Bushmaster Firearms International recently announced the appointment of E. Scott Blackwell as the company’s President-Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.

Blackwell comes to Bushmaster from Beretta USA, where he was Division Manager for U.S. Manufacturing, Engineering & Product Development. Prior to his three years with Beretta, he was involved in management consulting for a strategic planning and business development firm, and was a principal in a venture capital firm with responsibilities for business development and sales-marketing for the six companies the firm started.

According to Bushmaster’s Chief Executive Officer John DeSantis, “Scott brings extensive experience in the Commercial, L.E. and Military Markets within the U.S., as well as years of exposure to International Sales. As we position bushmaster for future growth, Scott’s experience and leadership will be an asset to my existing management team of Allen Faraday (Chief Accounting Officer) and Chad Brooks (Chief Financial Officer).”

At Bushmaster, Blackwell will be responsible for all commercial, law enforcement, military and international sales & marketing activities.

“The opportunity to become part of the senior team at Bushmaster is a privilege,” Blackwell said. “I look forward to working with John DeSantis and the rest of the Bushmaster family under BFI’s new ownership, to grow the company organically and otherwise, and to further develop and promote the Bushmaster brand around the world in the Commercial, Law enforcement, Security and Military markets.”

Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, Inc. (BFI), based in Windham and recently sold by Woindham resident Richard Dyke, is the leading supplier of AR15 type rifles in the United States for Law Enforcement, Public and Private Security and Safety applications, as well as consumer applications. Headquartered in Windham, Maine with manufacturing facilities in Windham and Lake Havasu, Arizona, BFI supplies both Aluminum and advanced carbon fiber-based AR15’s rifles and accessories to its U.S. customer base, as well as law enforcement, security and military customers in more than 50 countries around the world.