Many organizations honored achievement and recognized new talent with hirings and promotions throughout the month of November.
Truck, trailer, and body OEMs
Felling Trailers has appointed Kevin Maves and Carl Thigpen to its outside sales team for the Western U.S. Maves will now serve the Southwestern U.S., including California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, while Thigpen will cover the Northwest U.S., including Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. Together, both will manage all sales development, activity, and dealer support in their respective regions.
Bernhard Schmitz has joined the Schmitz Cargobull Supervisory Board. In the meantime, Schmitz will continue his roles as a shareholder and member of the Schmitz Cargobull Family Council in his new role. In addition to his new position, he is also a CEO and co-founder of Exxcility Business Solutions GmbH & Co KG. Prior to his appointment, Schmitz also held various leadership roles in Supply Chain and Procurement at Schmitz Cargobull AG.
Suppliers and distributors
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies has selected James Taylor as its newest general manager, Christy Roadknight as its new deputy general manager, and Genoveva Alba as CFO. Taylor most recently served as the executive director of North America Commercial for Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems. Roadknight last served as the global business unit director for Fuel Emissions and Boosting in Eaton’s Mobility Group. And Alba will serve as the regional director of Finance Transformation for Eaton’s Electrical Sector Americas before transitioning to her new role on Dec. 1.
Jeff Murillo has joined Ridge Corporation as its newest senior business development manager. Murillo has over 30 years of technical sales and management experience, largely focused on developing engineering solutions for transportation markets. He has worked closely with OEM and fleet partners and will now assist in rolling out Ridge’s new product lines, including Transcore, Trailer Helmet, and more.
Consolidated Chassis Management has appointed Paul Nazzaro as its newest chief executive officer. Nazzaro succeeds Mike Wilson, who is retiring, but will remain with the company in an advisory role to the CCM Board and the incoming CEO. Nazzaro most recently served as executive vice president of COSCO SHIPPING North America, a position he held for nearly a decade.
Andre Schulten has accepted a position on Eaton’s Board of Directors. Schulten is the chief financial officer of The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), prior to which he served as senior vice president of Baby Care, North America. With P&G, Schulten has held several finance and accounting management roles in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Fleet brands
BRW has hired Derek Walcott as its new executive vice president of Strategy and Administration and Tim Comstock as executive vice president of Operations. Walcott will lead the company’s strategic and administrative functions, including human resources, legal, marketing, finance, and safety. Meanwhile, Comstock will oversee the company’s day-to-day operations and encourage performance and efficiency across all divisions of trucking, logistics, warehousing, and fulfillment.
Associations
Chris Burroughs has been appointed as the head of the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). He succeeds Anne Reinke after serving as the group’s vice president of government affairs, his most recent position in a 13-year career with TIA. Reinke, meanwhile, is joining the Intermodal Association of North America as its new president and CEO.