Davco Technology, a Clarience Technologies company, has named transportation industry veteran Scott Montesi as its new president.
Davco Technology Names New President
Davco has named transportation industry veteran Scott Montesi as its new president, and Daniel O’Donohue as its finance director.

Prior to this appointment, Montesi held a variety of engineering and product development positions in the industry.
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Montesi joins Davco from Plastic Omnium (formerly known as Varroc Lighting Systems), where he most recently served as senior vice president of the Americas business unit. Prior to that, Montesi held a variety of engineering and product development positions in the industry, starting at Ford and later working at Lear, Plastech, and Collins and Aikman.
“Scott is a well-respected business leader with deep experience developing and producing high-performance components for transportation,” said Mark Bara, president, Performance Solutions, Clarience Technologies, in a statement. “His passion for delivering customer-focused innovations with an exacting attention to detail will serve Davco well in the years to come.”
Additionally, Daniel O’Donohue has joined Davco as its new finance director. He was most recently finance director at Great Expressions Dental Centers, a company he joined in 2020. O’Donohue began his career at Plante and Moran, where his role focused on audit and assurance in the manufacturing and private equity/VC sectors.
“We now have the leadership team in place to take Davco to the next level, and I look forward to seeing what’s possible in the years to come,” added Bara.
Davco is owned by Michigan-based Clarience Technologies, a transportation technology provider whose team of companies serve commercial transportation, including Truck-Lite commercial vehicle lighting, Road Ready advanced telematics, Ecco safety lighting and warning systems, and Pressure Systems International tire pressure monitoring and automatic tire inflation systems.
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