BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has appointed John W. Mitchell president and CEO, effective April 23.

Mitchell has experience in strategic and tactical planning, international alliances and joint ventures, engineering management, creation of intellectual property, product marketing and business negotiations.

Mitchell spent five years as general manager and director at Bose, which he left in 2008. Prior to Bose, he spent 11 years in upper management at Alpine Electronics of America. Most recently, he served as CEO of Golden Key International Honour Society. 

As IPC’s chief staff officer, Mitchell will lead the organization’s global operations and staff and will report to the IPC board. He succeeds Denny McGuirk, who left last fall after 12 years with IPC. Jim Herring, IPC’s interim president and CEO, will assist with the transition.  

Mitchell becomes just the fourth president in IPC's 55-year history, after Ray Pritchard, Thom Dammrich and McGuirk.

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