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Sofame Technologies Inc. announced
in May the addition of Michel Brisson to
the executive team as president and chief
executive officer. For more than 20 years,
Brisson has been a sales and management
executive, most notably serving as president and chief executive officer of SAP
Canada. In his new role, he will focus on
building the Sofame direct sales team in
addition to expanding the sales network of
representatives across North America.
Concurrent with the appointment of
Brisson, Sofame announced that John
Gocek, previously the corporation's president and chief executive officer, will take
up the newly created position of chief
operating officer. Gocek's role will be to
continue strengthening Sofame's manufacturing operations, market position and
engineering capabilities.
to that, he held the
positions of national
account manager and
industrial OEM market
manager. Appleby has
a bachelor of science
degree in sales and
marketing from New
York University. His office is located at
Danfoss Drives’ Milwaukee facility.
with Veolia Energy over 11 years. Prior to
his current position, he served internationally with the Dalkia Group, working in
executive management and board positions
in Australia, Sweden, Norway, France and
the United Kingdom.
IDEA legal counsel
Joel L. Greene, an
attorney with the law
firm Jennings Strouss &
Salmon, was selected
for inclusion in Best
Lawyers in America®
2010, published by
Woodard/White Inc. of Aiken, S.C. For
more than two decades, Best Lawyers has
been regarded by both the legal profession
and the public as the definitive guide to
legal excellence in the United States.
Lawyers are chosen for inclusion based
solely on a vote of their peers. A total of 31
lawyers with Jennings Strouss & Salmon –
more than half the firm’s equity members –
were included in this year’s Best Lawyers
list. Greene, who practices in the area of
energy law, is based at Jennings Strouss &
Salmon’s office in Washington, D.C.
IDEA board member Stewart A. Wood,
president and chief
executive officer of
Veolia Energy North
America, has been
elected to the board of
directors of the French-American Chamber of Commerce, New
England Chapter (FACCNE). Wood will
serve for a two-year term on the 18-mem-
ber FACCNE board. The French-American
Chamber of Commerce contributes to the
development and improvement of economic,
commercial and financial relations between
France and the United States. Wood has
served in a number of executive capacities
William “Bill”
DiCroce was named
chief operating officer
of Veolia Energy North
America in September
2009. DiCroce is now
responsible for the
company's operational
and financial performance, as well as
charged with driving growth across the
country. He joined Veolia Energy North
America as senior vice president - East
region in June 2008. Before joining Veolia
Energy, DiCroce was the president and
COO of Advanced Energy Systems Inc., a
subsidiary of NSTAR Electric and Gas Co.,
which owned and operated district energy
systems in the Boston area. Previously he
worked at General Electric, Boston Edison
and Entergy.
USPS Statement
Patrick Appleby has been named
vice president industry sales at Danfoss
Drives. In this new role, he will be responsible for industrial OEM and distribution
sales. Appleby comes to Danfoss with more
than 20 years’ experience at General
Electric in a variety of capacities. Most
recently, he was the North American distribution sales manager for GE motors. Prior
