Rick Alton

McCONNELLSBURG, PA, United States
JLG Industries Inc has promoted Rick Alton to the position of vice president and general manager of JLG's Caterpillar Alliance Group (CAG). Alton started in JLG in 1996 as a product specialist. Since then, he has held a variety of positions including regional sales manager and global sales and product support vice president for the CAG.

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom
Bac2 has appointed Dr Ashok Vaidya as a non-executive director. Vaidya is a chartered physicist with a PhD in superconductivity and has an MBA from Henley Management College. He has held executive positions with EMI Central Research Laboratories and Thorn EMI New Business Ventures.

Jerod Newcomb

OLATHE, KS, United States
Systems Material Handling Co has promoted Jerod Newcomb to new product development manager. He will be responsible for the R&D department in the Olathe and Grayslake facilities. Newcomb started at SMH in 1999 in the warehouse department and was most recently product manager.