Krawcheck named Englert CEO

Kenneth Krawcheck has been named chief executive officer of Englert Inc., Perth Amboy, N.J. Krawcheck has served in a number of executive positions at Englert since joining the company 13 years ago. He most recently held the position of chief operating officer responsible for all research, development, manufacturing and distribution of products at the company. Prior to becoming chief operating officer, Krawcheck held the title of vice president of operations. He joined as plant engineer in 1997. During his tenure at Englert, he has played a key role in bringing to market scores of company products including several standing seam metal roofing and wall products, gutter innovations such as LeafGuard, Gutter Tunnel and RainPro and several new state-of-the-art metal roofing and seamless gutter rollforming machines. Most recently, he has led the implementation of Englert’s new, in-house paint line. “Over the past three years, Ken Krawcheck has done an excellent job of standardizing and coordinating operations companywide, in addition to overseeing the reconstruction of the paint line in our manufacturing facility,” noted Deborah Tripod, chairman of the board and president of the privately held company who had previously also held the post of chief executive officer. Tripod, who turned over the CEO responsibilities to Krawcheck, will now focus on strategic and long term planning for Englert.