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Ron Reed to serve as 2008 WAI president Ron Reed will serve as WAI president for 2008, succeeding Tom Moran, National Standard Co. Other officers for 2008 include First Vice President Antonio Ayala, J.J. Lowe & Associates; and Second Vice President Dane Armanderiz, Henkel Surface Technologies. The WAI officers are key to the direction and planning for events, products and services to serve the WAI’s more than 2,400 members. Steven Fetteroll serves as executive director/secretary and David LaValley is the treasurer.
First Vice President: Antonio Ayala Antonio Ayala is Director, 2001 and since then has been very Latin-America Sales, at active, both as a J.J. Lowe Associates, board/committee member Inc., a position he has and as an event organizer. held since 1998. His He became a member of territories include Mexithe board and Executive co, Central and South Committee in 2005, and America. Prior to joining is currently chairman of J.J. Lowe, he was the Oversight Committee employed by AXA Group as well as Executive Liai(Monterrey, Mexico), son to both the Exhibition Conductores Latincasa Planning and Member (San Luis Potosi, MexiRelations committees. co) and Ericsson (StockAyala taught a short holm, Sweden). course on extrusion in Ayala holds a degree in 2005. In 2004, he chaired Antonio Ayala mechanical and electrical the local committee orgaengineering degree from The Engineernizing the International Technical Coning University at Veracruz, Mexico, as ference (ITC) in Queretaro, Mexico, well as an MBA from Ohio University. and he is now organizing the 2008 ITC Ayala became a WAI member in to be held in Monterrey, Mexico.
Second Vice President: Dane Armendariz Dane Armendariz, a member of the the committee was reorganized. He has Wire Association International since served on the Exhibition Planning 1993, is currently serving Committee and was a his second term as a memmember of the Interwire ber of the Board of DirecSite Evaluation Task tors, and is a member of the Force in 2004. Executive Committee. He is In addition to serving also Executive Liaison to as Interwire Committee the Oversight Committee, Chairman in 2005, he which he previously served has served on the orgaon. He co-chaired the Connizing committees for ference Programming ComInterwire 99 and Wire mittee and was Chairman Expos 1998 and 2004. of the Suppliers ManageHe also participated in ment Committee, on which the establishment of the he served from 1996 until Ohio Chapter of WAI in Dane Armendariz
2003, is a board member of the chapter, and currently serves as its president A veteran of more than 30 years in the surface treatment industry, Armendariz has worked in the fields of zinc phosphate, specialty coatings, drawing compounds, and most process used in the treatment of ferrous metals. He works primarily with new processes and environmentally friendly products for the wire, tube and stainless steel industries. A Pittsburgh native, he holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.
Executive Committee and Board of Directors for 2008 In 2008, the WAI Executive Committee will consist of President Ron Reed, Horizon Wire & Cable Co.; First Vice President Antonio Ayala, J.J. Lowe & Associates; Second Vice President Dane Armendariz, Henkel Surface Technologies; Immediate Past President Tom Moran, National Standard Co.; and member Dominique Perroud, SAMP USA Inc.
Continuing members include: Reed; Armendariz; Ayala; Perroud; Moran and the following: Eduardo Anaya, Indepa SC; Ferruccio Bellina, TKT Group; Kurt F. Breischaft, Belden Inc.; and Lawrence El-Hindi, Filtertech, Inc. Also serving are, Masoud Garshasb, Phelps Dodge Copper Products; William Jarae, Mittal Steel USA; Erik Macs, Fine International Corp.; Malcolm Michael,
Australasian Wire Industry Association; Thomas Maxwell, Die Quip Corp.; Nicolas Nickelotopoulos, Ivaco Inc.; Ralph Noonan, Etna Products Inc; Michael Peacock, Delphi Packard Electric; William Rump; Donald Schollin, Q-S Technologies; Kenneth Scott, consultant; Andrew Stromer, Southwire Co.; and Raj Kumar (R.K.) Tyagi, Assomac Machines Ltd. â– JANUARY 2008 33