Appvion Appoints Denton, Schulist VPs

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Appvion Inc., Appleton, Wis., USA, this past week announced the appointment of Matt Denton as SVP and GM of the company's carbonless and security papers business. The company also announced that Jason Schulist has joined Appvion as VP of continuous improvement. He will have responsibility for ongoing development of the company's continuous improvement systems designed to drive exceptional results in safety, productivity, customer value, quality, and on-time product delivery.

Denton joins Appvion with more than 25 years of strategic and financial management experience in the paper industry including service with RockTenn Co. (Norcross, Ga.) as SVP of finance, corrugated containerboard packaging segment, and with Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. as SVP of business finance, VP of business planning and analysis, and VP of business transformation. Denton spent 14 years at Georgia-Pacific Corp. (Atlanta, Ga.) where his responsibilities included VP of strategic sourcing and procurement, VP of finance for containerboard and packaging, and group director for planning and analysis. Denton earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Rutgers University and is a certified public accountant.

Schulist comes to Appvion from DTE Energy in Detroit, one of the nation's largest diversified energy companies. For the past three years, he has served as director of major enterprise projects and has led a 95-member team involved in project management, engineering, construction, and safety to effectively execute a $1 billion portfolio of utility projects.

Schulist's career also includes 12 years with General Motors where he led continuous improvement efforts for the Onstar Europe group in England, served as a senior consultant for e-commerce and organizational learning at the GM headquarters, and served in production management at GM plants in Poland, England, and the U.S. Schulist earned master's degrees in business administration and electrical engineering/computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Marquette University. He has also earned Six Sigma black belt and project management professional certifications.

Appvion produces thermal, carbonless and security papers, and Encapsys products. The company has manufacturing operations in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, employs approximately 1,700 people, and is 100% employee-owned.

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