Optimas Solutions appointed three industry executives to the company’s leadership team.

Marc Strandquist was named President of the Americas. He has over 30 years of experience. Strandquist started in the fastener industry in 1986 with Rockford Products. He was with Würth from 2001 to 2019, where he served as executive VP of the Würth Group and CEO of Würth Industry North America. He also worked for GenFast Mfg., and was president of the National Fastener Distributors Association from 2016-17.

Mike Tuffy was named President of International, leading Optimas across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. He has over 30 years of fastener industry experience, including as executive VP of EMEA for Optimas. He was also a key member of the acquisition team that carved Optimas out of Anixter in 2015.

Kate Daly was named senior VP of Global Human Resources. Daly brings over 25 years of leadership experience to Optimas, having previously worked for such businesses as DSC Logistics, D&W Fine Pack and PSAV Presentation Services.

“More than ever, it’s important to take care of our customers, supplier partners and employees with a thoughtful and personalized approach from industry-experienced leaders,” stated CEO TJ Rosengarth. “Marc, Mike and Kate bring this wealth of experience, operational expertise and proven track records of results to help drive revenue growth and customer success across the globe.”

Glenview, IL-headquartered Optimas Solutions is a global industrial distributor of fasteners and c-class components. Optimas has 1,600 employees in 16 countries. Optimas has 3,500 suppliers to distribute 130,000 SKUs of 10 billion components to 10,000 customers in automotive, heavy truck, high tech, lawn & garden, medical, off-highway, power generation, powertrain, transportation and tunneling industries. Optimas manufactures in Illinois and the UK.

The Optimas brand was launched in 2015, but the company traces its roots to 1890 in North America and Europe.

Optimas is a member of the British Association of Fastener Distributors, European Industrial Fasteners Institute and Confederation of British Metalforming. Web: Optimas.com