MARKHAM – Cygnal Technologies has hired Jack Van Kessel as president and general manager of White Radio, effective immediately.
Van Kessel brings to White Radio, a national distributor of products in the audio/video, communications, telecom, wireless, and TDM and contractor markets, more than 25 years of experience managing supply chain and logistics operations.
Most recently, he was vice-president and general manager of the hardware division of CanWel Building Materials, with overall responsibility for a 600-employee business that supplied 40,000 products to an independent dealer network and generated nearly $200 million of revenues annually, says the Cygnal release.
He was also a vice president of Brewers Retail Inc. from 1997 to 2003, running first its retail operations and then its logistics division. Van Kessel previously held logistics or operations management roles at Canada Safeway Ltd., Tibbett and Britten Group Canada, Price Daxion, and a division of Loblaw Companies Ltd.
“We are very pleased to welcome someone with Jack’s proven track record and leadership abilities to our executive team,” said Jos Wintermans, Cygnal’s president and CEO.
