DC Velocity - July 2011

newsmakers

Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Inc. (TIEM) has named Toshiya
Yamagishi as its new president. As president of TIEM, Yamagishi will be
responsible for all aspects of the Columbus, Ind., plant, which manufactures
the majority of Toyota lift trucks sold in North America. … Third-party logis-
tics service provider Kane Is Able Inc. has named 30-year logistics industry
veteran Pete Westermann president and chief operations officer. In this
new position, Westermann will oversee the execution of Kane’s strategic
business initiatives. … Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. has named George Reyher
as its new director of international development. In this position, Reyher
will direct Hytrol’s international business efforts, which will include the
development of a strategy for expanding into new international markets.
… Schaefer Systems International Inc. has appointed Bryan Duncan to the
position of executive account manager for the Automated Systems
Division. Duncan will manage sales activities for a number of vertical mar-
kets and key accounts. … Toyota Material Handling USA Inc.
(TMHU) has appointed Kody Diaz national legal depart-
ment manager and managing counsel. Diaz will oversee all
legal activities on behalf of TMHU. … Wagner Industries has
signed a 42-month lease for a 180,000-square-foot distribu-
tion facility in Kansas City, Kan., to accommodate a new
client. … Inmar has chosen Ned Finn to serve as vice presi-
dent of pharmacy services. The company also named Mark
Prol vice president of electronics solutions. … RFID industry veteran Michael
J. Shabet has joined the software developer Cybra Corp. as vice president,
sales and marketing. … Joe Johnson has been named director of informa-
tion technology for Wagner Industries, a Kansas City-based national supply
chain management services provider. … Barcoding Inc., a provider of enter-
prisewide mobility solutions, has expanded its central region office with
the addition of industry veterans Paul Dorado and Anthony Stepuszek. …
Choptank Transport, an East Coast third-party logistics serv-
ice provider, has appointed James Lee vice president of bro-
kerage services. Lee will be based at the company’s new
regional office in Atlanta. … Ocean World Lines (OWL), a
non-vessel operating common carrier, has appointed three
managers to key business development positions. Lynn
Ocasio has been named branch manager for OWL’s Chicago
and Cincinnati offices, Bettina Csekme has been promoted
to the newly created position of director of the Asia-USA inbound service,
and Wendy Fung has been promoted to the newly created position of Asia-
USA route development manager. … Southern Air Holdings Inc. has
named David Soaper COO. Soaper joins Southern Air from
Comair, a Delta Connection carrier, where he has held sev-
eral senior operations management positions over the past
28 years. … Exostar has named Richard Addi president and
CEO. Addi, who has been with Exostar since 2007, previous-
ly served as CFO. … Dave Jesse has joined Bonded Logistics,
a third-party logistics service provider, as COO. Jesse, who
has more than 20 years’ experience in distribution and logis-
tics, has held various senior leadership positions in information systems,
warehouse operations, and executive management.