JCB North America appointed Tim Witter as its vice president of manufacturing. In his new position, Witter is responsible for JCB’s North American Manufacturing Center, which builds the company’s skid-steer and compact track loaders, the 3CX backhoe loader and the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE). His experience in manufacturing includes more than 18 years at Gorbel, a global overhead handling solutions manufacturer. There, he served as vice president of operations. He replaces Stuart Hughes. Hughes returned to JCB’s global headquarters in Rochester, England, in November to serve as director of operations for Heavyline Product Manufacturing Center.

Bill Wright, CEO of Wright Manufacturing, was selected for a 2016 Maryland International Business Leadership Award. The World Trade Center Institute, a regional business network, sponsors the award. Wright will receive his award March 9 at a ceremony in Baltimore. Wright’s Frederick, Md., company manufactures stand-on, zero-turn and walk-behind mowers and accessories.

Control Solutions (CSI) hired Paul Fox as its Gulf Coast area manager. He will represent the Quali-Pro line in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Fox has a bachelor’s in turfgrass science from University of Florida. Paul comes to CSI from Winfield Solutions, where he worked in turf, pest control and aquatics for 16 years. At Winfield, he worked in the Florida and Southeastern U.S. specialty markets in sales, purchasing, operations and business management.

The Harvest Group added Fred Haskett as a consultant. He is a 30-year industry veteran who has worked with Valley Crest, U.S. Lawns, Landscape Development and the Brickman Group and has experience in operations, finance, sales, marketing and franchising. Haskett entered the industry in 1980 when he founded Greenworld Lawn Care in Ohio. Most recently, he was vice president of Landscape Development. He is a certified landscape manager, certified arborist, certified turfgrass professional and a NALP Trailblazer.

Dow AgroSciences added four new sales representatives to the turf and ornamental team:

• Yusif Jaouni accepted a sales representative position, assisting customers in Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education.
• Jordan Symon joined the Southeast region as a sales representative covering Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and northern Florida. She received a bachelor’s in agricultural communications and journalism from Texas A&M University.
• Phil Bruner was named sales representative for the Carolinas. He has a bachelor’s and a master’s in agronomy and soils from Auburn University. Bruner replaces Scott Eicher, who retired after 33 years with Dow AgroSciences.
• Chester VandenBerg accepted a sales representative position in western Florida. He graduated from Cornerstone University with a bachelor’s in business management. VandenBerg replaces Jan Castanza, who was with Eli Lilly and Dow AgroSciences for more than 40 years.