Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. announced a handful of new hires and newly created positions to further strengthen its product management, design and manufacturing efficiency.

“In the past several months, Black Diamond has reorganized and expanded our manufacturing and design engineering area to take us to the next level as a lean manufacturer and catapult designs more efficiently into manufacturing,” states Peter Metcalf, CEO. “We have added new positions to augment our talented staff, promoted from within and filled vacancies, as in the case for SCARPA. We see this continued commitment to excellence as critical to our success as a Utah based manufacturer and global leader in outdoor retail markets.”

Paul Terry has been hired to head up the newly created position of Senior Industrial Designer. Terry’s background includes work as Senior Designer at Porsche Styling and previously Nissan Design International, as well as design work with Amp Bicycles, Core Bicycle Components and Birdhouse Skateboards. Terry is an avid skier and climber.

In Engineering and Support Services, Bill Reiman has been promoted to the new post of Director of Project Engineering. Reiman’s primary responsibility will be introducing new projects and automation to manufacturing.

Two new engineers, James Grutta and Wendy Langan, will join Reiman and his colleagues. Grutta joins BD from Delphi where he optimized designs for the auto industry. Langan specialized in planning and process engineering for Hershey Chocolate. Both Grutta and Langan are backcountry skiers and moved to BD in order to work in an atmosphere that incorporates their passion.

Mark Vent has joined Black Diamond filling the new position of Director of Manufacturing Operations. Vent joins BD after twenty-five plus years as a business consultant with lean manufacturing and implementing 6 Sigma. Joining Vent is Nick Rueff, who formerly worked at Toyota manufacturing. Rueff will assume the role as Line Engineer for sewn goods and the ice line.

Stepping into the newly created position of Director of Performance Lightware is Anna Martens. Martens’ previous experience includes work at Williams Controls, Inc., where she was the international account manager of throttle controls for Volvo, Renault, Mack and DAF Trucks. Anna previously consulted with K2 Women’s Telemark and developed markets beyond outdoor for Leatherman Tool Group.

Roch Horton “returns” to Black Diamond as the SCARPA Business Manager. A former Chouinard Equipment employee, who left in 1989 to rep for Patagonia, Horton has long been a part of the extended BD family. Most recently the Manager of the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, Roch is a talented musician, ultra runner, skier and mountaineer.