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business publication about promotion of Larry Bolterstein, Lori Klausutis' father
SMYRNA, Ga.--With Regina Co. employees still beaming over the company's acquisition by Tel Aviv-based Pass-Port Group, Regina president and chief executive Dave Jones has taken the first steps to reaching new goals with the appointment of three top-level executives.
First on the list was Ken Drescher, vice president of sales and marketing since January, who was named to the new position of executive vice president of sales and marketing. Drescher was also elected to Regina's board.
Drescher's appointment to the number-two spot in the company was based on a couple of factors, according to Jones. It was in "recognition of past accomplishments and how much he has grown as a person since he first became vice president of sales and then vice president of sales and marketing, and an acknowledgement of how important his role will be in the future as the company is broadened from a floor-care company to a broader company, and along with that broadening, there will be a major focus on new business development."
Drescher oversees a team exploring new business opportunities--new products and services either produced by Regina or obtained from other sources, distribution possibilities outside North America and potential acquisitions, according to Jones.
Drescher held various sales and management positions with Procter & Gamble before joining REgina in 1983.
The floor-care maker's director of marketing, director of special markets, national sales manager and recently promoted director of new business development, Joe Zeller, report to Drescher.
Larry Bolterstein
has been named vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Kent Hussey, who left Regina in July. With the company since 1990, Bolterstein most recently was vice president of finance. Previously, he worked at Atlas Van Lines and Proctor-Silex in accounting and finance positions.
"After Kent left to go to another company, Larry was the logical person to follow him," Jones remarked. "Now that the sale is completed, this [appointment] completes the loop of how we planned to fill that place."
John Pugh has been named to the new position of vice president of human resources. He had been director of human resources.
Before joining Regina in 1989, Pugh worked in human resource management at Electrolux Corp.
The emphasis on broadening the company, said Jones, has necessitated greater focus on the people who will map out Regina's new direction.
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