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PEOPLE & EVENTS
FEBRUARY 2014
ACT
2014
ConExpo-Con/Agg
March 4-8, 2014
Las Vegas, NV
SC&RA 2014
Specialized
Transportation
Symposium
March 19-21, 2014
Houston, TX
SC&RA 2014 Annual
Conference
April 22-26, 2014
Boca Raton, FL
AWRF General Meeting
April 27-30, 2014
Baltimore, MD
AWEA WindPower
2014
May 5-8, 2014
Las Vegas, NV
International Cranes
& Transport Turkey
Conference
May 8, 2014
Istanbul, Turkey
Crane Rental
Association of Canada
June 4-7, 2014
Whistler, BC, Canada
Link-Belt announces
promotions: Collins,
Knight and Smoot
■
Pat Collins
has been
promoted
to director
of product
marketing for
Link-Belt. Collins is responsible
for product management and
reports to Bill Stramer, vice
president, marketing, sales
and customer support. The
promotion is part of a new
organizational structure for
the wheeled and crawler crane
manufacturer’s expansion
into new and emerging
markets domestically and
internationally.
Collins has been at Link-Belt
for more than 30 years, starting
in the service organization
at the Cedar Rapids, IA,
facility. He was district service
representative in the Rocky
Mountain region.
“Pat is well prepared to take
on this new challenge with
his vast experience within our
marketing, sales and customer
support organization,” Stramer
said.
■
Scott
Knight
has
been promoted
to product
manager for
lattice and
telescopic crawler cranes.
Knight is now responsible
for current and new product
development for both product
lines. A graduate of Eastern
Kentucky University, Knight
began his career with Link-Belt
in 2007 as a product specialist
for lattice and telescopic crawler
cranes.
Pat Collins, director, product
marketing, said, “Scott has been
deeply involved in every phase
of marketing our products,
from new product concept
to field research including
voice of the customer, trade
show planning and setup,
customer support issues and
plant visits. Scott also played
a key marketing role in the
development and introduction
of our highly successful TCC-
750, subsequent telescopic
crawler and lattice crawler
models. His hard-earned and
highly regarded reputation with
both distributors and customers
will make this transition into
his new role successful and
seamless.”
■
Brian
Smoot
was
promoted
to product
manager, rough
terrain cranes.
Smoot is responsible for rough
terrain cranes, coordination
of product activities and new
product development.
Previously Smoot was a
product specialist. He began his
career at Link-Belt in 2007 as
a part of the product support
organization.
“Brian’s product knowledge,
product development
experience and strong history of
interaction with our distributor
and customer base make
him the logical choice to lead
the ongoing advancement
of our rough terrain cranes,
worldwide,” said Collins.
■
EVENTS DIARY
■
Lube-A-Boom has named
Jerry Wilson
as vice
president of marketing and
OEM accounts. Previously,
Wilson held roles in business
leadership management and
sales and marketing.
■
Manitex International Inc.
has named
Waldemar
Nowacki
as vice president
of sales for major accounts.
Nowacki brings 35 years
of crane sales and sales
management to the role.
Nowacki’s focus will be on
major and special accounts
for Manitex International Inc.
in the area of crane sales.
■
Scott Powerline and Utility
Equipment hired
Mick
Gerber
as its account
manager for the Mid-Atlantic
and Northeastern portions
of the U.S. Prior to joining
Scott Powerline, Gerber
was employed with NESCO
where he worked in sales and
rentals as well as equipment
procurement for NESCO’s
rental fleet.
■
Essex
Rental Corp.
has promoted
Michael
Bernardy
to director
of purchasing and inventory.
Bernardy will have
responsibility in this area
for Essex Crane Rental and
its subsidiary, Coast Crane.
Bernardy has been with
the Essex Crane team for
over five years. Previously
he worked in the parts and
service department for
Manitowoc Cranes. Nick
Matthews, COO of Essex
Rental Corp., said the
promotion ensures that best
practices are utilized by the
whole organization for the
benefit of customers and
shareholders. “It will ensure
our operations are running
cohesively and efficiently by
standardizing our processes
and procedures," he said.
HIGHLIGHTS
Stephenson Equipment, Inc.
(SEI) has added Darrick Marris
to its crane sales team covering
western upstate New York.
Marris will be representing
Grove rough-terrain cranes,
Grove truck cranes and Grove
GMK all-terrain canes, as well
as the Grove Yard Boss carry
deck industrial crane line. He
will also represent Manitowoc’s
lattice boom crawler cranes,
Potain tower cranes and the
Manitex boom crane truck line.
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