electronics, pulp and paper, and
specialty industrial markets. His tenure
at Adhesives Research also includes
several management positions within
the company’s pharmaceutical and
splicing business units including general
manager, vice president, and national
sales manager. Stolakis is a resident of
York, Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor
degree in Marketing from Michigan
State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
For more information, visit www.adhesivesresearch.com.
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Maxcess, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
has promoted Darren Irons to global
product manager
– Fife Guiding and
Inspection. Irons joined
Maxcess in 2007 as
global product manager
– MAGPOWR
Tension Control where
Darren Irons
he launched several
product improvements
to help customers improve productivity,
including IP67-rated load cells, an
expanded line of magnetic particle
brakes, and a new tension control. The
new product launch experience will
be invaluable as Maxcess extends the
Fife product portfolio. Prior to joining
Maxcess, Irons served Texas Instruments,
Inc., Dallas, Texas, in various positions
including product manager, product line
strategy manager, and product marketing
manager. He holds an Executive
MBA in Finance and Marketing from
Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Chris Harper
Chris Harper succeeds Irons as
global product manager – MAGPOWR
Tension Control. Harper joined
MAGPOWR in 1991 and has worked as
a service technician and in customer
support. In 2002 he became a district
manager, serving as
a local contact to help
Maxcess customers
in Indiana, Kentucky,
and Michigan
achieve a diverse
range of production
goals using Fife,
MAGPOWR, and
Tidland products. He brings a holistic
view of the web handling process and
a deep understanding of how guiding,
winding, slitting, inspection, and tension
control contribute to production quality.
In other personnel news, Maxcess
has named Ron Suenram its first director
of Emerging Markets. He will help Fife,
MAGPOWR, and Tidland customers in
rapidly growing markets interact with
the company’s expanding network of
global production facilities. Suenram
joined Fife Corp. in
1979 and has held
various positions in
manufacturing, quality
assurance, sales,
and marketing during
his 31-year history
Ron Suenram
with the company.
Most recently he
served as global product manager for
Fife Guiding and Inspection. During his
role as product manager, he introduced
several products to help customers
improve efficiency, including D-MAX,
the industry’s first web guide controller
to speak plain English, and the TruWide
Ultrasonic Sensor, the first sensor to
simultaneously detect multiple webs of
material.
Another personnel change at
Maxcess involves the promotion of Ron
Schmidt to vice president - Asia Pacific.
He will be responsible for sales growth
throughout Asia, South America, and
other emerging markets, with additional
responsibility
for Maxcess factories
and offices in Japan,
India, Singapore,
and Brazil. Formerly
vice president of
Market Development,
Ron Schmidt
Schmidt has directly
contributed to the success
of Maxcess during his 34-year tenure
with the company, holding various
leadership positions within manufacturing,
sales, marketing, and corporate
development. He has also demonstrated
Maxcess’ commitment to the improve
ment of the web handling industry
through active participation in industry
associations. Most recently, he served
as president and trustee of AIMCAL’s
CEMA Division. He is a current board
member of AIMCAL and chairman of its
Web Handling Group and AWEB conference.
As the new vice president of Global
Operations at Maxcess, Doug Knudtson
facilitates the sharing of best practices
among the company’s
operations worldwide.
Knudtson brings
extensive human
resource, quality,
and operational
experience to the
Doug Knudtson
Maxcess executive
team, most recently
as the president of Scott Office Systems,
Livonia, Michigan. Prior to that he spent
19 years with Brady Corp., Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, in a variety of roles, including
vice president of Global Operations,
where he oversaw 65 manufacturing
facilities in 20 countries. Knudtson holds
a Bachelor degree from the University
of Wisconsin. “Doug has a deep understanding
of what it takes to be a worldclass
company through experience in
supply chain, manufacturing, quality,
lean practices, inventory management,
and logistics,” says Greg Jehlik, chief
executive officer of Maxcess.
With his promotion to sales manager,
North America,
Darrell Whiteside
manages one of the
largest networks
of factory-trained
salespeople in the
industry to enhance
Darrell Whiteside local sales efforts for
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