Western Forge competitors

Leon Topalian is a Vice President at Nucor and Board Member at Nucor. He has worked as Exec VP:Beam & Plate Products at Nucor; VP/General Manager at Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.; and President/COO at Nucor.

Brian Chambers became the president of the Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt business in October 2014. Previously, he served as vice president and general manager for this business since 2013. Chambers has also been vice president and managing director of Engineered Solutions in the Composite Solutions Business of Owens Corning. He spent almost four years prior as president of Saint Gobain’s Distribution Business in North America. Prior to joining Owens Corning in 2000, Chambers worked in a variety of commercial and operational roles with Honeywell, BOC Gases and an international engineering firm.

Gene Lowe was named president and chief executive officer of the new SPX Corporation in 2015. In this leadership role, he is responsible for driving the company’s overall growth and profitability as a diversified, global supplier of infrastructure equipment focused on three key segments: HVAC, detection and measurement, and power. Gene joined SPX in 2008, holding multiple strategic leadership positions, most recently as the president of SPX’s Thermal Equipment and Services segment. His tenure at SPX also includes roles leading the Evaporative Cooling business and the marketing, strategy, and business development functions within the Thermal segment where he focused on driving differentiation through technology innovation and operational initiatives. Prior to joining SPX, Gene held positions with Milliken, Bain & Company and Lazard Technology Partners. Gene earned his MBA with distinguished honors from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and his B.S. in management science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

John L. Garrison, Jr. was appointed to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Terex Corporation on November 2, 2015. Mr. Garrison is also a member of the Terex Board of Directors. An accomplished and versatile corporate and industrial leader, Mr. Garrison was President and Chief Executive Officer of Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter, a major unit of Textron, Inc., from 2009-November 2015. During his tenure at Bell, Mr. Garrison championed the revitalization of Bell’s commercial product line, improved execution of their military programs and modernized the company’s systems, processes and facilities. Before his time at Bell, Mr. Garrison served as President of Textron’s industrial segment, which comprises four businesses: E-Z-GO golf carts, Greenlee, Jacobsen and Kautex. Prior to that he was President of E-Z-GO, where he initiated and led a highly successful turnaround. Mr. Garrison joined Textron in 2002 from Azurix Corporation, a global water company, where he was President, Chairman and CEO. He was previously Vice President and General Manager of Case Corporation’s North American Agricultural Group, and Vice President and General Manager of the Case Agricultural Systems Group. Mr. Garrison is a 1982 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he received a bachelor’s degree in engineering, later earning an MBA degree with distinction from the Harvard Business School. He spent a decade in the U.S. Army as an Airborne Ranger qualified artillery officer and taught in the Department of Social Services at West Point. Mr. Garrison served as the past President and Chairman of American Helicopter Society’s International and Chairman of Vertical Flight Foundation, a board member for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and as a Cabinet member of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s American Patriots Campaign.

James Roberts is a Board Member at Apex Tool Group and Chief Executive Officer at Apex Tool Group. He has worked as Exec Group President at Newell Rubbermaid Inc, Chief Executive Officer at Chamberlain Group Inc, and Pres:Levolor Hardware Group at Newell Rubbermaid Inc. James studied at University of Delaware.

Mark has experience at General Electric (GE) and has worked as President/CEO/COO at PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP, Executive Vice President at PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP, and Board Member at PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP. He works or has worked as President at Wyman-Gordon Company. Mark studied at Villanova University.

Thomas Williams is a Board Member at Goodyear, Board Member at Make-A-Wish, and Chairman/CEO at Parker Hannifin and is based in Cleveland, Ohio. He has worked as Gen Mgr:Global Services at GE Transportation, Board Member at CHART INDUSTRIES INC, and Exec VP at Parker Hannifin. Thomas works or has worked as MEMBER at Business Roundtable and The Business Council. He studied at Xavier University and Bucknell University.