Harold Bevis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pliant Corporation, has over 20 years of global experience with multiple types of technology-driven manufactured products sold across a full range of sales channels.
Mr. Bevis joined Pliant from Emerson Electric, where he served as President of Emerson Telecommunications Products, a group of manufacturing companies, beginning in 1998. Mr. Bevis led the sale of this group to Emerson while he was President and CEO of Jordan Telecommunication Products, Inc., a manufacturer of non-proprietary communications products.
Prior to that, Mr. Bevis served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of General Cable, a large, vertically integrated domestic manufacturer of wire and cable products sold through wholesale and retail channels to companies such as The Home Depot, True Value Hardware, Rexel and Graybar. Mr. Bevis has also held positions of increasing responsibility with General Electric, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, and General Dynamics, where he began his career as an engineer.
Mr. Bevis holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA in Marketing from Columbia University in New York.
In addition to his duties as President and CEO, Mr. Bevis also serves on Pliant's Board of Directors. |