EGS announces nine senior promotions

EGS Electrical Group, (Rosemont, Ill.): The company made several senior-level promotions across its brands.

Andy Schwegel has been promoted to V.P. and general manager of SolaHD and Heating Cable Systems. Schwegel joined Emerson in 2002 and has 20-plus years of industry experience working for Eaton Corp., W.W. Grainger, and as a management consultant serving clients in the electrical industry at The Chicago Group, Inc.

Jim Anderson has been promoted to V.P. of ECM Engineering and Product Development. He has been with EGS for 14 years, holding positions with increasing responsibilities within the Engineering group since 2001.

Kerry Nedic has been promoted to V.P. of marketing. In her new role, she will continue to be in charge of pricing and technical support and will pick up responsibility for marketing communications and eBusiness. Nedic started working at EGS in 2002 as an O-Z/Gedney quotations specialist and has held various positions within the pricing organization.

Dan Douglass has been promoted to V.P. of business development and  will be responsible for growth at EGS in both existing markets as well as programs in new geographies, industries and product segments. He will have responsibility for customer support and the newly created strategic sales team.

Humberto Nunez will be taking on the new role of director of business development. In this position he will work on managing the various growth programs across EGS and lead specific development efforts in Mexico, Brazil, and the rest of Latin America. He began his career at Emerson in 2008 working on strategic planning initiatives for Emerson Latin America as a business development manager. He joined EGS in 2010 as the Latin America sales director and oversaw the expansion of our sales presence throughout the region. Humberto has an undergraduate degree from Universidad de Lima in Peru and an MBA from Texas A&M University.

Diane Fleming has been promoted to director of global customer support. Fleming will have responsibility for EGS global customer support organization in Rosemont, Manila, Mexico City, and Canada, sharing best practices across the other EGS customer support organizations.

Heather Green has been promoted to director of strategic sales. In this new role, she will be responsible for project pursuit, project execution, customer development, and S&OP planning. Green joined EGS in 2012 as a business development manager supporting global project pursuit and strategic planning.

Hernán Solís has been promoted to director of sales for Northern Latin America (NOLA). Hernán has been with EGS for three years and was part of its global accounts team. His work centered around building relationships with EPCs, IOCs and NOCs in Latin America with great success. Prior to joining EGS, Hernán worked for Pentair (Hoffman) for 10 years in ascending relationship management and sales roles.

Brian Thompson has been promoted to director of finance. In his new role, he is responsible for EGS global financial planning and analysis. He will also coordinate and deliver the financial reporting requirements to Emerson Corporate.