Haroon Inam Joins Cattron Group as Vice President of Global Engineering
Sharpsville, PA, USA - (20, December 2005) Cattron Group International, a leading manufacturer of remote control products and professional services for the industrial, mining, commercial mobile and railroad markets, has announced the appointment of Haroon Inam as Vice President of Global Engineering reporting to the CEO.
Cattron Group International (Cattron Group) represents the group of subsidiary companies and product brands owned by Cattron Group Inc.
Inam will officially join Cattron Group the first of January, 2006, from his current position in management of Design Automation at Hamilton Sundstrand, a unit of United Technologies, in Rockford, IL. Inam comes to Cattron with over 19 years of engineering experience including aerospace and industrial experience leading large, diverse technical teams and creating world-class product development groups.
"We're very fortunate to have someone of Haroon's caliber leading Cattron's global engineering initiatives," stated John Paul, President and CEO of Cattron Group International. "His experience with sophisticated aerospace and systems design automation, in addition to his strong business sense, will enable us to maintain and enhance our corporate mission to bring world-class products to market." Paul added that Inam's skill with substantially reducing time-to-market and development of a global engineering footprint will significantly augment the company's product development cycles necessary to maintain their market leadership.
Prior to Hamilton Sundstrand, Inam was Director of Engineering at Honeywell Power Systems and Vice President of Engineering at Best Power. He earned both his Bachelor's (with honors) and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. He holds three patents in addition to a fourth patent that is pending. Inam has also completed executive training at University of Virginia's Darden Business School and Harvard Business School.
With 60 years of radio frequency (RF) and industrial remote control experience, Cattron Group companies have a total installed base of over 125,000 remote control systems throughout the world. Its products are suitable for all industries including railroads, construction, shipyards, mining, aerospace, steel, military, agriculture, shipping, material handling, utility vehicles and many more.
Cattron Group International subsidiary companies have operations in the USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, Brazil and Europe, and are supported by an extensive sales and distribution network throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. World Headquarters are located at 58 West Shenango St., Sharpsville, PA, 16150, USA. More information on the company is available by calling +1 (724) 962-3571 or on the internet at www.cattron.com.
