Genie appoints articulating boom product manager

Genie Industries has appointed David Brotherton as product manager for the company's articulating boom line. Brotherton will be responsible for developing globalization plans, new products and managing the line on a local, global and daily scale. He will report directly to Alan Lofurno, Genie's aerial boom product line global general manager.

Brotherton hails from Massachusetts and was formerly an associate brand manager for Kleenex at Kimberly-Clark. He was in charge of product development amongst other operations. He is a former Air Force veteran and has a bacherlor's degree in decision sciences and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.