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Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) has
announced that President and CEO James J. Malvaso
will retire effective April 1. TMHNA is made up of
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A, Inc. (TMHU), The
Raymond Corp., and Toyota Industrial Equipment
Manufacturing Inc. (TIEM), Toyota’s
forklift manufacturing facility in
Columbus, Ind. Upon Malvaso’s retirement, Brett Wood will take over as president and CEO. He will also continue to
serve on the boards of TMHU and TIEM.
… Third-party logistics service provider
Kane Is Able Inc. has hired 24-year logis-
tics industry veteran Scott Moran as its executive vice
president of business development and
marketing. … Ceva Logistics has
appointed Inna Kuznetsova chief com-
mercial officer. Kuznetsova, who will
head the global sales organization and
join the company’s executive board,
comes to Ceva from IBM. … U.S. Xpress
Enterprises, a provider of transportation
services throughout North America, has appointed Todd
Smith president of Arnold Transportation Services.
Arnold Transportation is a regional truckload carrier
owned by U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. … Jervis B. Webb
Co., a subsidiary of Daifuku Webb Holding Co., has
named John Daugherty Midwest/Eastern zone manager
for global product sales. Daugherty, who has worked in
the material handling industry for over 30 years, began
his material handling career at Webb in high school as
a co-op student. … Supply chain opti-
mization software developer Manhattan
Associates Inc. has appointed Shelton
Chan general manager for Greater
China. … Saddle Creek Corp., a nation-
wide third-party logistics service
provider, has named Perry Belcastro vice
president, fulfillment services. … Jim
Stillings has been named chief human resources officer
of global third-party logistics firm Jacobson Companies.
Stillings joins Jacobson after a 20-year career with GE.
… UPS has appointed Jim Barber, a 26-year UPS veteran,
president of the UPS Europe Region with responsibility
for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. … Western
Pacific Storage Solutions, headquartered in San Dimas,
Calif., has added two new territory managers. Bill Edgy
will assume responsibility for sales in the Southeast,
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while Bruce Marks will be
managing business development in the Northeast
and Eastern Canada.…
Nuvera Fuel Cells has
announced three senior
management appointments. Sandy Pipitone Davis has been named vice president of organizational effectiveness, John Gartner has
been appointed vice president of product development
and manufacturing operations, and Prabhu Rao is the
new vice president of commercial operations. … Land
O’Lakes Inc. has announced the appointment of Beth
Ford as executive vice president, chief supply chain and
operations officer. During her 25-year career, Ford has
held leadership positions in multiple industries, including consumer packaged goods, publishing, and oil and
gas. Most recently, Ford served as executive vice president, head of supply chain, at International Flavors and
Fragrances. … The Open Sky Group has made four new
appointments to its executive management team. Each
of the four appointees is now a director of a practice for
Open Sky as well as a member of its executive management team. They are Brian Lindenmeyer for engineering consulting, Seth Patin for technical and support
services, Darcy Reeves Powell for marketing, and Jason
Yantiss for implementation and integration. … Progress Software Corp. has
named Henry Hicks industry vice president, supply chain. … Asset-based third-party logistics service provider
Hyperlogistics has hired James D.
Thomas as its senior supply chain sales
and marketing director. Thomas, previ-
ous owner and CEO of Commodity Logistics in
Columbus, Ohio, joined the staff in September 2011. …
Product Support Services Inc. (PSSI), a specialized
provider of service supply chain and
reverse logistics solutions for the electronics industry, has hired Michael
Schuler as executive vice president of
sales and marketing. … Longistics, a full-service provider of global logistics solutions, has promoted Amy Henderson to
manager of international foreign trade
zones. … RWI Transportation, an asset-based logistics
company, has promoted Robert Savage to director,
logistics services.
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