JEWELL HIRES JIM BURGESS AS
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Jewell Instruments is extremely pleased to
announce the addition of Jim Burgess as Chief Operating Officer. Jim will
be responsible for all Operations including Manufacturing, Engineering and
Quality Assurance of Jewell’s Manchester, NH and Barbados West Indies
facilities.
Jim comes to Jewell with an
impressive history in Manufacturing Environments and Financial Operations,
and was previously the COO at Wire Belt in Londonderry, NH, and has held
senior Operations positions at Spiral International Corporation, Baird
Corporation, and GCA Corporation. He also has a strong Quality background,
and is an MBA graduate from Northeastern University and holds Bachelor’s
degrees in both Accounting and Liberal Arts from the University of Maine.
“Jim brings a philosophy of
leadership stemmed in building relationships and effective communication
strategies,” says Carlo Carluccio, President and CEO of Jewell
Instruments. “Jim’s solid experience in Manufacturing Operations and
Finance will be a key asset to Jewell’s Continuous Improvement Program.
“Jewell
has made a great deal of progress to improve quality and on-time
deliveries over the past year. I am excited and determined to continue
those improvements and to streamline Jewell’s manufacturing and
engineering operations.”, commented Jim Burgess, “I look forward to
working with the Jewell Team to make Jewell Instruments the leading
supplier of Inertial Sensors, Panel Meters, Avionic Instrumentation and
Solenoids and to ensure the success of our Partnership Manufacturing
Program.”
In addition to improving all aspects
of quality and deliveries, part of Jewell’s Continuous Improvement Program
is to achieve ISO 9001 certification by the end of 2004.
For more
information, please contact Jewell Instruments at sales@jewellinstruments.com.