Heavy Duty Trucking, August 2018
HDT AUGUST 2018 26 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM Hotline TRUCKINGS MOST RESPECTED BUSINESS REPORT Peter Voorhoeve will take over as president of Volvo Trucks North America on Sept 1 succeeding Göran Nyberg who left the company in April Voorhoeve has been president and CEO of Volvo Group Australia since 2013 and has held several senior management positions during his nearly 20 years with the Volvo Group Jason Skoog was named general manager of Peterbilt Motors and vice president of Paccar having been at Paccar for 23 years Skoog succeeds Kyle Quinn who was promoted to Paccar chief technology officer Skoog most recently served as assistant general manager for operations at Kenworth Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems named Michael J Hawthorne president and CEO as well as a member of the executive board succeeding Berend Bracht who is taking a role outside of the company Hawthorne was previously president and CEO of New York Air Brake a sister company of Bendix within the Knorr Bremse Group He also has experience with Raytheon and General Electric John Bennett is now VP and chief technology officer for Meritor a newly created role responsible for establishing the companys advanced technology portfolio and global product strategy The appointment follows the introduction of the Meritor Blue Horizon brand which it will use to differentiate the companys growing platform of offerings for electric drivetrain efficiency and connectivity in the commercial vehicle market Bharat Mahajan was appointed chief financial officer of Daseke Inc succeeding Scott Wheeler who was promoted to Daseke president Mahajan previously was CFO for Aveda Transportation and Energy Services which merged with Daseke in June He will work at the companys Dallas area headquarters Jim Rodi joined Transflo as chief commercial officer for the telematics software provider leading the companys sales marketing customer success and business development and collaborating with ON THE MOVE MAHAJAN RODI SKOOG BENNETT HAWTHORNE VOORHEES MAHLE patented the one piece MONOTHERM forged steel piston for greater endurance GRAFAL coated skirt to reduce scuffing and increase protection during startup Patented MAHLE shaker plate feature for improved piston cooling and endurance www mahle aftermarket com DRIVING PERFORMANCE FROM CHANNEL PARTNERS TO TECHNICIANS SMART PARTNER
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