Siemens Industry Inc. names new president of Drive Technology division

Industry veteran Doug Keith has been promoted to lead Siemens Industry's Drive Technologies Division

Source: Siemens Industry

Siemens Industry, Inc. has named Doug Keith as president of its Drive Technologies Division. He joins the organization from Siemens Energy, where he served as vice president of the Power Distribution Medium Voltage Business Unit since 2005. Doug will be based in Alpharetta, Ga. and will succeed Anne Cooney, who has accepted a new position as COO of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics in Tarrytown, N.Y.

"Doug brings more than 20 years of engineering and industrial expertise to the Drive Technologies Division. We're confident that under his leadership the division will continue to expand its innovative motor and drive solutions to meet our customer's needs for increased productivity, energy efficiency, smart infrastructure and quality customer service," says Daryl Dulaney, president and CEO of Siemens Industry, Inc.

Prior to joining Siemens Energy in 2005, Doug occupied numerous leadership positions at General Electric where he managed factories in the United States and Mexico.

Doug holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and is currently enrolled at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin.

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- Edited by Gust Gianos, Plant Engineering, www.plantengineering.com