St. Paul., Minn., USA - March 3, 2010, St. Paul., Minn., USA - Aetrium Incorporated, an engineering company, announced that Charles B. Westling and John J. Pollock have joined its board of directors.
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Mr. Westling is currently a business advisor to emerging growth and middle market companies. Mr. Westling is also a director of Bremer Bank N.A.—Twin Cities, a private financial services company, and is a member of the board of trustees of the Dunwoody College of Technology. Between 2002 and 2009, Mr. Westling held a variety of executive positions at Datalink Corporation. Mr. Westling was president, CEO and a director of Datalink from 2005 to 2009. Prior to Datalink, he was executive vice president of Agiliti, Inc., a private managed services and hosting company.
From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Westling served as senior managing director and director of corporate finance for John G. Kinnard and Company, Incorporated, a publicly held regional brokerage and investment banking firm. From 1990 to 1997, he was a member of the corporate finance department at Dain Bosworth Incorporated, a publicly held regional brokerage and investment banking firm, most recently serving as a managing director and head of technology investment banking.
Mr. Westling received his BA in economics from Carleton College and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Mr. Pollock has served as Aetrium's president since October 2009. From December 2001 to October 2009, Mr. Pollock served as vice president and general manager of the company's North St. Paul operations. From August 1998 to December 2001, he served as the company's vice president of product development and marketing. From April 1998 to August 1998, Mr. Pollock served as interim general manager of the company's North St. Paul operations.
From November 1997 to May 1998, Mr. Pollock served as interim general manager of a test handler product line the company had recently acquired. From September 1996 to August 1997, Mr. Pollock served as a business unit manager of the company. Prior to joining the company, he worked at BF Goodrich Aerospace from 1987 to 1995 where he served in a variety of management and product development positions, including managing director of a facility in the United Kingdom. From 1983 to 1987 he was a manufacturing and test engineer at Magnetic Peripherals, a subsidiary of Control Data Corporation. ■