Allen Carlson Leads 2011 IFPE Show Management Committee
April 15, 2010
Allen Carlson, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Sun Hydraulics Corp., Sarasota, Florida is Chairman of the 2011 IFPE
exposition and leads the show's management committee, a group of volunteer
business executives who oversee show planning to ensure the event meets the
needs of industry participants.
Vice Chairman of the show management committee is
Bill Parks, President of Deltrol Fluid Products, Bellwood, Illinois.
IFPE will be held March 22-26, 2011 at the Las Vegas
Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA. It is the leading international exposition
and technical conference dedicated to the integration of fluid power with other
technologies for power transmission and motion control applications. The show is
co-located with the CONEXPO-CON/AGG exposition for the construction
industries.
Carlson has over 35 years experience in the fluid
power industry. He joined Sun Hydraulics in March 1996 serving in a senior
marketing assignment, and in 1998 his focus was directed towards manufacturing
operations. He was elected President, CEO and a member of the Sun Hydraulics
board in May 2000. Prior to joining Sun Hydraulics, Carlson served in various
engineering, product management and sales assignments for Vickers, Inc. from
October 1977 to March 1996. He is the current chair of NFPA (National Fluid
Power Association), incoming chair of the MAPI presidents council and a regent
at MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) as well as being actively involved
with Junior Achievement, serving on both local and regional boards.
IFPE 2011 Management Committee
Members
Members of the IFPE 2011 Management Committee, in
addition to Allen Carlson and Bill Parks, are:
* Melissa Fulkerson, Senior Marketing Communications
Program Manager, Eaton Corp., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
* Gerald Graf, Manager Hydraulic Systems, Caterpillar Inc., Joliet, Illinois
* Michael Gust, Director Industrial Liaison, Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Justin Jacobi, President and Chief Executive Officer, SunSource, Addison, Illinois
* Robert James, Vice President Global Marketing, Pall Corp. Industrial Manufacturing, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
* David Knight, Distribution Channel Manager, Parker Hannifin Corp., Kalamazoo, Michigan
* Patrick Lee, President Fluid Power North America, Gates Corp., Denver, Colorado
* Susan Ludwig, Senior Marketing Specialist, Racine Federated Inc., Racine, Wisconsin
* Rachel Martin, Manager Market Communications Americas, Sauer-Danfoss, Ames, Iowa
* Arlin Perry, President, Comer Industries Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina
* Gus Schroeder, Executive Vice President/General Manager Schroeder Industries, Hydac Corp., Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
* Arthur Smith, Vice President International Marketing, Hydraforce Inc., Lincolnshire, Illinois
* John Strickland, Vice President Marketing and Strategic Planning, Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems, Layfayette, Indiana
* Tom Wanke, Director Fluid Power Institute, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Aaron Weida, Manager Marketing Communications Hydraulics Division, Bosch Rexroth Corp., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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