Bye previously worked for four years at Benjamin Moore & Company and nearly 26 years at Rust-Oleum Corporation prior to joining Virginia Abrasives.
“His combined experience in finance, sales management and manufacturing are ideally suited to the manufacturing company,” Virginia Abrasives said in a statement.
Bye, previously based in the Chicago area, will relocate to the Petersburg area to work out of Virginia Abrasives’ headquarters.
“I’m very excited to be joining this growing and dynamic team,” Bye said in a statement. “The company is renowned for its’ top-notch customer experience, from the first contact through to the way they stand behind their products, and I am looking forward to strategically planning the future of the company.”