Eriez announces executive retirement

Charlie Ingram, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, will retire from Eriez, the Erie, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of separation technologies, at the end of 2020, the company’s President and CEO Lukas Guenthardt has announced via a news release issued by the company. “After 26 years of significant contributions to Eriez, our industry and the Erie community, Charlie has decided to retire and bring to an end his very successful career,” Guenthardt says.

Ingram joined Eriez in 1994 as national sales manager, rising to vice president of sales and marketing in 2004. Guenthardt says Ingram was one of the architects of Eriez’s three-fold growth while he directed the sales organization in the Americas. “Ingram’s approaches to field sales, market-focused strategies, aftermarket initiatives, training and customer education significantly helped position Eriez as the world authority in separation technologies,” he adds. “Charlie has been a valued mentor and leader during his tenure.”

Eriez says Ingram fostered the professional growth of Eriez’s sales and marketing teams, enhancing customer satisfaction through improved sales structures and processes.

As executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Ingram oversees Eriez’s global marketing operations and the introduction of new Eriez products to target countries, managing product line realignment and standardization based on market intelligence, the company says.  

Ingram has written many articles and is well-known for numerous speeches delivered on behalf of Eriez, according to the company. As the only manufacturer member elected to serve on the board of directors for the Manufacturers’ Agents National Association (MANA), Ingram has served as a presenter and panelist for MANA at events and has written numerous articles for MANA’s Agency Sales magazine.

While with Eriez, Ingram has served in numerous community and professional volunteer roles. He was president of several community and industry boards, including the Erie Philharmonic, Sight Center of Northwest PA, Process Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (PEMA) and the Kahkwa Club.  He was previously a member of the Advisory Board of Mercyhurst University’s Walker College of Business and the Edinboro University President’s Advisory Council as well as a board member of Denison University and Presque Isle Partnership and the global sales and marketing chair for The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). He currently serves as a trustee fellow of Denison University and is on the board of directors of Sterling Technologies Inc. as well as MANA.

“We at Eriez value the many contributions Charlie has made over the span of his career,” Guenthardt says.  “We appreciate the foundation Charlie has built over the last 26 years, which positions Eriez to be successful for many years to come.”