Leadership

Hasan Dandashly is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dematic Operating Unit and an active member of the KION Group Executive Committee. He joined the company in 2018.

Hasan brings more than 25 years of global leadership experience with demonstrated capabilities in full-cycle profit and loss management, operations excellence and strategy execution through methodical business and culture transformation.

He joined Dematic from General Electric where he was President and CEO, Oil & Gas Surface since 2017 after having served as President and CEO, Downstream Technology Solutions. Prior to this, Hasan held various international executive roles at GE’s Industrial, Transportation, and Power Generation businesses, beginning in 1998. These included general management positions at GE’s subsidiaries in Italy, UAE, Qatar, and the U.S. Before joining GE, Hasan led engineering teams at Honeywell Industrial Automation and Honeywell Avionics.

Hasan holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University and a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

Michael Larsson joined Dematic as EVP, Dematic Americas Region in 2021.  

Michael came to Dematic from ABB where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Automotive in ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business unit. Previous to that role, Michael also served as a Group Vice President and Head of Robot Systems, leading ABB’s turnkey solutions offerings to customers across global geographies in electronics, automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods clients. Having lived and worked on four continents, Michael brings a diverse background to Dematic.

Michael received a Bachelor of Sciences in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden).

Bernard Biolchini is the Executive Vice President of Dematic’s EMEA region. Prior to being appointed to this position in 2021, he led the Americas region for Dematic and before that was the Managing Director for Southern Europe.

Before joining Dematic, Bernard served as General Manager for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa for AMD. Prior to that, he held the role of President of EMEA at Invensys Controls Europe and European Senior Sales Director for enterprise accounts at Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Master of Business Administration from IAE Aix en Provence Business School.

Michael Jerogin serves as SVP, Dematic APAC Region. He joined the company in 2009 and has held his current title since 2018.

Jeff Moss is the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to this role, Jeff served as EVP and CEO, Dematic International, EVP of Global Project Engineering, and EVP of Mechanical Solutions & SCi (Supply Chain intelligence) for the North American region. He also served as the SVP of Integrated Systems and consulted for Dematic North America before formally joining the company in June of 2010.

Prior to Dematic, Jeff was the CEO for US Energia, LLC in Wixom, Michigan, served as General Manager at Utica Enterprises and the President and COO of DCT, Inc. in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Before this, he was co-founder and president of Utilase, Inc., an advanced laser cutting and welding business and held other progressively challenging roles within the welding industry.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University, a diploma in Strategy and Innovation with Distinction from Said Business School, Oxford University.

Chris Petitt joined Dematic as Senior Vice President of Information Technology (IT) in 2021. He came to Dematic from The Coca-Cola Company where held a global IT leadership role since 2018. Prior to Coca-Cola, Chris was Vice President of IT for Newell Brands. Over his 12 years in various leadership roles at Newell, he led IT for the company’s largest business segment, lead IT transformation and post-merger IT integration activities as well as roles in digital, applications, information, and supply chain IT. Before Newell, Chris led business applications in IT for a global division of Adidas and served in various technology consulting roles at Ernst & Young LLP.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Ned Walsh is Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain, a role focused on building supply chain excellence through expanding Dematic’s capability, capacity planning, standardization, footprint optimization, and scalability. In this role he leads Global Transformation & Simplification, Strategic Planning & Delivery, Global Procurement, and Global Manufacturing, Ned joined Dematic in 2014, as Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing.

Prior to Dematic, Ned led operations in 20 countries, principally in the forklift industry across North America, Europe, and APAC. This included Operations Leadership roles for Crown Forklifts APAC, Eaton Telecom, and MD APAC Industrial for Rema Tip Top where he built the Service Division in the mining Industry.

Ned holds a Bachelor of Engineering from University College Dublin.

Meraj Anas is the Senior Vice President of Global Execution and Sustainability. In this role, he leads Environmental, Health Safety & Sustainability, Quality, Project Management Office, Global Project Engineering, and Global Installation. Prior to this role, Meraj served as Senior Vice President of Global Project Engineering after joining Dematic in July of 2020.

Prior to joining Dematic, Meraj served as President of Cooper Machinery Services, an Oil & Gas portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management. Before this, he held various leadership roles with General Electric and Baker Hughes during a period spanning more than 20 years. Having lived and worked in the U.S. and abroad, Meraj brings a diverse background to Dematic.

Meraj holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University.

Michele holds the position of Senior Vice President, Human Resources. She joined Dematic in 2006 when Siemens acquired the company. Prior to her current position, Michele held the role of Director – Global Compensation, Benefits, Human Resources Information Systems, Talent Development and HR Programs. She also has served as Senior Human Resources Manager in North America, as well as held various roles within Recruiting and Compensation.

Prior to joining Dematic, Michele worked at Siemens as a Program Controller, Program Manager, and Assistant Project Manager. She holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from Michigan State University.