Bain Appointed Vice-President, Marketing and Sales; Dorvan To
Lead Quality Assurance
CMC Electronics Inc.
has named Cathy Bain vice-president, marketing and sales and has
appointed Francois Dorval to the newly-created position of
vice-president, quality assurance and continuous Improvement.
Together, they'll lead the company's efforts to build better
products... and sell them.
Cathy Bain
In her new position, Cathy will lead CMC's marketing and sales
activities and consolidate the marketing of all CMC products in its
military aviation, commercial aviation and custom electronics
business units. In this capacity, Bain will direct a team of
employees in Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Chicago, IL; and in
the United Kingdom.
Bain has held the position of director of marketing of CMC's
commercial aviation business unit since 2000. She joined CMC
Electronics in 1997 in the position of marketing manager, satellite
communications products. Before joining CMC, she held a number of
positions of ever increasing responsibility at Spar Aerospace and
Leigh Instruments, including marketing manager, project manager and
project cost analyst, in its flight safety systems and military
avionics divisions. Prior to that, Bain held positions at Gandalf
Technologies and the Architectural Institute of Canada.
"Cathy is highly qualified to lead this key area of
responsibility given the leadership skills she gained during the
sixteen years that she has worked in the aerospace industry," said
Jean-Pierre Mortreux, president and CEO, CMC Electronics. "Her
valuable experience in marketing, business development, program
management and human resources management will contribute to
supporting the company's growth and sales objectives."
CMC Electronics designs and produces leading technology
electronics products for the aviation and global positioning
markets. Its principal locations are in Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa,
Ontario; and Chicago, Illinois. CMC Electronics is a private
company controlled by an investor group led by ONCAP L.P. ONCAP is
a CDN $400 million investment fund established by Onex Corporation
and a number of leading Canadian financial institutions. Onex is a
diversified company with annual consolidated revenues of
approximately CDN $16 billion and consolidated assets of
approximately CDN $14 billion. Onex is one of Canada's largest
companies with global operations in the service, manufacturing and
technology industries.
Francois Dorval
Francois Dorval has been named to the newly-created position of
vice-president, quality assurance and continuous improvement.
Most recently, Dorval was vice-president of programs at Thales
Avionics Canada Inc. He previously held the position of director,
quality and continuous improvement, at Thales, where he joined in
1997 as a program manager. He began his career in the automotive
industry as a project engineer, and he holds a degree in Mechanical
Engineering from l'�cole Polytechnique de
l'Universit� de Montr�al.
"Francois has gained valuable experience in the aerospace
industry where he has held a variety of senior level positions in
program and quality management," said Jean-Pierre Mortreux,
president and CEO, CMC Electronics. "At CMC, he will provide vital
support to our company's efforts to continuously improve our
processes as a means to enhance customer satisfaction."