Fleet Management

PeopleNet has appointed Eric Witty to the role of vice president of product management, overseeing product lines and setting the product vision and direction for the company.

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Phillips Industries has promoted Rob Myers to vice president of sales after having served as director of sales since 2015.

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Wolfgang Bernhard has resigned from the Board of Management of Daimler AG, the company announced on Feb. 10.

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PeopleNet has promoted Jim Rodi to executive vice president and general manager of the company’s newly formed Transportation group.

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Truckload carrier Dart Transit has announced that James Langley has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer.

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James D. Reed has been named president and chief executive officer of USA Truck, effective immediately.

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Transportation veteran John Drake is the American Trucking Associations' newest senior vice president of legislative affairs.

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Fleet management technology provider ERoad has named industry veteran Norm Ellis as the company's president.

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Billy Cartright has joined the executive team at Southern Refrigerated Transport, filling the role of senior vice president of administration at the company.

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The American Trucking Associations has hired Michael Cammisa as the lobby’s new vice president of safety policy and connectivity.

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Daimler Truck Financial has appointed Tobias Waldeck vice president of sales, marketing, and remarketing, effective immediately.

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Ramona Hood, vice president of customer operations, transportation logistics at Genco, a FedEx company, has received the sixth annual Influential Woman in Trucking Award.

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The deadline has been extended for the HDT Emerging Leaders honor. We're looking for young trucking industry leaders who are making a difference.

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Enterprise mobility, telematics and business process automation company Pegasus TransTech has named Mark Spicer its vice president of integrated solutions.

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The American Transportation Research Institute has appointed David S. Congdon, vice chairman and CEO of Old Dominion Freight Line, and Robert E. Lowt, president and CEO of Prime, to its board of directors.

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ATA recognized award recipients at the Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, honoring winners of the EPA SmartWay Excellence Award and the President's Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award.

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American Trucking Associations’ board of directors elected Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express from Dayton, Ohio as the federation’s 72nd chairman.

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American Trucking Associations named its fourth class to the LEAD ATA industry leadership program and also announced the graduation of its third class during the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition.

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The Truckload Carriers Association has promoted David Heller from director of safety and policy to vice president of government affairs, the group announced during its Fall business meeting.

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Duane Acklie, chairman of Crete Carrier has passed away at the age of 84 due to complications related to a number of health problems, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald.

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Trip planning app provider Trucker Path announced that Leigh Foxall has joined the company as the vice president of sales.

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Cloud-based supply chain solutions company FourKites has hired Craig Fiander as its senior vice president of business development.

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American Trucking Associations has promoted Rusty Duckworth to chief financial officer, adding to the new leadership team being assembled by new ATA President and CEO Chris Spear.

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Jerry Moyes, the founder and CEO of Swift Transportation, will retire at the end of this year, with President and COO Richard Stocking to take his place.

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American Central Transport COO Phil Wilt will take on the title of president, replacing Tom Kretsinger, who's moving up to chairman of the board and CEO.

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