George Marton
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. George E. Marton is chief executive officer of BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, Inc., a role he assumed in February 2009. Mr. Marton has responsibility for all North American operations.
Mr. Marton was president and CEO of Global Video, LLC from 1996 to 2009. He also serves as chair of Glencoe Capital's Business and Media Services Group. From 2003-2004, Mr. Marton was chairman and CEO of Bell + Howell Company and had previously served Bell + Howell as group vice president from 1977 to 1985. Earlier in his career, Mr. Marton was chief operating officer of Modern VideoFilm, Inc., president and chief executive officer of Spaulding Composites Company, Inc. and division marketing manager and controller at A.B. Dick Company.
After receiving an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1967, he was an industrial marketing/strategy management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Mr. Marton earned his B.S.E.E. in Electronics and Computer Science from Syracuse University.
John Tarascio
Chief Operating Officer
John S. Tarascio is Chief Operating Officer of BBH. He led the Service Operations organization at BÖWE BELL + HOWELL since 2000 and prior to his appointment as COO, he held positions as president of BBH Services and executive vice president of Service Operations.
As COO, Mr. Tarascio's responsibilities consist of engineering, manufacturing, IT, services and software business segments. In his 28-year tenure with the company, he has initiated new service businesses and has developed a first-class customer support infrastructure using a true service business integrated CRM system and an award-winning corporate technical university.
Mr. Tarascio began his career at BÖWE BELL + HOWELL in 1982 as a field engineer with an educational background in electrical technology from New England Institute of Technology and later pursued studies in Business Management at Post University, Connecticut.
Michael R. Swift
President and General Manager, Postal and Sorting Products
As president and general manager of the Postal and Sorting Products Division since 2000, Michael Swift is responsible for directing BÖWE BELL + HOWELL's business operations for high-speed mail sorting systems and related postal automation and paper-handling technology. The business supports the commercial mailing market and courier/postal markets worldwide including national posts such as the US Postal Service.
Prior to joining Bell + Howell in 1995, Mr. Swift was with IBM Corporation for 11 years, starting with IBM's mainframe systems division in 1984. Later, he worked for IBM's federal sector and services division in various capacities including industrial and cost engineering, program and product management and contract management.
Mr. Swift received his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering and systems management from Pennsylvania State University and completed graduate work in management from the National Technological University.