Spartanics managers become owners

Three Spartanics executives who have been responsible for managing major segments of the company in recent years - Tom Kleeman, Bill Gillen, and Tom O'Hara - are assuming ownership of Spartanics.

Tom Kleeman, a 27-year Spartanics employee who most recently had been Spartanics' Chief Technical Officer, assumes new duties as Spartanics CEO, overseeing organizational direction and product development.  Bill Gillen, a 26-year Spartanics employee who has been Spartanics VP Manufacturing since 2000, will now take on duties of COO, overseeing manufacturing and service operations.  Tom O'Hara, CPA, who has worked in a wide swath of manufacturing firms and who joined Spartanics in 2000 as the Comptroller/VP Finance, will now be the Spartanics President, overseeing all finance, human resources, and purchasing functions.  Bill Knotts will now assume full-time duties as the company's Vice President of Sales and Marketing.