Pleasant View Names First General Manager

Pleasant View Gardens recently appointed long-time staffer Barry Vater as the company’s first general manager.

“Given the company’s trajectory, we felt it important to have someone leading our day-to-day operations, based on the strategy I’ve directed,” confirms Pleasant View’s president and CEO, Henry Huntington. “Given Barry’s tenure with the company and his ability to recognize the bigger picture, we knew he was the perfect choice as we continue to grow.”

Since 2009, Vater has functioned as the company’s chief financial officer.

He got his career start as a Senior Financial Analyst with Wang Laboratories in the early 80s. After that, Vater learned the ins and outs of JIT manufacturing and spearheaded the inventory management system at MKS Instruments in the early 90s.

Vater later joined the Nashua Corporation, where he was controller and lead staff manager for this multi-million dollar specialty coatings manufacturer. Following that, Vater became corporate controller for the manufacturer of telephone headsets and amplifiers, GN Netcom. Rounding out his career prior to Pleasant View Gardens, Vater worked at Amphenol Printed Circuits, where he was responsible for the company’s P&L, monthly forecasts, annual budget, and strategic plan.