DC Velocity - October 2010

newsmakers

; Hytrol Conveyor Co. has appointed Mitch Johnson director of systems development. Johnson, who comes to Hytrol with 27 years of engineering and sales experience, most recently served as a regional sales manager for Intelligrated.

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; Scott Johnson has been promoted to vice president of business development at Clark Material Handling. Johnson has been with the forklift manufacturer since 1995 in a variety of roles, including Eastern regional sales manager, aftermarket sales and marketing manager, director of marketing, and director of dealer services.

; Douglas Stotlar, president and CEO of Con-way Inc., has assumed the role of interim president of Con-way Freight, the company’s less-than-truckload division. Stotlar takes over the role from John Labrie, who has left Con-way.

; Savi Technology has hired William Clark as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. In this newly created role, Clark will be responsible for all aspects of branding and marketing Savi’s Smart Asset Management solutions and services. Clark comes to Savi from Deltek, an enterprise management software company.

In addition, William Maggs has joined Savi as chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology operations. Maggs comes to Savi from Palm Inc., where he also served as chief technology officer.

; Ryder System has announced some changes in its senior leadership. Tony Tegnelia, president of global fleet management solutions, has retired after more than 33 years with Ryder. Robert Sanchez, the current executive vice president and chief financial officer, will succeed Tegnelia as president. Taking the place of Sanchez is Art Garcia, who most recently served as the company’s senior vice president and controller.

; Lou Tapper has joined Longistics, a provider of global logistics solutions that specializes in cold-chain logistical support and high-security logistics. Tapper will serve as Longistics’ vice president of global business development. He brings 18 years of experience to his new position, including 10 years as district sales manager at FedEx Services.

; Weber Distribution has hired Dan Gayford as vice president of client solutions, consumer packaged goods. Gayford comes to Weber from MW Logistics, where he was director of business development.

; Dawn Yeats has been promoted to controller at Aspen Logistics. She has been with the company since 2007, when she was hired as finance manager. Prior to that, she served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Yeats will work out of Aspen’s headquarters in Temecula, Calif.

; Ocean World Lines (OWL) has promoted Eric Seamon to vice president, OWL Asia. He brings over 20 years of industry experience to this newly created position.