Movers & Shakers

Local News
- 4 Jul 2013 ( #623 )
1 min read
(L-R) Tim Whiteman, IPAF CEO; Jason Woods, newly appointed IPAF representative for the UAE; and Dr Ali Salem Al Qaiwani, director of occupational health and safety, UAE Ministry of Labour.
(L-R) Tim Whiteman, IPAF CEO; Jason Woods, newly appointed IPAF representative for the UAE; and Dr Ali Salem Al Qaiwani, director of occupational health and safety, UAE Ministry of Labour.
Cumbria, United Kingdom
International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has appointed Jason Woods as its new representative for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Woods has over 20 years' experience in the powered access industry. He started in sales and rentalals and was based in the UK from 1990 to 2002, holding positions with Building Services Plant Hire, Hewden Stuart and Euro Towers. He has been involved in work at height training since 1996 and is a certified IPAF instructor and a PASMA instructor. He ran his own training and sales business from 2008 to 2011, and was also vice-chairman of the PASMA training committee. In 2011, he joined Instant Access in the Middle East as training manager, and has since focused on promoting safety and training standards, and developing the mobile tower and powered access business in the Gulf region.

Carlisle, PA, United States
Flight Systems Industrial Products (FSIP) has appointed Morgan Kurtz as sales associate. Kurtz has over 12 years of sales, marketing and customer service experience. Her responsibilities cover emerging markets and the promotion of products in the materials handling industry. Flight Systems was started in 1968 as a manufacturer of aircraft and runway strobe lights. It started repairing Allis-Chalmers and General Electric forklift controls in the late 1960s.

Mariposa, CA, United States
Yosemite Software Solutions has added John Jakic to its software programming team. Jakic has over 10 years' experience in programming software applications for the forklift industry and extensive software experience with the following languages: C#, C++, Visual Basic, Java, COBOL, and MobileFrame. He will be responsible for creating and updating the manufacturer price book data for Yosemite Software's flagship product, Sales Rep's Assistant or SRA.
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