Felling Trailers; Foley Equipment; Keestrack; National Trench Safety; Stihl

May. 15, 2022

Felling Trailers, Sauk Centre, Minn.: Mike Young has been named as a regional sales manager, serving the South-Central territory. He will be responsible for all sales development, activity, and dealer support within Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana, taking over the south-central region once served by Gary Knudsen, who retired at the end of 2021.

Foley Equipment, Wichita, Kan.: Kirk Hay has been named chief information officer (CIO) and will lead the dealer’s information technology, business intelligence and cyber security operations. Hay previously served as the CIO for Jack Cooper Investments and also has held a wide variety of technology roles in senior executive and management at Jack Henry & Associates, NPC/National City Bank, J.B Hunt Transportation and Papa John’s.

Keestrack, Bilzen Belgium: Giovanni Bartoli has been named as area sales manager for Africa and Middle-East Region. He has more than 15 years of experience within the construction equipment industry on an international level. Giovanni has been responsible for business development, mainly in the earth moving industry and in concrete equipment.

National Trench Safety, Houston: Van Welch has been named chief financial officer (CFO). He is responsible for finance, accounting and compliance. Welch also will play a key role in mergers and acquisitions. He most recently served as executive vice president and CFO at Mobile Mini.

Stihl, Virginia Beach, Va.: Chris Keffer has been named vice president sales and marketing and assumes his position on May 16, 2022. Keffer will be responsible for sales for the domestic and export markets, sales planning, e-commerce, new product development, all marketing programs and branch operations throughout the U.S. Keffer previously worked at Stanley Black & Decker where he served in a variety of sales and marketing leadership roles.

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