Belden Appoints Steve Biegacki as Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing

Belden has appointed Steven R. Biegacki as Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, effective March 31, 2008. Biegacki, age 49, is ex-Vice President, Marketing, with Rockwell Automation, where he led the globalization of Rockwell Automation's marketing function, providing leadership in defining targeted customer segments and working to align the product portfolio with customer needs, and envisioning and realizing strategic initiatives.

John Stroup, President and Chief Executive Officer of Belden, said: "I am delighted to welcome Steve Biegacki to Belden's senior leadership team. Steve is a process-oriented executive with a great depth of experience in meeting the needs of industrial automation customers and leading the development of a global marketing organization."