ATI Announces High Performance Materials & Components Segment Management Changes
August 03 2015 - 11:22AM
Business Wire
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) today announced
that John D. Sims has been named Executive Vice President, High
Performance Materials and Components segment, effective
immediately.
Prior to this change, responsibility for ATI’s High Performance
Materials and Components segment was divided between Mr. Sims, who
was responsible for the Components Group businesses, and Hunter R.
Dalton, who was responsible for the Specialty Materials Group
businesses.
Mr. Dalton has been named Executive Vice President, Strategic
Growth Initiatives. In this new role, he will be responsible for
helping develop ATI’s additive manufacturing business strategy and
other profitable growth focused strategies.
Mr. Sims and Mr. Dalton will continue to report to Richard J.
Harshman, ATI’s Chairman, President and CEO, and will continue to
serve on ATI’s Executive Leadership Council.
“This is the next step in our strategy to reposition ATI as an
aligned and integrated specialty materials and components business.
Consolidating the leadership of ATI’s High Performance Materials
and Components segment under John Sims will accelerate the
alignment and integration of the separate business units that
comprise this segment,” said Rich Harshman. “I believe there are
additional opportunities to further align, streamline and improve
the operating efficiencies, and enhance the competitive position of
our High Performance Materials and Components segment. John Sims
has knowledge and leadership experience involving each of the
business units comprising this segment. This knowledge and
experience combined with his commitment to disciplined continuous
improvement processes are important to our efforts to maximize the
performance and realize the full potential of this segment.
“We see additive manufacturing as an important component of
ATI’s long-term profitable growth strategy. Hunter Dalton’s deep
knowledge of ATI’s key global markets, products, and technical and
manufacturing capabilities, combined with his expertise in
technology and strategic development, make him uniquely capable to
assess opportunities and play a leading role in developing ATI’s
additive manufacturing approach and strategy development as well as
other strategic growth initiatives.”
ATI also announced that Thomas J. Witheford will succeed Mr.
Dalton as President of ATI Specialty Materials, which is part of
the High Performance Materials and Components segment. Mr.
Witheford will report to John Sims. Previously, Mr. Witheford was
ATI Specialty Materials’ Senior Vice President, Operations,
Technology and Quality.
John Sims joined ATI in 1996 as a product metallurgist at our
continuous bar and rod mill operations in Richburg, SC. He advanced
through a variety of technical and operational responsibilities at
ATI Specialty Materials, including being named Vice President,
Operations for ATI Specialty Materials in 2002. In 2011, Mr. Sims
was named Executive Vice President, ATI Primary Metals and
President, ATI Specialty Alloys and Components. In February 2013,
he was named Executive Vice President, Primary Titanium Operations,
and President of ATI Specialty Alloys and Components. In September
2013, Mr. Sims was named Executive Vice President, High Performance
Components Group. Prior to joining ATI, Mr. Sims served in a
variety of operational and staff assignments during a 14-year
career in the United States Navy. Mr. Sims earned a M.S. in
Mechanical/Materials Engineering from the Naval Post Graduate
School and has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Florida.
Hunter Dalton joined ATI in 1981 as an Industrial Engineer for
ATI Specialty Materials. He advanced through a variety of
commercial and operational responsibilities at ATI Specialty
Materials, including being named Vice President, Operations in
1999. In 2003, Mr. Dalton was named Senior Vice President, Sales
and Marketing for ATI Specialty Materials. In 2008, he was named
President of ATI Specialty Materials and Group President of ATI
Long Products. In 2011, Mr. Dalton was named Executive Vice
President, ATI High Performance Specialty Materials Group and
President of ATI Specialty Materials. Mr. Dalton has a B.S. in
Industrial Management from Virginia Tech.
Tom Witheford joined ATI in 1988 as a Product Engineer at ATI’s
melt operations in Latrobe, PA. He advanced through a variety of
technical and operational responsibilities at ATI Specialty
Materials, including being named Director, Billet Operations and
General Manager of ATI’s Specialty Materials Nickel Billet SBU in
1999. In 2000, Mr. Witheford was named Vice President, Operations
for GKN’s powder metals business. He was named Managing Director,
Europe and Asia for GKN based in Germany in 2005. Mr. Witheford
returned to ATI in 2010 as Vice President, Technology and Quality,
for ATI Specialty Materials. In 2011, he was named Vice President,
Operations, Technology and Quality. In 2014, he was named Senior
Vice President, Operations, Technology and Quality for ATI
Specialty Materials. Mr. Witheford has a BS in Metallurgical
Engineering and Materials Science from Case Western Reserve
University.
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meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current
expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, many of which we are unable to predict or control,
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no duty to update our forward-looking statements.
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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and
most diversified specialty materials and components producers in
the world with revenues of approximately $4.3 billion for the
twelve months ended June 30, 2015. ATI has approximately 9,600
full-time employees world-wide who use innovative technologies to
offer global markets a wide range of specialty materials solutions.
Our major markets are aerospace and defense, oil and gas/chemical
process industry, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food
equipment and appliance, and construction and mining. The ATI
website is www.ATImetals.com.
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