Red Lion Controls, the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, today announced the appointment of Ron Salerno as Vice President of Strategic Marketing to lead product management and marketing. Based at Red Lion's North American headquarters, Ron reports directly to Red Lion President Mike Granby and serves on the leadership team.

Prior to Red Lion, Ron was Director of Marketing and Business Development within the Process Instrumentation division at Siemens, where he spent almost twenty years. In this role, he ran product marketing, business development, vertical sales and engineering support. Earlier in his career, he held business development, product management and engineer positions for a variety of Siemens divisions.

"Ron's twenty-plus years of industry experience makes him the perfect fit to lead Red Lion's product management and marketing teams," said Granby. "As our company continues to grow, I am confident that Ron's experience in strategy development will continue to bring Red Lion's products to the forefront of the industrial automation and networking space."

Ron holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA from LaSalle University.

"I am excited to be joining Red Lion, who has a strong track record of helping customers drive productivity across industrial applications," said Salerno. "This role will allow me to collaborate across the organization to strategically align goals to further support Red Lion's overall business objectives and 'Customer First' commitment to customers and partners."

For additional information about Red Lion, please visit www.redlion.net.

About Red Lion Controls

As the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, Red Lion has been delivering innovative solutions for over forty years. Our automation, Ethernet and cellular M2M technology enables companies worldwide to gain real-time data visibility that drives productivity. Product brands include Red Lion, N-Tron and Sixnet. With headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, the company has offices across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Red Lion is part of Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company. For more information, please visit www.redlion.net.