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Viking Electric/Sonepar (St. Paul MN)
Viking’s president, Stacy Stanslaski, (in photo) has been appointed VP Business Transformation within Sonepar’s Digital Enterprise organization, where she will be responsible for accelerating digital initiatives. Stanslaski has served as Viking Electric’s president for eight years and will continue leading the company until her successor is appointed. The company is conducting an internal and external search for a successor to lead the company into its next chapter.
In the newly created transformation role, Stanslaski will support the expansion of new technologies and omni-channel processes across Sonepar’s business in the U.S. Stanslaski has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and spent the early part of her career as Viking Electric Supply's corporate controller. From that position, she joined the company’s human resources team and eventually took a role in sales leadership. She also led Viking Electric Supply through an ERP conversion. In 2017, she was promoted to president. During her tenure as president, Viking Electric Supply experienced significant growth.
Eiko (Olathe, KS)
Fernando Ulloa was appointed VP of Product, according to a company LinkedIn post. He has more than 15 years of lighting industry expertise from Osram Sylvania, LEDVANCE and Acuity Brands.
His lighting background includes portfolio responsibilities for fluorescent and HID lamps and ballasts, LED lamps and tubes, Commercial indoor and outdoor fixtures and LED components. He holds master’s degrees in management and electrical engineering and is Lighting (LC) and PMP/Agile certified.
OBITUARY
Bob Allyn Kierlin, the founder and chief executive officer of Fastenal, Winona, MN, died at 85, on Feb.10, after a brief illness, according to his obituary posted by the Fawcett Junker Funeral Home. He built Fastenal into a powerhouse in the industrial supply market, with a large branch network and thousands of on-site vending machines. The company’s 2024 revenues topped $7.5 billion. The company has 3,300 in-market location (branches and on-site locations) in 25 countries.