L.S. Starrett Co. appoints 4 executives
The L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision measuring tools and gages, metrology systems and more, has appointed four new executives to its global organization.
Roger N. Amrol, Jr. is the new president and CEO; Barry D. Laughlin is now chief operation officer; Allen E. Look assumes the role of global chief information officer; and Jon-Michael Raymond has become chief revenue officer.
The new executives will be based at Starrett corporate headquarters in Athol, Massachusetts.
Roger N. Amrol, Jr. succeeds Douglas A. Starrett, whose career with Starrett spanned 48 years. Amrol is poised to lead Starrett forward to a new level, joining the organization after 12 years with Robert Bosch Tool Corp. North America where he was president and CEO for approximately five years. Within the Bosch organization, Amrol was also president for the SKIL North America brand for four years and led the North America Accessories Business Unit as president for three years. Prior to Bosch, he was with Techtronics Industries for five years as vice president in procurement, operations, and product divisions.
Barry D. Laughlin brings extensive manufacturing operations experience to Starrett and says he looks forward to applying his vision and skills to meet the company’s initiatives by implementing day-to-day business strategies and plans. He was most recently COO with Group DEKKO for nine years after being promoted from executive vice president of operations, a position he held for almost two years. Prior to that, Laughlin was in an operations contract role at Caterpillar Inc. for six months. Before that, he was with Navistar for 26 years in various positions increasing in responsibility, with his last position being director of global manufacturing and custom products.
Allen E. Look brings over 25 years of information technology experience as global CIO with skills ranging from business leadership, operational excellence, data analysis and cyber-security proficiency. Before joining Starrett, Look held global CIO roles for six years at privately and publicly held companies including FBG and Hayward Holdings Inc., and provided interim CIO and executive advisory services in the private equity sector.
Jon-Michael Raymond has held sales and finance roles for over 17 years, most recently as global sales and marketing senior vice president at FyterTech Nonwovens. Prior to that he was sales and marketing general manager at Mahr after approximately four years with Starrett as its North American sales and marketing director for industrial products. For three years, he served as vice president of sales for PFERD Inc. and preceding that he held various sales and finance positions including with Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives.
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