IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 24, 2008
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Atlanta high-tech firm names Rock graduate chief financial officer

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Steve McCullough, a 1982 Slippery Rock University graduate, has been hired as chief financial officer for WIKA Instrument Corp. in Atlanta. WIKA manufactures pressure and temperature instrumentation for bio-diesel and sanitation industries.

            McCullough, an English graduate who went on to receive a graduate degree in accounting from Ohio University, joined WIKA after 13 years at Barco Inc, where he worked in the accounting department. 

            WIKA, founded more than 60 years ago and employing more than 500, manufactures and distributes made-to-order products to clients worldwide.

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