BELLEVUE, WA — (Marketwired) — 09/10/13 — Esterline Corporation (NYSE: ESL), (), a leading specialty manufacturer serving global aerospace and defense markets, today announced that Michel Potvin will serve in a new role for the $2 billion company as Vice President, Corporate Marketing & Strategy.
Potvin has led one of Esterline-s major business platforms, Esterline Control Systems, for more than two years. Esterline Control Systems is a group of four U.S. companies making valued Korry®, Mason, and BVR control products as well as offering Avista software services.
Esterline President & CEO, Brad Lawrence, said, „I see substantial opportunity for Esterline to leverage the strengths of its established business niches and go to market as a combined organization. Michel-s prior experience and innovative, high-energy leadership abilities make him the right person to guide our market strategy and keep Esterline products on the leading edge of the industry.“
Lawrence said the VP of Marketing & Strategy will be responsible for developing a more centralized customer interface and point of contact as well as a collaborative sales strategy. Potvin will be leading the corporate strategic planning process, including coordination of platform- and segment-level planning activity. In addition, he will be researching how Esterline products can better serve their markets going forward while remaining competitive in an ever-changing industry.
Potvin joined Esterline as a Platform President in 2011, coming from L-3 Communications where he was Vice President at their Canadian division, L-3 MAS. He also has prior management experience with Lockheed Martin and Invensys Process Systems and is a graduate of the University of Quebec with an industrial engineering degree. He also completed graduate studies in project management and an executive management program at the Queen-s University School of Business in Ontario.
Esterline Corporation is a leading worldwide supplier to the aerospace and defense industry specializing in three core business segments: Advanced Materials; Avionics & Controls; and Sensors & Systems. With annual sales of approximately $2 billion, Esterline employs roughly 12,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.
Operations within the Advanced Materials segment focus on technologies including high-temperature-resistant materials and components used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes, and combustible ordnance and electronic warfare countermeasure products.
Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on technology interface systems for commercial and military aircraft and similar devices for land- and sea-based military vehicles, cockpit integration systems, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other high-end industrial and gaming applications.
The Sensors & Systems segment includes operations that produce high-precision temperature and pressure sensors, specialized harsh-environment connectors, electrical power distribution equipment, and other related systems principally for aerospace and defense customers.
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