Suppliers

Sept. 1, 2010
Walker Group Holdings (WGH) has appointed Jim Miller to the newly created role of vice-president-sales and marketing for the firm's transportation tank

Walker Group Holdings (WGH) has appointed Jim Miller to the newly created role of vice-president-sales and marketing for the firm's transportation tank companies. He has more than 25 years of industry knowledge. As part of this reorganization, Thomas Ballon was appointed vice-president of sales for the Brenner and Bulk product lines.

Greatwide Logistics Services announced that Tyler Ellison will join the company as group president, responsible for transportation management and corporate sales. Ellison previously served two years as president of Con-way Multimodal.

John M Boler, chairman of the board of The Boler Company, announced the election of Marwan M Kashkoush to the board of directors. Kashkoush is currently the executive vice-president-sales, marketing, and operations support for Parker Hannifin Corporation.

Henry Bell has been promoted to global president of Fontaine Fifth Wheel. He had served as president of Fontaine Fifth Wheel-North America since 2007. Bell joined MHT as president of the Fleet Business Unit of Fontaine Trailer in 2005.

McLeod Software has named Mark Cubine vice-president of marketing; he will be based at corporate headquarters in Birmingham AL. Before joining McLeod, he was co-founder of a systems integration company, EnteGreat, which assisted Fortune 500 manufacturing companies to implement SAP and other enterprisewide systems to support their supply chain operations.

Cummins has named Luis Pasquotto to be vice-president of the company's Latin American business. He joined Cummins in 1992 and currently serves as general manager of Cummins EBU Brazil, a position he has held since July 2008.

Peterson Manufacturing Company has promoted Kristen Goodson from product manager to director of product management. She has been a Peterson associate for the past 15 years.

Rush Enterprises Inc has appointed Karen Konecny vice-president-marketing and communications. She joined the firm in 2006 as national marketing director.

Barbara Robinson, former deputy associate administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service at the US Department of Agriculture, is joining F R Hall & Associates LLC as senior vice-president, policy, analysis, and regulatory affairs.