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Universal Instruments Appoints New President
July 23, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Binghamton, N.Y. — Universal Instruments Corp. announces a change at the top of its management structure.
Current president Ian McEvoy is leaving the company and the electronics industry to pursue new personal opportunities. Ian deSouza, presently senior vice president of operations and systems, has been promoted to president.
Known colloquially within the organization as "the two Ians," McEvoy and deSouza have worked closely together for the past 20 years at Universal Instruments and previously at Domino Printing Science and Cambridge Instruments. During the past three years, deSouza's responsibilities encompassed the corporation's supply chain, software development and manufacturing activities worldwide, including setting up Universal's China production facilities in Shekou.
For more than three years, deSouza served as deputy to McEvoy, knows every aspect of Universal's business in detail, and was instrumental in implementing the corporation's aggressive cost-down initiatives.
Ian McEvoy's inventive and decisive management capabilities are credited with pulling the corporation through the difficulties precipitated by the market downturn in 2000, streamlining the organization, broadening its product range, driving down the cost base, and ultimately bringing Universal back into profitability in 2003. With that work done, he now considers the time right to follow a new career direction.
Ian deSouza will assume the presidency on August 16, 2004.
For more information on Universal Instruments Corp., visit www.uic.com.