EW Kaufmann recently announced it has appointed Ted Burke to the position of president, following Brian O’Connor’s retirement on February 27. O’Connor had been with the company since 1995 and was president since 2007.

Burke joined EW Kaufmann in March 2014 as vice president of Sales. He has spent more than 39 years in the chemical distribution industry, previously serving as president of Callahan from 1994 to 2013.

Shaun Julian has been promoted to the position of vice president of Sales, succeeding Burke. He was previously responsible for the central/northern N.J., metro area through Albany, N.Y., and western Connecticut regions since joining EW Kaufmann in 2010.

Julian has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing in the chemical industry. He is a past president and current chairman of the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan New York Coatings Associations, as well as past president of the New York Society of Coatings Technologies.

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