DED hires industry specialists for business expansion

Three additional specialists will be hired later. The targeted industries are automotive, information technology, life sciences, energy, agri-business, financial services, transportation/logistics and defense/homeland security.

The specialists will be responsible for seeking out business development opportunities within each sector, and they’ll also look to form relationships between each sector’s businesses and businesses in related fields.

The specialists are:

• Jessica Eads, life sciences. Eads previously worked as a regional project manager for DED’s Business and Community Services Division;

• Terry Maglich, energy. Maglich previously was a project manager for north Missouri;

• Bill McCoy, defense/homeland security. McCoy, who is from Springfield, previously was a senior program manager at Lockheed Martin Information Technology;

• Don Ransom, transportation/logistics. He previously was an attorney in St. Louis; and

• Bob Donnelly, information technology. Donnelly previously worked as a sales manager for Data Comm Inc. in Jefferson City.