PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MSA Safety
Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) President and CEO Nish Vartanian today announced that, in a
planned management succession, Stephanie L.
Sciullo will be promoted to Vice President and Chief Legal
Officer of the company. Ms. Sciullo will succeed Douglas K. McClaine who, after 35 years of
service to the company, has decided to retire in early to
mid-2020. The new assignment for Ms. Sciullo will be
effective January 1, and she will
report directly to Mr. Vartanian.
"In connection with Doug
McClaine's retirement, I am pleased to announce the
promotion of Stephanie Sciullo,"
said Mr. Vartanian. "Since joining the company in 2010,
Stephanie quickly established herself as a key contributor to our
in-house legal team, and MSA overall. Her commitment to MSA,
our mission, and the legal community in western Pennsylvania are worth emulating and I know
Stephanie will serve MSA very well in the years ahead."
Commenting on the retirement of Mr. McClaine, Mr. Vartanian
expressed gratitude for the many contributions Mr. McClaine has
made to MSA's success over his nearly four-decade tenure with the
company. "We greatly appreciate Doug's dedication to the
mission of MSA," he said. "Under Doug's leadership, our
company was able to ensure the successful collection of monies owed
by various insurance carriers on insurance receivable assets.
In addition, Doug played a key role in helping MSA navigate
through the many complex legal requirements mandated for
publicly-held companies in 2002 by the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. Doug also guided MSA through the various legal
aspects related to our transition from the American Stock Exchange
to the New York Stock Exchange in 2004," Mr. Vartanian noted.
"It is with sincere appreciation that I acknowledge and salute
these and many other accomplishments and improvements Doug has made
to MSA, and all of us wish him and his family the best as he enters
the next and well-deserved phase of life," Mr. Vartanian
said.
Most recently, Ms. Sciullo served as Deputy General Counsel,
where she managed a company-wide litigation portfolio for a wide
range of matters, with a focus on nationwide coordination of
complex litigation and associated insurance recovery litigation.
Over her nearly 10 years with the company, Ms. Sciullo has
delivered multi-million-dollar cost savings through innovative
outside counsel management and has saved the organization more than
$10 million by applying lean
manufacturing principles to litigation management. For her
efforts in this area, Ms. Sciullo was recognized in 2014 as a Value
Challenge Champion by the Association of Corporate Counsel.
In addition to her MSA responsibilities, Ms. Sciullo has worked
to better the Pittsburgh in-house
legal community as a leader in professional industry associations
and an advocate for pro bono work. As an example, in 2013,
Ms. Sciullo designed and launched MSA's annual Wills for
Heroes event, a national program created after September 11 where volunteer lawyers provide
estate planning documents to first responders free-of-charge. MSA
now sponsors an annual Wills for Heroes event for local
Pittsburgh-based firefighters to
provide complete and notarized estate-planning documents.
As an adjunct professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University, Ms. Sciullo designed a course
offered at both schools – called In-House Counsel in Modern
Corporations – to encourage business-minded action in the legal
community. In 2017, Ms. Sciullo was recognized by the
Pittsburgh Business Times as one of the 10 most accomplished
in-house attorneys in Western
Pennsylvania through the In-House Counsel General Excellence
Awards.
Prior to joining MSA, Ms. Sciullo practiced with Reed Smith, LLP specializing in litigation. She
is a graduate from the University of
Pittsburgh School of Law and graduated summa cum laude with
a bachelor's degree in politics and philosophy from the University
of Pittsburgh.
About MSA Safety
Established in 1914, MSA Safety Incorporated is the global
leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety
products that protect people and facility infrastructures.
Many MSA products integrate a combination of electronics,
mechanical systems and advanced materials to protect users against
hazardous or life-threatening situations. The company's
comprehensive product line is used by workers around the world in a
broad range of markets, including the oil, gas and petrochemical
industry, the fire service, the construction industry, mining and
the military. MSA's core products include self-contained
breathing apparatus, fixed gas and flame detection systems,
portable gas detection instruments, industrial head protection
products, firefighter helmets and protective apparel, and fall
protection devices. With 2018 revenues of $1.4 billion, MSA employs approximately 4,800
people worldwide. The company is headquartered north of
Pittsburgh in Cranberry Township, Pa., and has manufacturing
operations in the United States,
Europe, Asia and Latin America. With more than
40 international locations, MSA realizes approximately half of its
revenue from outside North America. For more information
visit MSA's web site at www.MSAsafety.com.
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