Great Dane CEO and President Announces Succession Plan
Great Dane CEO and President Bill Crown announced his intention to step away from his day-to-day activities as the company's president, while retaining the role of CEO. Effective Oct. 1, Dean Engelage, Great Dane's EVP of Sales and Strategic Planning, will succeed Crown as the company president.
by Staff
September 12, 2013
2 min to read
Great Dane CEO and President Bill Crown announced his intention to step away from his day-to-day activities as the company's president, while retaining the role of CEO. Effective Oct. 1, Dean Engelage, Great Dane's executive vice president of Sales and Strategic Planning, will succeed Crown as the company president.
Engelage's appointment is part of a managed executive transition which has been coordinated by Bill Crown and the Great Dane executive management team over the past year. Crown, who assumed the president position when Phillip Pines retired in 2010, will continue to be actively involved in the company as CEO going forward.
Ad Loading...
About Dean Engelage
Dean Engelage joined Great Dane in 2011 as executive vice president of Sales and Strategic Planning. In this role he has overall responsibility for Great Dane's sales and aftermarket initiatives, including business development, marketing and information technology. Dean also oversees the management of Johnson Truck Bodies, a Great Dane company.
Prior to Great Dane, Dean worked for American Airlines and General Dynamics in marketing, purchasing and finance, and most recently spent more than 16 years with Great Dane's parent company, CC Industries, in various management positions. Dean began his career with CC Industries in 1996 in the marketing department of Woodard, a Crown-owned furniture company, ultimately becoming president in 2004.
After Woodard was sold in 2008, Dean worked on the Johnson Truck Bodies and Trail King acquisitions and also managed the Crown's Asia operations. Today he retains an oversight role of the Crown's Asia operations in both the furniture and transportation industries.
When the unexpected happens, how you react to, and deal with operational blind spots is critical. Here’s how to keep you recovery on track, when nothing is normal.
As fleets adopt artificial intelligence for routing, maintenance, and load matching, new security risks are emerging. Learn where the vulnerabilities are and how to put the right controls in place.
CargoNet reports fewer supply chain crime events to start 2026. But losses hold steady as organized crime shifts tactics toward impersonation schemes and high-value goods.
Heavy Duty Trucking is searching for forward-looking leaders at trucking fleets as nominations for HDT’s Truck Fleet Innovators 2026. Deadline is May 15.
Cargo theft rings plant operatives as drivers inside legitimate, fully vetted carriers, then execute coordinated thefts that look like a traditional straight theft from the outside.
