{"id":27943,"date":"2025-06-30T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27943\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:53:09","slug":"barry-litwin-appointed-ceo-of-testequity-part-of-fort-worth-based-distribution-solutions-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27943\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Litwin Appointed CEO of TestEquity, Part of Fort Worth-Based Distribution Solutions Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.distributionsolutionsgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (Distribution Solutions Group)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Distribution Solutions Group<\/a> (NASDAQ: DSGR) announced Monday the appointment of Barry Litwin as CEO of TestEquity, effective July 14.<\/p>\n<p>He succeeds Russ Frazee, who has led the company since 2022 and will remain in an advisory role to support a smooth transition.<\/p>\n<p>Litwin is a seasoned executive with a background in industrial distribution and multi-unit operations. From 2019-24, he served as CEO of Global Industrial Company, a $1.4 billion distributor of MRO products. He holds a B.S. from Indiana University and an MBA in operations management from Loyola University Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are elated Barry is joining the DSG leadership team,\u201d said J. Bryan King, DSG\u2019s chairman and CEO, in a statement. \u201cWe have known Barry for some time, and we experienced firsthand his ability to unlock value and drive execution in multiple situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King also credited Frazee with significant contributions during his seven-year tenure at TestEquity, including roles as COO and CEO. \u201cRuss has become a good friend to all of us, was a cultural leader, and together with our team was instrumental in more than doubling the size of TestEquity,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n<p>Litwin said he sees strong potential for growth. \u201cI am excited to lead TestEquity as Chief Executive Officer through its next phase of growth,\u201d he said. \u201cI see a clear path to facilitate unlocking significant value as its CEO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.testequity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (TestEquity)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TestEquity<\/a>, based in North Richland Hills, is a leading distributor of test and measurement equipment, production supplies, and value-added services for sectors including aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing. DSG, which also includes Lawson Products and Gexpro Services, serves approximately 200,000 customers across global markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Distribution Solutions Group (NASDAQ: DSGR) announced Monday the appointment of Barry Litwin as CEO of TestEquity, effective July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,24149,9728,7371,11095,7372,24148,2578,358,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-27943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-c-suite","10":"tag-distribution","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fort-worth-inc-staff","13":"tag-fortworth","14":"tag-industrial","15":"tag-personnel","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-top-story","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114774068668380449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}