Duperray moves up

Olivier Duperray has been promoted to the key role of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Worldwide at ITT Industries, Cannon.

Olivier Duperray has been promoted to the key role of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Worldwide at ITT Industries, Cannon.

Duperray had been serving as President of its global switch products business.

In his new role, Duperray will report directly to Gerry Gendron, Senior Vice President of ITT Industries and President, Cannon.

"Under Olivier's leadership, we are combining our switch and connector businesses into a unified organisation to better serve our increasingly global customer base in a competitive environment", Gendron said.

"Olivier has demonstrated exceptional management talent while leading our switch business and I am confident in his ability to improve our competitive position going forward".

Duperray has been with ITT since 1983 and has held positions of increasing worldwide responsibility.

He earned a degree in both mechanical and electrical engineering from the Paris University of Electrical Engineering (ESME) and a Master of Business Administration from the Paris Institute of Business Administration (IAE-Paris).

In addition to Duperray's appointment, Gendron announced several other changes to Cannon's management team.

Tim Ristoff has been named Vice President, Cannon and President of Switches.

Most recently, he had been President of ITT Industries' Jabsco business, which is part of the corporation's motion and flow control segment.

Mike Kuchenbrod has been promoted to Vice President, Cannon and General Manager for the connector product lines and sites that serve the industrial, military/aerospace, commercial aviation and transportation markets worldwide.

Darrell Wilk has been promoted to Vice President, Cannon and Worldwide Director of Sales for Connectors and Switches.

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