Arch Cutting Tools Hires Arch Specials Business Development Coordinator
Charlie Novak Jr. previously spent seven years with Fives Landis – Citgo Diamond as a product manager.
Arch Cutting Tools has hired Charlie Novak Jr. as business development coordinator for the company’s Arch Specials business. In this role, he will develop the cooperative efforts of cutting tool business units supporting Arch Specials, put to work his applications and sales skills filtering Arch Specials RFQs, provide gatekeeping to internal quotation routings, and support sales staff.
Mr. Novak has experience in design and production of tools as well as customer-facing roles with applications and products. He comes to Arch from Fives Landis – Citgo Diamond, where he most recently spent seven years as product manager of PCD/CBN cutting tools and grinding wheel and wheel dressing products, as well as overseeing R&D and new product development.
Prior to Fives Landis, Mr. Novak spent seven years with Competitive Carbide (Arch-Mentor) as a custom cutting tool CAD designer, and then in manufacturing in CAM/CNC Programming.
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