Cannon Equipment Leadership Conference 2011
Randal Vogt - Vice President, POP and FEM Sales
Randy joined Cannon Equipment in April of 2011 in the position of Vice President, POP and FEM Sales. Prior to joining Cannon Equipment Randy was Marketing Manager at Agriprocessors, where he led the efforts to refresh and rebrand their entire portfolio of products. Prior to that he was National Sales Director at Jack Link’s Beef Jerky Company where he led all sales activities. Randy holds a BS and MBA in Business Administration from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He began his career at Duracell, which was later acquired by Gillette, and spent 20 years working in different sales roles in that organization.
Bryce Malone - Vice President, Cart Sales
Bryce joined Cannon Equipment in June of 2011 in the position of Vice President, Cart Sales. Prior to Cannon Equipment Bryce was National Sales Manager for Honeywell International. Previously to that he was the Honeywell Regional Sales Leader for the Central and Western US and Canada. Before joining Honeywell Bryce was the Central Region Manager for The Timken Corporation. Bryce holds a BA in Communication from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California
Jeff Stutz – Director, Cart Sales
Jeff began his career with Cannon Equipment as a temporary employee in the shipping department at the Chattanooga, TN. facility. In November of 2000, he accepted a position with the company as an Accounting Assistant. In 2002, Jeff accepted a promotion to serve as Customer Service Manager at Cannon Equipment Southeast. He has since worked for the company as a Project Leader (2004-2006) and as a Cart Sales Representative (2006-2008). In May of 2008, Jeff was promoted to Director of Customer Service for the company. Prior to joining Cannon Equipment, Jeff held a management position with Office Team, a temporary staffing firm, and a sales position with NCH Corporation. Jeff has a B.A. degree in English from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Brian Benson - Vice President - Dairy Carts and Machinery
Brian has been an integral part of the Cannon Equipment team for 43 years. Beginning as a Design Engineer, Brian has held various positions such as: Chief Engineer, Engineering Manager, Director of Systems Engineering and most recently Vice President of Sales for Dairy Machinery and Dairy Carts.
Kenny Ramsey - Vice President, Marketing & NPD
Kenny joined Cannon Equipment in September 2008 with over 19 years of marketing and new product development experience. Kenny comes to us after leading the retail marketing efforts at an industry leading lighting manufacturer for over 10 years. Prior to that he held marketing positions at a building supply company and heavy construction equipment manufacturer. Kenny started his career at Caterpillar Inc as a marketing representative, and moved through a number of product management, and senior level product management roles in his tenure at Clopay Corporation and Regent Lighting, and in 1998 was promoted to Director of Marketing to lead all retail marketing efforts. Regent Lighting was acquired by Cooper industries in 1999. Kenny graduated Cum Laude with a B.S Degree in Business Administration and a focus in Marketing from Virginia State University, and has attended several leadership programs, most recently Cooper Industries Leadership development program at Rice University. Kenny also attended the course “Cost Management Strategies for improving profitability” at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University while at Clopay.
Pat Geraghty - Director, Carts Product Line
Pat has been with Cannon Equipment over 20 years (1/1/89), joining the company as a Design Engineer in the Automation Division. Pat has held a number of other positions with Cannon, including Sales Engineer, Engineering Manager, and Director of Print Technologies, before taking the role of Vice President, Carts and Machinery. Prior to joining Cannon, Pat was a Small Business Owner in the Retail Industry for over 10 years. Pat has a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Minnesota.
Adria Nelson - Manager, Customer Operations
Adria joined Cannon Equipment in July of 2010. Prior to Cannon Equipment, Adria was the Customer Care Manager and Wal-Mart Team Manager for Mars Petcare division in Franklin, Tennessee, one of three primary operating business units of M&M Mars. There Adria led a customer care team of 25 professionals in the redesign of their traditional customer service group to a process driven organization. Her team had responsibility for sales support, customer order processing, inventory management, project management, logistics, and order fulfillment. Previously Adria also held several leadership positions at Doane Pet Care. Adria is currently studying International Business and Economics at St Catherine University in St Paul.
Tina Atwell – Vice President, Human Relations
Tina joined Cannon Equipment in December 2008.
Prior to joining Cannon Equipment Tina was responsible for Human Resources at Washington DC-based AgustaWestlandBell, LLC, a major subcontractor on the Marine One Presidential Helicopter Program. Previously she has held the positions of HR Director on the Comanche Program at Sikorsky Aircraft, and SR HR Generalist at America Online where she worked for the CFO organization. Tina has been recognized as a subject matter expert in the area of human resources and employment policy and has been instrumental in shaping the HR function and governance of multiple international companies.
Tina holds a Masters Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the HR Certification Institute.
Jason Pitts - Vice President, Finance
Jason joined Cannon Equipment in February 2009.
Prior to Joining Cannon Equipment Jason held the position of Director of Finance for the Test and Measurement division within Sensing and Controls at Honeywell International. Jason brings a wealth of knowledge and solid experience in driving change and process improvements.
While at Honeywell, Jason provided strong financial leadership in several areas of the business, including revenue growth, margin band analysis, pricing, and overall P&L ownership. Jason was also instrumental in negotiating sales contracts and programs, partnering with operations to achieve on-going value engineering and factory productivity. Jason has an extensive background in plant factory controllership and business development, specifically with mergers and acquisitions. Jason holds an MBA from Arizona State University, is certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt.
Kevin Lillo - Vice President, Operations
Kevin Lillo joined Cannon Equipment in 2009 as the Plant Manager of our facility in Cannon Falls, MN. Since then Kevin has led the charge in redefining how the Cannon Falls facility operates, developing best practices for many operational activities including safety standards, manufacturing best practices, quality standards and lean transformation.
Prior to joining Cannon Equipment Kevin was a Consultant at PDG Consultants, a Management consulting firm specializing in strategy, operational improvement, and leadership development. Kevin holds a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from Mankato State University and an MBA in Operations Management from the University of St. Thomas.