Troy L. Bunch

The American Society of Landscape Architects recently inducted Troy L. Bunch of Baton Rouge into its Council of Fellows.

The Council of Fellows is comprised of more than 600 landscape architects recognized by their peers for outstanding accomplishments in works of landscape architecture, administrative leadership, knowledge and service to the profession.

Fellows may use the designation FASLA following their name to signify membership in the ASLA Council of Fellows.

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects representing more than 14,800 members.

William E. Simon

The International ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads executive committee recently appointed William E. Simon as chairman. Simon is a professor and head of mechanical engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Simon also serves on ASME's Board of Engineering Education, an organization working to reshape the mechanical engineering curriculum to more effectively deal with environmental, societal and global issues.

Rob Seils

Paint and anodize finisher Linetec named Rob Seils as a regional manager with its outside sales team. As a former inside sales manager with the company, Seils will now share and apply his knowledge of Linetec's internal systems, products and services with customers.

In his new role, Seils' sales territory will include the western half of the U.S., in addition to Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

With 12 years of experience in sales and management, he has also worked as a sales engineer with metal fabricator Northland Stainless Inc. in Tomahawk, Wis., and with oil and gas exploration products supplier Smith International Inc. in Houston.

A Wisconsin native, Seils lived in Texas for 20 years and earned a bachelor's degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. Returning to his home state six years ago, he now lives in Wausau.

Linetec is one of the nation's largest paint and anodize finishers, and the largest independent architectural finisher.

Stephen Hueser

Terex Corporation recently announced the appointment of Stephen Hueser as general manager of their Rock Hill, S.C., and Brampton, Ontario, operations.

Hueser will be responsible for overseeing finance, operations, product development and customer service for Terex Light Construction.

Hueser comes to Terex Light Construction after four years with Genie Industries, a Terex company, where he was responsible for the design engineering of its rough terrain and slab scissor lift product lines.

With more than 18 years in the construction equipment industry, Hueser's vast experience includes product design and engineering analysis, IT, operations and supply chain management.

Hueser graduated from the University of Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Washington.

Terex Light Construction, a division of Terex Corporation, offers a variety of light construction equipment including light towers, power buggies, safety signage and concrete equipment.

Bill Erwin

Essex Crane Rental Corp. has appointed Bill Erwin as vice president of operations. Erwin will assume full responsibility for all North American Service Centers, in addition to his current responsibilities for all aspects of customer support.

Ron Schad, Essex Crane's CEO, commented on the appointment.

"Over the past year and a half at Essex, Bill's experience helped us make remarkable progress in achieving our mission," Schad said.

Erwin joined Essex in March 2003 with more than 25 years experience in crane-related rentals and customer service. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering arts from Michigan State University in 1976 and went to work for Manitowoc Engineering Co.