Joe Glandorf, Continental ContiTech, has been awarded the 2024 Robert K. Callahan Advancing Leaders Award. The award recognizes up-and-comers in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry who demonstrate leadership and a desire to grow in all facets of their career. Glandorf accepted his award during the PTDA 2024 Industry Summit on October 25 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Beginning his career as a field sales representative in 2014, Glandorf rapidly climbed the corporate ladder. In 2023 he was named to his current role as head of Power Transmissions Solutions for Continental ContiTech. His strategic leadership on Continental’s Distributor Advisory Council has been instrumental in expanding the company’s market presence and reinforcing its position as an industry partner and leader. 

“Joe successfully repositioned power transmission as an untapped and significant player in solutions for our customers,” says colleague Kelly Bray, head of Marketing Communications. “Through his strategic vision and leadership, he identified new market opportunities and drove initiatives that highlighted the value and potential of our power transmission products.”

Glandorf attributes much of his success and knowledge of the PT/MC industry to the leadership and mentorship he’s received. “The supervisors I’ve had in the past are the crux of it—they’re the best in the industry,” says Glandorf. “They taught me how to approach innovation and take what I learned to develop the new power transmission team.”

The Robert K. Callahan Advancing Leaders Award was established in 2021 in honor of past PTDA Foundation president and 25-year PTDA Foundation Trustee Bob Callahan in recognition of Bob’s commitment to the advancement of new talent within the PT/MC industry.