FARO Names John E. Townsley as SVP of HR
May 17 2007 - 10:29AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc., the world market leader in portable
computer-aided measurement arms and laser tracker sales, announced
that it has appointed John E. Townsley as its Senior Vice President
of Human Resources. Most recently, John served as the VP of Human
Resources and Administration of Balfour Beatty, Inc. -- the U.S.
entity of London based Balfour Beatty plc. He was recruited to
establish and develop the HR function for the U.S. operating
companies and strategically link them with the overall business
plan. John graduated from Murray State University in 1986 with a
Bachelor's degree in Management, then began his career as the
Assistant Human Resources Manager at Emerson Electric's Hermetic
Motor Co. -- a $350 million manufacturing entity with 2,900
employees -- and was named HR Director by 1993. In 1994, he joined
Danaher Corporation as Director of HR in the Danaher Tool Group. He
subsequently was appointed to the position of Worldwide Director of
HR for Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing Co., another Danaher Corp.
subsidiary. In addition, John served as Group Director of Human
Resources, which gave him responsibility for nine companies with $1
billion in revenue with global operations in 22 locations and 5,800
employees. In 1999, he became the VP of HR for Packaging Services,
an operating subsidiary within Cardinal Health, a global health
care company. During his tenure, John led due diligence and
integration efforts for multiple international and domestic
acquisitions, created an accountability-oriented management
environment, including succession management and a culture of
competency-based selection and performance measurements. "John has
a proven track record of success with global organizations," FARO
President and CEO Jay Freeland said. "His expertise in strategic
management and organizational development for multinational Fortune
500 corporations will be an invaluable asset, but ultimately it was
his passion for FARO's mission that set him far above all other
candidates." About FARO With more than 13,500 installations and
6,500 customers globally, FARO Technologies, Inc. designs,
develops, and markets portable, computerized measurement devices
and software used to create digital models -- or to perform
evaluations against an existing model -- for anything requiring
highly detailed 3-D measurements, including part and assembly
inspection, factory planning and asset documentation, as well as
specialized applications ranging from surveying, recreating
accident sites and crime scenes to digitally preserving historical
sites. FARO's technology increases productivity by dramatically
reducing the amount of on-site measuring time, and the various
industry-specific software packages enable users to process and
present their results quickly and more effectively. Principal
products include the world's best-selling portable measurement arm
-- the FaroArm; the world's best-selling laser tracker -- the FARO
Laser Tracker; the FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; the
FARO Gage, Gage- PLUS and PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 family of
advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software. FARO
Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory
registered. Learn more at http://www.faro.com/ DATASOURCE: FARO
Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global PR Manager of FARO
Technologies, Inc., +1-407-333-9911, Web site: http://www.faro.com/
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