10/10/2015

Three Members Elected to Board

Frank Ashbaugh, Mike Carney & Keath Ford

Welcome FPDA’s newest Board members, each elected for three-year terms:

Frank Ashbaugh, R.M. Wright Company in Farmington Hills, Michigan.  Frank has served in the inside sales department, purchasing and inventory control and his current oversight includes inside sales, purchasing inventory control, warehousing and operations.

Mike Carney, Quality Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Inc. in Mundelein, Illinois has been in the fluid power industry for 22 years.  He started out in repair and service in 1993 and has worked in various departments including shipping and receiving, inside sales and outside sales before becoming sales manager in 2012. He has been with Quality Hydraulics for 17 years.

Keath Ford, Marketing Manager, Fluid Power, is with Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation.  He has 18+ years of experience in sales, marketing and business development.  HE is passionate about fluid power business, customer service and innovation.  He joined Kaman as the West Tennessee District Manager in 2007 and in 2011 took on the position of Marketing Manager – Fluid Power and Process Control.  He also oversee strategic marketing of key product groups and supplier relationships within the define business segment.