George Atkinson - SVP & Managing Director

George Atkinson is Senior Vice President and Managing Director of TriVista and brings over 35 years of sales, marketing, manufacturing, operational improvement and general management experience. George served as President of Hartzell Fan, a global industrial fan manufacturer, where he introduced Lean, Six Sigma, Process Flow and Quality Systems. During his tenure at Hartzell, George held positions of Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Vice President, Sales, National and Regional Sales Manager.

George has extensive international experience including experience in Asia and Western Europe. While at Hartzell Fan, George championed the international expansion of a Singapore manufacturing facility. In addition to his extensive executive leadership experience at Hartzell, George has gained further leadership experience participating on a number of industry, civic and non-profit advisory boards.

George, a Pennsylvania native, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Ohio Northern University with post-graduate work at the University of Dayton (Ohio). George received his Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification from the University of Dayton (Ohio).