Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) announced that Terrence
L. Hartford has been named Vice President, ATI Defense effective
immediately. In this new position, Mr. Hartford will be responsible for
leading ATI’s Defense Market Sector Team in developing strategies to
grow ATI’s business across all branches of the U.S. military and on all
major Navy, Marine, Air Force and Army platforms. Mr. Hartford will
report to Kevin B. Kramer, ATI’s Senior Vice President and Chief
Commercial and Marketing Officer. Mr. Hartford will be based in
Washington, D.C.
“As we continue to move ATI forward as an aligned and integrated
company, we see opportunities to grow our business in the defense market
by providing ATI’s differentiated specialty materials and components
solutions,” said Rich Harshman, ATI’s Chairman, President and CEO.
“ATI’s long-term strategy is to focus our leadership in specialty
materials technologies, products, and manufacturing capabilities to
create value for customers across diversified high-value global markets,
including the defense market. Terry Hartford is an experienced ATI
executive who is well-qualified to help develop and expand ATI’s
relationships in the Pentagon and with strategic defense prime
contractors. Terry will work closely with ATI’s business units to
develop aligned defense market specific strategies that are designed to
drive profitable growth for ATI and create value for our customers and
shareholders.”
Terry Hartford began his ATI career in 1981 at ATI Flat Rolled Products
where he held various positions of increasing responsibility in sales
and marketing, quality, production planning and general management. In
2002, he was named Senior Vice President Commercial, ATI Flat Rolled
Products. In 2006, he was named Vice President and General Manager –
Sheet for ATI Flat Rolled Products a business representing $1 billion in
annual revenue for ATI. Mr. Hartford was also one of ATI’s
representatives on the board of our STAL joint venture from August 1998
through July 2002. Mr. Hartford has a Master’s of Business
Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School
of Business, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Allegheny
College.
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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most
diversified specialty materials and components producers in the world
with revenues of approximately $4.4 billion for the last twelve months.
ATI has approximately 9,600 full-time employees world-wide who use
innovative technologies to offer global markets a wide range of
specialty materials solutions. Our major markets are aerospace and
defense, oil and gas/chemical process industry, electrical energy,
medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, and construction and
mining. The ATI website is www.ATImetals.com.
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