Lincoln Electric Names New CIO

The Lincoln Electric Company (Cleveland, OH), a subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., has announced the promotion of Michele R. Kuhrt to the position of the executive vice president and chief information officer. She now has oversight of the company’s enterprise information technology (IT) systems and is responsible for managing a global team and a broad range of global IT initiatives focused on supporting their growth strategy, operations and IT infrastructure.

“Michele has demonstrated strong leadership within our organization and has been invaluable in the execution of our 2020 strategic initiatives,” stated Christopher L. Mapes, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Electric. “I am confident that her deep experience at our company in leading key finance initiatives and growing shared service functions will help guide the implementation of our enterprise IT systems and support the growth of global operations, while achieving efficiencies and improved service quality.”

She joined Lincoln Electric in 1997 as the director of taxes and in 2006 was elected as a company officer and senior vice president with responsibility for the company’s global tax matters and the U.S. payroll shared services center. Prior to joining Lincoln Electric, she was with Elsag Bailey Process Automation (a unit of ABB) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in accountancy from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and is a CPA.

Lincoln Electric is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market. Headquartered in Cleveland, they have 48 manufacturing locations, including operations and joint ventures in 19 countries and a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices covering more than 160 countries.

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