Processing, April 2020

Jayaseelan to serve as director of sustainability and regulatory affairs In his role Jayaseelan will drive company wide sustainability initiatives for plant operations design engineering procurement finance and marketing Prior to joining Graham Packaging Jayaseelan was senior manager of sustainability for Newell Brands where he had global responsibility for developing managing and executing sustainability and EHS strategy across global business units He also served as an adviser for the Kids STEAM Academy where he promoted and taught early education STEAM learning through the application of arts LEGOs and robotics to influence creativity analytical logical and public speaking skills ORIC Pharmaceuticals appoints new member to board of directors ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc a clinical stage oncology company focused on developing treatments that address mechanisms of therapeutic resistance recently appointed Mardi C Dier to its board of directors Dier currently serves as executive vice president chief financial officer and chief business officer of Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc Dier has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since November 2013 and was also appointed chief business officer in October 2018 Dier is responsible for leading the corporate finance accounting information technology global supply chain business development investor relations and corporate communications functions Previously she served as vice president of investor relations at Chiron Corporation from 2003 until its acquisition by Novartis Pharmaceuticals in 2006 Prior to joining Chiron she worked as an investment banker at Prudential Securities where she focused on client development equity underwriting and mergers and acquisitions for biotechnology and other life sciences companies Prior to that she was in the audit department of KPMG Peat Marwick She holds a bachelors of science in biology from Stanford University and an M B A from the Anderson School at the University of California Los Angeles Motion Industries Greg Cook promoted to executive vice president and CFO Motion Industries Inc a leading distributor of maintenance repair and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company GPC has promoted Greg Cook to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Motion Industries Cook joined Motion Industries as senior vice president and CFO in November 2016 and quickly worked to improve the strategic effectiveness of the companys finance accounting tax and treasury functions In his expanded role Cook will continue leading these current responsibilities but will also now take on oversight of Motions Information Technologies function Cook has more than 29 years of experience in the manufacturing and distribution markets and before starting with Motion Industries spent 18 years with Shaw Industries a Berkshire Hathaway company and leading North American manufacturer and distributor of flooring products He began his professional career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen in Atlanta With annual sales of 65 billion Motion Industries is a leading industrial parts distributor of bearings mechanical power transmission electrical and industrial automation hydraulic and industrial hose hydraulic and pneumatic components industrial products safety products and material handling Volkmann hires additional sales engineer Volkmann Inc a market leader in powder and small particle vacuum conveying recently appointed Anthony Tony Mendoza as one of its sales engineers further expanding its support for the following areas Arizona Colorado Idaho New England States Montana Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah and Wyoming Tony has joined the sales team in the companys Bristol Pennsylvania facility and will be responsible for the generation of sales for Volkmann equipment as well as adding a level of depth for his previous experience in Vacuum Conveying Systems and Material Handling applications Send news and events for consideration to dgaddy@ endeavorbusinessmedia com Which static mixer is right for you Let me show you Ross offers expert support and the worlds broadest selection of static mixers for applications involving turbulent or laminar flow With no moving parts our heavy duty LPD LLPD and ISG designs are ideal for sanitary and non sanitary mixing with choices for ultra low ΔP and unlimited viscosity For a free white paper visit StaticMixers com Learn Or call Christine Banaszek today 1 800 243 ROSS Try our Knowledge Base Product Selector web app mixers com web app APRIL 2020 www processingmagazine com 13 Christine Banaszek Applications Engineer Employee Owner Scan to learn more