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March 2021 / 53 The transition means that Jeff Thompson is stepping down as Vortex's president and chief oper- ating of cer (COO), but he will remain as the company's chief nancial of cer. Thompson will also act as a senior advisor to the new leadership team and will continue to oversee IT, human resources, and accounting. Thomp- son served as president and CEO for 13 years and has been with the company for 18 years. Brian Burmaster has been pro- moted to chief sales and marketing of cer and will be responsible for client retention, customer service, operational engineering, and the company's overall growth. He has been with the company for 14 years with his most recent role being the vice president of sales. Cory Downing has been promoted to COO and will be responsible for production, facilities, operations, product development, and organizational development. Having worked at the company for 15 years, his most recent role involved managing Vortex's engineering and manu- facturing engineering efforts and product development. Vortex Global is the parent com- pany to Vortex, Salina, KS, which supplies slide gates, diverter valves, iris diaphragms, and loadout equipment designed speci cally for handling dry bulk solids in gravity, vacuum, and dilute- or dense- phase applications. www.macawber.com webinquiry@macawber.com 1 800-433-2213 USA - UK - India - Brazil - China PNEUMATIC CONVEYING PROVEN SOLUTIONS Whether your materials are fragile, abrasive, moist, lumpy or hot, we offer systems that not just simplify but bring reliability and efficiency to your materials handling process. Working with customers for over 40 years with thousands of installa ons worldwide FROM THE EXPERTS ISO 9001 compliant Design, manufacturing, installa on, tes ng and service Custom designed to meet your specific requirements Near zero down me with only one moving part Environmentally responsible and energy efficient solu ons Dense phase pneuma c conveying of powders, granules, irregular shaped and difficult to handle materials