Foodservice equipment industry veteran becomes vice president of business development.

Christian Yungbluth was promoted to vice president of business development for Star Lang Holman Toastmaster, a division of the Middleby Corporation.

In his new role, Yungbluth becomes responsible for the development and execution of sales and marketing strategy, product rationalization, pricing, customer service operations and profit and loss management. He previously served as director of sales for the Star brands.

Prior to joining Star in 2013, Yungbluth served as product line manager and senior engineering manager with Vulcan, an ITW company.