Nidec/U.S. MOTORS Announces Two Senior Staff Promotions

Nidec’s U.S. MOTORS division recently promoted two long-time staffers to senior roles. Cory Kniepp has been named director of strategic planning and marketing operations and Patrick Hogg has been named senior marketing director of industrial OEMs and distribution.

Kniepp joined Nidec in 2017 as a market manager and most recently served as director of marketing operations. In his new role, Kniepp will support growth initiatives, collaborating with senior management in shaping business strategy and conducting data analysis to ensure continued alignment with goals. 

Continuing his 16 years with Nidec, Hogg will keep leading the company’s industrial pumping, distribution and general industry markets with a stronger focus on business development for these and other growing markets in the industrial segment. For the past three years, Hogg has been the director of marketing for the industrial markets.