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ROGER JOYCE BIOGRAPHY

Roger Joyce is Vice President of Engineering at The Bilco Company in West Haven, a position he has held since 1987. Since joining Bilco in 1979 as Plant Manager, he has also held the position of Vice President of Manufacturing.

     The Bilco Company was founded in 1926 by Mr. Joyce’s grandfather, George W. Lyons, Sr. and continues today under family ownership and management. The company pioneered the development of steel basement doors, vault and sidewalk doors and roof access scuttles and is considered today the world leader in its field. Headquartered in West Haven, Bilco employs 200 people in manufacturing facilities in Connecticut, Arkansas and New Mexico, and has a network of factory-trained representatives, dealers and distributors throughout the world.

     Prior to joining Bilco, Mr. Joyce was employed as an engineer and manager at the Associated Spring Division of the Barnes Group in Bristol.

     He has served on the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) board of directors since 1999. He is also a member of the advisory board of the New Haven Inner City Business Strategy Initiative of the Governor’s Council on Competitiveness and of the University of New Haven School of Business. He is past Chairman of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, Empower New Haven and Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority, and former President of Greater New Haven Personnel Association and the Manufacturers Association of New Haven County.

     He received the Community Leadership Award from the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce in 2002 and was named Citizen of the Year by Business New Haven Magazine in 2000.

     Mr. Joyce received his engineering degree from Lafayette College in Easton, PA. He is a resident of Guilford.

 

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