Tony Iarocci steps away from the role of president with Grant Somerville replacing him.
Tony Iarocci will now join the board of directors effective October 16, 2017. Tony has held the position of president since Tigercat’s inception in 1992, steering the company through rapid growth both in terms of product development and geographic market expansion in a tough competitive landscape, major economic downturns and other challenging externalities.
Tony was involved in the initial research of potential business opportunities that was necessary to warrant the formulation of a new company, recruiting start-up staff, product development and all the sales, marketing and customer service functions that went along with his role.
Tony will be passing his day to day responsibilities over to Grant Somerville. Grant began his career in the forestry industry in 1978 as a harvester operator. He is a long serving executive at Tigercat who worked with Tony at Koehring Waterous in the early eighties on several development projects, including the design of the company’s first purpose-built track feller buncher. An integral part of Tigercat, Grant has led many important design initiatives since joining the team in 1992 and has held several positions with increasing degrees of responsibility, including product manager for track machines, advanced engineering, and most recently vice president, engineering. 2017 marks his 40th year working within forestry and machinery manufacturing.
CEO of Tigercat, Ken MacDonald, indicates that because Tony’s health is still very good, he has agreed not only to join the board of directors but to continue to contribute to the company’s growth, focusing on the recruitment and development of design talent and working with fellow team members and suppliers on both product and component improvement.” Tony will also consult on special projects and new product development. Source