Christine Bythewood
AKRON Smithers has hired industry veteran Christine Bythewood as its business development manager for product testing.
Bythewood will direct and support business development efforts for the Smithers product testing laboratories in Akron and Lansing, Mich.
She is the third member of the product testing business development team along with Nils Rawert, in Germany, and Grace Zhang, in China. They will collaborate to ensure Smithers fulfills its strategic commitment of delivering accurate data, on time, with high touch to our global product testing clients, the company said in a statement. Technical expertise and excellent communication are key pillars of the Smithers promise, and Christine brings both to our product testing team here in North America, said Jim Popio, Smithers vice president of operations for North America said in a news release. With her strong background in testing and automotive components and her passion for helping clients, she will be