10/12/2011 1:22:00 AM
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Hillman President to Reduce Role as New Execs Take Over
CEO Mick Hillman Jr.
The Hillman Companies Inc. and The Hillman Group, a subsidiary of the company, realigned of the company’s executive team structure, including a promotion to fill a newly created Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer position.
Jim Waters has been promoted from CFO and Secretary to Executive Vice President and COO. Waters joined Hillman in September 1999 as CFO, and has served in that capacity through a period of extensive growth at the company, including six acquisitions, improvement in market penetration and international expansion. Prior to his employment with Hillman, he served as VP of Finance with Curtis Industries, and spent eight years with Ernst & Young.
Anthony (Tony) Vasconcellos joins the company as CFO and Secretary. Vasconcellos, 46, is a seasoned business executive with experience in international expansion, mergers and acquisitions and capital raising.
Likewise, company president Richard Hillman plans to reduce his day-to-day management involvement in the company as of October 5, 2011. He will work on new business development and special projects.
CEO Mick Hillman Jr. will assume direct responsibility for the sales and marketing executive groups that currently report to Richard Hillman.
Founded in 1964, Cincinnati-based Hillman is a value-added distributor of over 60,000 SKUs, consisting of fasteners, key duplication systems, engraved tags and related hardware items to over 20,000 retail customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America and Australia.
The Hillman Companies Inc. and The Hillman Group, a subsidiary of the company, realigned the company’s executive team structure, including a promotion to fill a newly created Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer position.
Jim Waters has been promoted from CFO and Secretary to Executive Vice President and COO. Waters joined Hillman in September 1999 as CFO, and has served in that capacity through a period of extensive growth at the company, including six acquisitions, improvement in market penetration and international expansion. Prior to his employment with Hillman, he served as VP of Finance with Curtis Industries, and spent eight years with Ernst & Young.
Anthony (Tony) Vasconcellos joins the company as CFO and Secretary. Vasconcellos, 46, is a seasoned business executive with experience in international expansion, mergers and acquisitions and capital raising.
Likewise, company president Richard Hillman plans to reduce his day-to-day management involvement in the company as of October 5, 2011. He will work on new business development and special projects.
CEO Mick Hillman Jr. will assume direct responsibility for the sales and marketing executive groups that currently report to Richard Hillman.
Founded in 1964, Cincinnati-based Hillman is a value-added distributor of over 60,000 SKUs, consisting of fasteners, key duplication systems, engraved tags and related hardware items to over 20,000 retail customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America and Australia. ©2011 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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