American Vanguard Corporation announced that it has hired Don Gualdoni to the newly-created position of chief transformation officer. Mr. Gualdoni brings to this assignment over 25 years? experience in various leadership roles during which he has led several large, complex transformation projects.

He joins the company most recently from Teradata and was formerly with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Gualdoni has a BSE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.