The Austin Company is proud to announce and welcome David W. Watson as its baking and snack engineering SME.

The American Bakers Association is happy to announce two new Government Relations staff members: Lauren Williams, director of Government Relations and Zack Decker, Government Relations manager.

Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK, TWNKW) (“Hostess Brands” or the “Company”), has announced it has strengthened the Company’s executive leadership team with Tom Peterson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, transitioning to the newly created role of executive vice president, strategy and M&A.

Flowers Foods, Inc., producer of Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread, and other bakery foods, has named Robert L. Benton, Jr., currently chief supply chain officer, to the newly created role of executive vice president of network optimization, effective immediately.

Transportation Insight has announced that Carl Fowler has joined its Executive Team as chief commercial officer.

JLS Automation has added to its sales team with the hiring of Ken Harding as director of applications engineering and special products.

Omnichain, an enterprise focused on providing cognitive supply chain management software on distributed ledger technology (blockchain), has announced the addition of experienced sales and supply chain professional, Gary González, as vice president of enterprise sales & strategy.

Having an experienced workforce often is a key factor to success in helping young companies grow, and it is one of the qualifications that led to David Young being named the new operations manager for SOMIC America.

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), a manufacturer of industrial baking systems, has announced promotions in its organization designed to improve efficiency, innovation and customer experience.

Epi Breads has announced the appointment of Cheryl Barre to the position of Company Leader and CEO.