LSI Industries Inc. announced the appointment of Michael C. Beck as Senior Vice President - Operations, effective February 11, 2019. Mr. Beck most recently, from 2017 to the present, has served as Vice President, North Region of Simpler Consulting (an IBM company) which he joined in 2014. He has led and managed numerous engagements for industrial clients requiring expertise in Strategy Deployment, Daily Management, Problem Solving and Organizational Transformation. He began his career as an automotive design engineer, transitioned to a Continuous Improvement specialist under W. Edwards Deming at GM Powertrain Division and subsequently led the division in manufacturing, supply chain and engineering applications of the Deming management method. In a related organizational move, Sam Sarsalari, currently plant manager of LSI’s New Windsor, New York facility, has been promoted to Vice President – Manufacturing, effective immediately. Mr. Sarsalari held increasingly significant operations leadership roles with Modine Manufacturing, ASL Holdings, and Pregis prior to joining LSI in October 2016. His core competencies include quality systems (ISO /TS), CI (Lean /TPS), Six Sigma, supply chain management and project management. Mr. Sarsalari has handled significant operations and distribution assignments across North America. He succeeds Tom Palmer who will retire from LSI on March 31, 2019.