Tranzonic names Joe Vitale chief corporate development officer

The Tranzonic Companies, a manufacturer of personal care and protection, contamination control and cleaning products, has named Joe Vitale to the newly created role of chief corporate development officer. Vitale will provide strategic direction and leadership as the business expands through acquisitions, investments and partnerships, and will collaborate with executive leadership on company strategy.

Vitale’s mission is to optimize Tranzonic’s origination, acquisition and integration processes to more efficiently identify and partner with new companies to achieve greater growth. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in corporate banking, large and mid-cap industrial and sponsor-backed portfolio companies.

Vitale most recently led mergers and acquisitions and treasury for Brook + Whittle, before which he spent over a decade with Ferro Corporation, where he also worked in mergers and acquisitions.

“Joe’s values and the engaged culture he creates are well aligned with Tranzonic and what we plan to achieve as we grow,” says Tom Friedl, CEO of The Tranzonic Companies. “We already have exciting new investments planned for 2024, and Joe’s energy and focus will further our goals as we look to the next decade and beyond.”

Vitale earned his MBA in finance from the University of California Los Angeles Anderson and his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.