People on the Move
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, July 31, 2006
Executives
Clear Thinking Group
Hillsborough, N.J. — Timothy Wright has joined Clear Thinking Group, a retail and consumer products manufacturing consultancy, as a consultant in the Process and Performance Improvement Group.
Wright brings over five years of systems implementation experience in the consulting and financial services fields. He most recently was a senior management analyst in the financial services department at BearingPoint in Chicago, where he was involved in enterprise-wide projects for retail, leasing, insurance and credit companies.
Prior to that, he worked for JPMorgan Chase in Chicago as a business analyst in the global trade department, involved in flowing overseas goods to major retail chains.
Kimball International
Jasper, Ind. — Former Bush Inds. executive David White has been promoted to vice president and general manager of Kimball Office, the office furniture unit of Kimball International.
White, a Bush executive from 2002 to 2004, had been vice president of sales at Kimball Office since leaving Bush. In his last post there, he was president of Bush Furniture North America, the company's ready-to-assemble home and office furniture businesses.
He is replacing Randy Iles, who recently left the company after heading Kimball Office for five years.
Shoppers Charge Accounts
Mahwah, N.J. — Matthew Temares has joined Shoppers Charge Accounts, the private-label credit card division of TD Banknorth, N.A., as vice president, sales executive for the southeastern and southwestern United States.
A 17-year veteran of financial services marketing, Temares most recently was at Chase Paymentech in Dallas as an account executive in the firm's Financial Institution Management Group. Earlier, he was with companies including Cardholder Management Services, Safeguard Business Systems and TeleConferencing Services.
Broyhill Furniture
Lenoir, N.C. — Broyhill Furniture Inds. has named Wesley Miller as plant manager of its Lenoir Chair Plant #5. He replaces Dwight Davis, who left the company to pursue other interests.
Miller has worked with Broyhill for almost 28 years, mostly at the company's Harper facility, where he held a number of management positions including division manager and production manager.
He reports to Jim Price, senior vice president of upholstery manufacturing.
Marketing/sales
Baston Group
Greenville, S.C. — Baston Group, a supplier of machinery to the textiles and non-wovens industries, has appointed Charles Little group manager to oversee sales and marketing.
He has held senior management posts at Mount Vernon Mills, La France, Little Cotton Mfg. and Cannon Mills.
His experience spans product development, manufacturing, marketing and sales for products aimed at the automotive, furniture, transportation, paint application and hospitality industries.
At Baston, Little reports to President Caroline Stewart.
Dealers First Choice
Atlanta — National furniture promotions and liquidation company Dealers First Choice has named Mike Jones southeast regional manager.
Jones has worked in the industry for 25 years, the past six as vice president of sales for the Sunrise Home Furnishings.
He reports to Joe and Mike Meadows, principals of Dealers First Choice.
Tietex Interiors
Tupelo, Miss. — Hillary Phillips has joined fabric supplier Tietex Interiors as a sales representative based here.
She previously was merchandise manager at PeopLoungers.
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