Salt Lake City, Utah – Dec. 12, 2012 – The Savage Board of Directors announced today the appointment of Kirk Aubry as President of the Company. Aubry joined Savage in October of 2010 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. His contributions to the Company in this role have been outstanding, thus resulting in the Board’s confidence in Kirk Aubry’s ability to lead Savage as its President. Allen Alexander will continue with Savage in the role of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
“Kirk Aubry has brought tremendous insight and leadership to Savage since he joined us two years ago,” said Allen Alexander, CEO of Savage. “The Board and the rest of the Savage Executive Team are pleased to have Kirk take on the role of President. We look forward to his leadership and guidance as the Company continues to meet our customers’ needs and expand into new markets.”
“I’m looking forward to continuing to support and develop our team.” said Kirk Aubry, President and COO of Savage. “We have great opportunities to use our logistics solutions to help our customers’ solve their supply chain challenges.”
Aubry’s background includes more than 20 years of proven operational and leadership experience. Prior to joining Savage in 2010, Aubry was Managing Partner of the CEO Project, a unique organization that helps companies with process re-engineering and strategic thinking at the top executive level, and COO of a medical software organization, known as gloStream. Prior to that, he served as COO of Cadence Innovation, where he was responsible for almost 6,000 employees in more than 30 facilities around the world. Kirk also previously served as Vice President of Textron Inc., where Kirk led an enterprise-wide effort to improve the culture, structure, operation and composition of this multi-industry company.
