People – November 2007

• Alpha Professional Tools® adds Mike Aguilar to its sales team, covering the Northern California territory. He joins the Oakland, N.J.-based fabrication-tool company after many years of experience in the tile and building industries. Alpha also announces that Mike Mikulecky joins the company in sales, responsible for the Mountain territory of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and El Paso, Texas.
• Intermac America appoints Bill Wirtz as product area manager for Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. Prior to joining the Charlotte, N.C.-based fabrication-equipment company, he worked in corporate sales for several firms, including CNC machining/services company Hochbaum Machine Services. Intermac also signs Scott Kochevar as product area manager for Southern California and Southern Nevada; his prior experience includes regional sales for Water Treatment Technology, as well as AGM, the previous U.S. distributor of Intermac CNC machining centers.
• Dacia Belisle Woodworth, marketing/sales officer for The Gallegos Corporation in Vail, Colo., recently received her accreditation in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), for assisting clients in integrated design with sustainable products.
• Walker Zanger promotes Andre Holtshausen to the new position of national architectural sales manager. An eight-year veteran of the Sylmar, Calif., stone and tile company, he previously served as branch manager in Charlotte, N.C., and San Francisco; he holds more than 20 years of experience in the stone and tile trade.
• Universal Granite & Marble (UGM) appoints Sunil Sikka as regional vice president at UGM’s headquarters in Chicago, reporting to Rakesh Malhotra, UGM Group COO. He brings 17 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development.
• Douglas S. Goldsmith, president/COO of Rock of Ages Corp.’s quarry division will leave the Concord, N.H. quarrier/fabricator at the end of this month to become CFO of NRG Systems, a privately held manufacturer of wind assessment and turbine control wind-power-equipment company in Hinesburg, Vt. Donald Labonte, currently president/COO of Rock of Ages’ manufacturing division, will assume responsibility for both divisions.
• Donald F. Schalk joins C.H. Briggs Co. as president/COO the company as President and Chief Operating Officer. Schalk served as president/general manager of EnergyUnited Propane LLC before coming to the Reading, Pa.-based distributor of specialty building products, including DuPont’s Corian® and Zodiaq®, as well as natural stone.
• Genie Wachter joins Midwest Tile, Marble & Granite as an architectural/design and commercial sales representative. She comes to the St. Louis stone supplier with 18 years of contracting and construction experience, including direct involvement in the past few years with the fabrication of natural stone.