Sam Haines, president of the Gear Motions Companies—Oliver Gear in Buffalo and Nixon Gear in Syracuse, New York—announces the appointment of Barbara Stone to the position of executive vice president of Gear Motions, Inc.
Haines says Stone’s extensive manufacturing and financial expertise makes her a perfect candidate for the growing employee-owned company. “Ms. Stone’s wide-ranging experience includes serving as director of operations and finance at Higbee, Inc., and manager of production control at New Venture Gear (NVG) in Syracuse. She was promoted to the corporate offices of NVG in Troy, Michigan, where she became manager of production control and planning. While at corporate, she was a member of the executive team and was selected to join the Volkswagen Focused Factory Launch Team in Roitzch, Germany. She eventually returned to NVG, where she spent four years as manufacturing area manager.
“Gear Motions is excited to have Ms. Stone become a member of our team. Her remarkable manufacturing and planning experience combined with an extensive financial background will add an entirely new global perspective to our growing company,” Haines says, adding that Stone joined the Gear Motions family in April.
Stone has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from LeMoyne College and an M.B.A. in operations and finance from Syracuse University, were she also taught managerial accounting. She is heavily involved in Syracuse community organizations and currently sits on the boards of the Syracuse Opera Company and the Women’s Fund. Stone is a member of the LeMoyne College Career Center Network Committee, has participated in Leadership Greater Syracuse, and has been a board member of the YWCA and the Consortium for Children’s Services.
Gear Motions, Inc., manufactures all types of cut and precision ground gears. Products include precision spur, helical, bevel, and worm gears, as well as multiple types of belt sprockets, timing pulleys, and splines.
For more information call (315) 488-0100 or go to [www.gearmotions.com].
