MFG.com names VP of product strategy

Marietta, Ga.-based online manufacturing marketplace MFG.com has hired Allan “AJ” Sweatt as vice president of product strategy. He served as the company’s vice president of marketing from 2007 through 2011.

Sweatt most recently served as director of global marketing at TydenBrooks SPG. Before that, as a principal of AJ Sweatt Logic & Communications, he oversaw the marketing programs of clients from small manufacturing businesses to large, multinational OEMs. His background also includes online business model development for Gardner Business Media’s web-based platforms.