Smeal Fire Apparatus Co. has promoted a number of its key executives and created a new executive-level position to lead the company’s customer service, product quality and customer satisfaction initiatives. The moves are intended to align the organizational structure and leadership around the company’s core mission objectives of quality, delivery time and customer experience.
“We prioritize our product quality and complete customer satisfaction above everything, and these moves reflect not only the critical role of these leaders and their responsibilities in achieving that, but also our confidence in their ability to lead the organization to a world-class position within the fire industry,” said Mark Huber, Smeal’s president. “Each brings exceptional experience and a true passion for serving our customers to the company.”
Management changes include:
• Mike Bowman has been named Vice President of Sales with responsibility for all Smeal, LTC and UST brand apparatus.
• Joe Heilhecker has been promoted to Vice President of Operational Excellence, Manufacturing Systems & Lean.
• John Kastl serves as the Vice President of Engineering.
• Mary O’Donnell-Voi has been promoted to Vice President of Organizational Development & Leadership.
• Paul Pieragostini has been promoted to Vice President of Procurement & Supply Chain.
• Sanjeev “Sonny” Tara joined Smeal in February 2016 as Vice President with responsibility for the company’s Ladder Tower Co. and US Tanker Co. businesses.
• Jeff Wegner has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Quality Systems.
Fire-Dex has named Steve Quonce regional sales manager for T60 (New York & New England states) to fill the opening made by Jeff Koledo's promotion to National Sales Manager. Quonce has been a sales rep for Fire-Dex distributors in New York State for many years and has been a firefighter since he was 16 years old.
Cummins Filtration has launched a new website design featuring multilingual support and a faster search tool that makes it easier to find Fleetguard filtration solutions for diesel engines, transmissions, and industrial applications.
“As a technology leader in the diesel engine market, our goal is to offer customers information about our company and products in the most innovative ways possible,” said Beau Lintereur, executive director of marketing and sales, Cummins Filtration. “We revitalized the website to create a more user-friendly experience that increases our customers’ overall satisfaction. The new site (cumminsfiltration.com) accomplishes this perfectly.”
Safe Fleet has acquired Brooklyn, NY-based Rear View Safety (RVS), a provider of back-up camera systems and video-based road safety solutions.
“This acquisition supports our vision to build the leading global provider of safety solutions for fleet vehicles,” said John R. Knox, president & CEO of Safe Fleet. “The addition of Rear View Safety expands Safe Fleet’s leadership position in specialty video products for fleet vehicles in North America and one of the top suppliers worldwide. The RVS product line is complementary to Safe Fleet’s existing video products and positions Safe Fleet as a leading video supplier in all of its fleet end markets.”
RVS’s headquarters and operations will remain in Brooklyn and Joseph Schechter will continue leading RVS as vice president. “Customers will continue to interact with their existing RVS contacts and locations,” Schechter said. “We’re very excited about joining the Safe Fleet family and working together to provide comprehensive solutions for the safety and security needs of the fleets worldwide.”
The RVS acquisition is the sixth for Safe Fleet, which was formed in September 2013 when ROM Corporation and SMI Corporation merged.
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