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Leadership Changes at Ellicott Dredge Enterprises
The Board of Directors of Ellicott Dredge Enterprises announced that Heiko Osterchrist has been promoted to president and Craig Murdock advanced to chief operating officer.
Osterchrist has more than 35 years of experience in international sales and business development. He was
on Ellicott’s Board of Directors from 2002 to 2009 and joined Ellicott full time as vice president in 2011. As Vice President, he spearheaded the acquisition of and managed EDE’s three European-based ventures: Rohr GMBH, Rohr France Srl and IDRECO BV.
Murdock has more than 30 years of experience in quality control and operations. Hired as a QA manager in 2010, he was appointed the Director of Corporate Process Improvement for Ellicott Dredges of Baltimore and Ellicott Dredge Technologies of New Richmond, Wis., in 2013. He was promoted to GM in 2014 and is responsible
for manufacturing, engineering, materials and process
improvements for both of EDE’s U.S. locations.
Peter Bowe, former
President and CEO, will
remain as CEO and board
member. He will focus on
business development, strateg
key corporate relationships. Marty Barnes, former COO, will continue as SVP, focusing on IT and customer-service projects.
“After 31 years of leading Ellicott Dredges, it is very gratifying for me to announce a new leadership cohort, all developed internally. And we are pleased that Marty Barnes will continue to offer us and our clients his unparalleled experience after a career already spanning over 50 years long with Ellicott. I look forward to the next stage of Ellicott’s success,” Bowe said.
Ellicott also announced Bowe’s appointment to the U.S. Commerce Department Trade Finance Advisory Council as an adviser to the secretary on private-sector trade financing for U.S. exporters, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises and their foreign-buyer clients. 􏰀
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