Voith Turbo Names Michal Kalita Vice President of Sales for Industry Division in North America
Voith announces the addition of Michal Kalita as Voith Turbo’s new vice president of sales for the industry division in North America. Kalita will be based at Voith’s Houston, TX location.
“Michal’s strong global experience and track record of steering data-driven strategies that optimize performance, will bring value for our team and for our customers. We look forward to building on the success achieved so far in North America,” said Ralf Dreckmann, president of Voith Turbo, North America.
Kalita has more than 20 years of experience in the rotating machinery industry. Prior to joining Voith, he served as director of global service for Ebara Elliott Energy and held various commercial and operational leadership roles at Sulzer. Kalita has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Houston, completed the Finance and Accounting Executive Education Program from Rice University, and completed the Management Development Program from Berenschot.
“The customer is the central focus of everything the team does at Voith,” said Kalita. “I’m looking forward to being at the forefront of continuing that level of dedication for our customers throughout North America.”
Voith Turbo is a specialist for intelligent drive technology, systems as well as tailor-made services for customers from highly diverse industries such as oil and gas, energy, mining and mechanical engineering, ship technology and rail. Voith’s Houston team provides a variety of OEM services including repairs, retrofitting and overhaul services for Voith products – such as industrial and high-speed gearboxes, Vorecons, torque converters and fluid couplings – as well as non-Voith products.
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