Mercury Marine Names Millender Bailey VP & GM, eSolutions
Perissa Millender Bailey Vice President and General Manager, eSolutions. This new position on Mercury’s leadership team will be responsible for leading the company’s electrification business and product development strategy.Millender Bailey joins Mercury following an 18-year career with Ford Motor Company, most recently serving as the company’s global technology strategy and planning director. At Ford, she spearheaded electric vehicle user experience, charging strategy, driving the business plan for electric vehicle technology, Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) and Ford’s connected
Neff Named Boston Whaler President
Wayne Operations where he ran both the Harris and Cypress Cay businesses and most recently as President of Boston Whaler.Neff holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a master’s degree in Engineering, and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Neff started his career with Ford Motor Company as a Manufacturing Engineer before joining Brunswick in 2005. Stickler holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Automotive Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Stickler also started
Tidewater Names CFO, COO
has over 25 years of domestic and international human resources and operations leadership experience, including serving as GulfMark Offshore’s Chief Human Resources Officer prior to joining Tidewater. He also held various executive human resources roles at Rigdon Marine, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and gained offshore vessel industry experience as a vessel master and operations manager. Darling earned his Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management from Brenau University and his Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Labor Relations from the New York Institute
Darling, Parker join Tidewater
human resources experience, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., where he was the Human Resource Director since 2007. Prior to Gulfmark, he served in executive human resources roles with Rigdon Marine and a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Darling has additional offshore vessel industry experience as a Vessel Master and Operations Manager. Darling earned his Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management from Brenau University and his Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Labor Relations from the New York Institute
Volvo Penta Names Kelleher VP Customer Support, Training
of the marine leisure segment with responsibility for OEM and dealer sales and partnership development for North America. He has also served as head of the service department and purchasing director within Volvo Penta of the Americas. Kelleher previously held purchasing and quality positions at Ford Motor Company in the U.K. and Visteon Corporation in the U.S. He earned a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Wayne State University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Leeds Metropolitan University. Kelleher replaces Martin Bjuve, who
BRP Names Pierini as Marketing Director
positions of leadership with several iconic brands. He has assumed this role with BRP after concluding his employment with Nissan-Europe where he held both the positions of head of sponsorship and partnership and general manager of marketing communications. Prior to Nissan, Pierini worked with Ford Motor Company, Volvo Car Corporation and BMW Group in roles of progressive scope and responsibility including global marketing, product strategy, lifecycle management, regional sales, sales management, dealer network development and communication. Pierini has a Master’s degree in marketing
Brunswick Promotes Foulkes to Chief Technology Officer
the pace and quality of new product development and introductions," Schwabero concluded. Foulkes joined Mercury Marine in 2007 as vice president, product development and engineering, adding responsibilities for Mercury Racing in 2013. Previously, Foulkes had spent 18 years with Ford Motor Company in a series of assignments of progressive responsibilities. He previously had also worked with Shell Exploration and the Ministry of Defense, both in the United Kingdom. He has a bachelor's degree in aeronautics and a master's degree in structural and fluid mechanics from Imperial
