Park Electrochemical Corp. Announces Promotions of Mark Esquivel and Gus Petropoulos
May 10 2019 - 9:38AM
Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) announced the promotion of
Mark Esquivel to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company and the promotion of Constantine
(“Gus”) Petropoulos to the position of Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of the Company. Mark and Gus will continue to
report to Brian Shore, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Park Electrochemical Corp.
Mark Esquivel has been Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of the Company since December 5, 2018 and
served as Senior Vice President--Aerospace of the Company from
October 2017 to December 2018, Vice President--Aerospace of the
Company from April 2015 to October 2017, Vice President of
Aerospace Composite Parts of Park Aerospace Technologies Corp. from
March 2012 to April 2015 and President of Park Aerospace
Technologies Corp. from June 2010 to March 2012. From
September 2008 to June 2010, Mark was Vice President and General
Manager of Neltec, Inc., which was Park’s high-technology circuitry
materials business unit located in Tempe, Arizona. He served
as Manufacturing Manager of Neltec from August 2004 to September
2008 and as Materials Manager from February 2001 to August
2004. Mark received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied
Management from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Gus Petropoulos has been Vice President and
General Counsel of the Company since September 4, 2014. Prior
to joining the Company, he had been Managing Attorney, Strategic
Matters for Scientific Games Corporation in New York City since
November 2011. From September 2007 to October 2011, he was
Senior Corporate Counsel, Finance & Strategic Development, at
Coca-Cola HBC SA in Attica, Greece; and from October 2002 to
September 2007 he was a senior associate attorney at Latham &
Watkins in New York City. He received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Economics and Government from Saint Lawrence University
and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law
School and a Certificate of Study in Business and Public Policy
from The Wharton School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Park Electrochemical Corp. is an Aerospace
Company which develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt
advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures
for the global aerospace markets. Park’s advanced composite
materials include film adhesives (undergoing qualification) and
lightning strike materials. Park offers an array of composite
materials specifically designed for hand lay-up or automated fiber
placement (AFP) manufacturing applications. Park’s advanced
composite materials are used to produce primary and secondary
structures for jet engines, large and regional transport aircraft,
military aircraft, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs commonly referred
to as “drones”), business jets, general aviation aircraft and
rotary wing aircraft. Park also offers specialty ablative
materials for rocket motors and nozzles and specially designed
materials for radome applications. As a complement to Park’s
advanced composite materials offering, Park designs and fabricates
composite parts, structures and assemblies and low volume tooling
for the aerospace industry. Target markets for Park’s
composite parts and structures (which include Park’s patented
composite Sigma Strut and Alpha Strut product lines) are, among
others, prototype and development aircraft, special mission
aircraft, spares for legacy military and civilian aircraft and
exotic spacecraft. Park’s objective is to do what others are
either unwilling or unable to do. When nobody else wants to
do it because it is too difficult, too small or too annoying, sign
us up.
Additional corporate information is available on
the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com.
Contact: Martina Bar Kochva48 South Service
RoadMelville, NY 11747(631) 465-3600
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