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ESL News Esterline Appoints Brad Lawrence Corporate Group Vice President
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esterline Corporation (NYSE:ESL) (www.esterline.com),
a leading specialty manufacturer serving aerospace/defense and medical
markets, today announced that Brad Lawrence has been appointed as a
corporate Group Vice President. Lawrence has served as President of
Esterline’s Coeur d’
Alene, Idaho-based Advanced Input Systems subsidiary since 2002. During
that time he also held general management responsibility for Esterline’s
Interface Technologies Group (ITG), which comprises one of Esterline’s
larger business platforms. ITG encompasses five operating locations in
the U.S., Europe, and Asia, which primarily serve the medical equipment
industry’s need for sophisticated interface
and control systems, and for electronic in-vitro diagnostic test
equipment.
“Brad’s more than 30
years’ experience with such leading companies
as Rockwell and PACCAR, and his more recent success at the helm of one
of our fastest-growing operations, make him a strong addition to
Esterline’s Corporate management team,”
said Robert W. Cremin, Esterline CEO. “His
perspective, together with his particularly successful implementation of
lean manufacturing techniques at Advanced Input, make me very confident
in his ability to help us build on our strategic opportunities, both
externally and internally.”
Prior to Esterline, and in addition to Rockwell International and
Paccar, Lawrence held various sales, marketing, operations, and general
management positions with Conductive Rubber Technology, Flow
International, and PRI Automation.
Lawrence earned his business degree from Pennsylvania State University
and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.
