MANUFACTURING
STEVEN HIRE
PRESIDENT, CHEMTREAT INC., GLEN ALLEN
Named president of industrial water treatment company ChemTreat in 2010, Hire has an extensive background in branding and marketing. A graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management with a degree in marketing, Hire previously served as senior vice president and general manager of Acuity Brands Lighting, general manager at Fluke Corp. and corporate director of Danaher Corp.’s DBS Growth Tools. A subsidiary of Danaher Corp., ChemTreat was
purchased by the Washington, D.C.-based holding company in 2007 after being in business since 1968. In July, ChemTreat won the 2019 Supplier of the Year award in the sustainability category from the Boeing Co., a client since 2012. In April 2019, Hire broke ground on a $10 million
applied technology lab in Hanover County, which is being built across the street from its manufacturing plant. ChemTreat has locations in North and South America, and it has acquired other chemical treatment companies over the past decade, including USP Technologies, purchased in 2019.
DAVID JOHNSON
DUPONT SPRUANCE SITE DIRECTOR, DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC., CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
Johnson joined DuPont as site director of its largest plant in the world in 2018, after a long career in chemical engineering and operations for Invista, Kraton Polymers, Huntsman and other companies. A graduate of North Carolina State University, Johnson serves on the executive committee for the Virginia Manufacturers Association and the board of Virginia Forever, a coalition of businesses and environmental organizations focused on protecting natural resources. DuPont Spruance has seen a lot of change in
the past year, with its announcement that it will expand its Kevlar plant by investing $75 million. Plus, during the start of the pandemic, it partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and FedEx to produce protective clothing and distribute it around the country. Te plant’s 2,000 workers began taking on 12-hour shifts seven days a week in March. In 2019, Johnson received a certificate in leading operational excellence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s executive education program.
SCOTT KEOGH
CEO AND PRESIDENT, VOLKSWAGEN
GROUP OF AMERICA INC., HERNDON
Named head of Volkswagen’s U.S., Mexican and Canadian presence in 2018, Keogh was previ- ously president of Audi of America, part of the Volkswagen Group of vehicle lines. In his current position, he oversees the U.S. operations of Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and VW Credit Inc. Before joining Audi in 2006 as chief marketing officer, Keogh worked for Mercedes-Benz USA. In an interview last year, Keogh said his first car was a Volkswagen Rabbit with a manual transmission. He stepped into a challenging role in 2018, fol-
lowing the $33.3 billion international diesel emissions scandal, in which Volkswagen AG was revealed in 2015 as having faked emissions tests. Te fallout led to more than 8 million cars being recalled and hundreds of lawsuits. Keogh came to the job having doubled sales of Audis between 2010 to 2015 and is the first American to oversee Volkswagen’s North American operations in 25 years. His current focus is developing three new all-electric Volkswagens, including a VW microbus, in 2022. A graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, he is a native of New York.
FRANKY
MARCHAND
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, VOLVO GROUP TRUCKS OPERATIONS IN AMERICAS, PULASKI
Marchand serves as vice president and general manager at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley plant — the largest Volvo truck plant in the world. Te New River Valley plant is the only North American producer of Volvo trucks. It operates in 1.6 million square feet of manufacturing space. Te New River Valley plant alone employs 3,500
people, with 130 robots used for painting vehicles. In June 2019, Volvo Group announced plans to invest nearly $400 million, add 350,000 square feet to its Dublin complex in Pulaski County and hire 777 new workers over the next six years. But then five months later, Volvo announced it would lay off 700 workers, starting in January. In late January, however, Volvo Group’s Mack
Trucks company announced it would hire 250 people for a new medium-duty truck assembly plant in Roanoke County. Mack Trucks plans to invest $13 million in the project. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Marchand was
appointed to Gov. Ralph Northam’s task force, com- posed of 24 business leaders (including Amazon and Walmart executives) across the state, asked for policy input on reopening the state for business. Marchand is focusing on ways to maintain appropriate distance among manufacturing employees.
PETER MAYR
PRESIDENT, LIEBHERR
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO., NEWPORT NEWS
Leader of the Swiss construction equipment com- pany Liebherr Group’s U.S. presence, Mayr has been with the company since 2001, filling roles in Austria, Spain and England. In 2013, he became president of Newport News-based Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. and he continued to lead the U.S. divisions after a corporate realignment in 2016. Te Newport News headquarters, open since
1970, manufactures large mining trucks and cranes, among other large equipment. Work finished in June on the headquarters’ $60 million, 251,000-square- foot expansion, including a new administrative building, production and workshop facility, training center and distribution warehouse. A graduate of the University of Innsbruck in
Austria, his home country, Mayr oversees about 500 employees on the Newport News campus and 1,300 across 13 locations nationwide. In January, Liebherr USA won the Associated Equipment Distributors’ foundation partner award.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, FRAMATOME INC., LYNCHBURG
After becoming president and CEO of nuclear equip- ment supplier Framatome in 2018, Mignogna moved the company’s headquarters from Charlotte, North Carolina, back to Lynchburg, its home until 2006. Its Virginia workforce accounts for about 1,300 of its 2,300 employees in North America. From 2014 to 2018, Mignogna served as president
of Areva Inc., which reverted to the name Framatome after a financial downturn and subsequent rebrand- ing. A graduate of Drexel University and Lynchburg College with degrees in engineering and business, Mignogna is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s board and serves on its executive committee. He also serves on the boards of the National D-Day Memorial and the University of Lynchburg. Mignogna started his career in 1977 with
Babcock & Wilcox Co.’s nuclear services division, which was purchased by France-based Framatome, and in 2006, the Areva Group purchased Framatome. In June, Framatome acquired BWX Technologies Inc.’s commercial nuclear services business, also headquartered in Lynchburg.
GARY M. MIGNOGNA
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