Bill joined Actuant in 2002 as Engineered Solutions Americas leader and was promoted to Global Engineered Solutions leader in December 2003. Bill was named Executive Vice President of the Actuation Systems and Engineered Products Segments in 2007. Bill spent over 17 years with Rexnord, a division of Invensys Plc. He began his career at Rexnord in sales engineering and held a variety of assignments in product management, operations and general management leading to the position of President, Gear and Coupling businesses. Bill has also held general management positions with APW Ltd. and Pillar Industries. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1978 and an MBA from the University of Louisville in 1983. |