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Commtest Management Team

• Jim Seifer

  

  Director, Channel Development

  Jim Seifer joined the Commtest management team in 2008 as the Northeast Regional Manager in North America. In January of 2009, Jim was named Director of Corporate Solutions for North America. In this role Mr. Seifer is responsible for building and developing durable relationships with major corporate accounts in North America.

  Prior to joining Commtest, Jim gained 15 years of Sales Management experience at General Electric, Olympus America, and Premier Industrial in the non-destructive testing and maintenance supplies markets. Mr. Seifer became a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional in June 2009.

  In 2010 Mr. Seifer was appointed Director of Channel Development. In this role, his focus is to expand and develop the Channel Partners' network including the advancement of the management team that oversees local Channel Partners.

   

• Rod Acklin

  

  General Manager, North America

  Rod Acklin has been associated with Commtest since our inception in the early 1990s working with one of Commtest's key products at the time, the Profiler. In the late 1990s, when Commtest moved into Vibration Analysis, Rod was also involved with the development of the vb1, Commtest's first vibration analysis instrument.

  Since early 2009, Rod has served as Commtest's Product Manager for Vibration, and is also responsible for a select group of key accounts Worldwide for Commtest. In May 2010, Rod became General Manager of North American Operations. Rod focuses his energy and talents on Product Development, feedback from our Customers, and producing Technical Papers. 

  Before joining Commtest, Rod worked as a Design and Application Engineer for approximately 20 years with experience in the Market Verticals that Commtest services, including Wind Energy, Mining, Pharmaceuticals, Paper, Chemical, Transportation, Aerospace and Defense to name a few. Rod has an Electrical Engineering background and also has formal training in Project Management and Contract Review and Management.

  Rod's additional experience involves long-term engagements with customers in qualifying Global vendors, Process Mapping, and initiating Condition Monitoring Programs. Rod also has facilitated Kaizan events and participated in ISO Certification Auditing teams. Prior to being involved with the Analysis and Diagnostics of Rotating Equipment, Rod ran a production facility in Northeast Ohio.

  Rod is an ISO Category II Vibration Analyst, a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) and also holds a MSHA (Mining Safety and Health Act) Certification. Rod has a passion for Reliability and works to create lasting value for all Commtest stakeholders.

• Emad Bitar

  

  Area Director, MENA & South Asia

  Emad Bitar has more than 20 years of experience in Condition Monitoring Programs as an Application Engineer and Application Manager.

  His expertise is in Services, Support, implementation and Training with more than 13 years focused experience in the Middle East and with machinery troubleshooting using advanced vibration techniques.

  Emad is a Certified Trainer for advanced vibration and Certification of Vibration Analyst I & II from the Vibration Institute (1994). A certified ISO Vibration Analysis CAT III, Emad has authored many technical papers for the Vibration Institute, PdM, Rotate, Uptime, Maintenance Management. He holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Tennessee - USA