Our Resource Board
David Gerrard
David is a C-suite advisor leveraging 20+ years of experience leading profitable business growth, consolidations, turnaround and M&A activities. He is known for his leadership in Senior Executive, C-Suite and Board Director roles at companies including Navistar Inc., Chicago International Trucks, USF Corporation, and Laidlaw.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Bus
Rich Ferguson
Richard is a Fortune 50 Business Leader with a unique blend of sales and financial management experience. He has extensive expertise in planning, sales, marketing, corporate finance, continuous improvement as well as product development strategies. C-Suite experience includes Mack & Volvo Trucks, Daimler North America and Orion Bus Industries.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Bus
Dave Durand
Dave’s career has spanned more than 40 years. During that time he has worked in parts, service and sales departments with several trailer manufacturers including Trailmobile, Timpte, Wabash and Great Dane; as well as with independent dealers and distributors, factory branches and independent heavy-duty aftermarket parts companies. His roles included sales, operations, and executive level management.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Trailer
Rick Bergdahl
Rick has over 40 years of leadership experience in the global truck business with an emphasis on directing product, marketing and pricing teams, primarily with PACCAR, Inc. He has numerous accomplishments in building brands as the company grew from a domestic niche player to a $19B Fortune 500 leading manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty trucks including world-class brands like Kenworth, DAF Trucks, Peterbilt and Leyland Trucks.
Specialties:
Global Sourcing
Branding
Tom Clevinger
Tom is an accomplished senior executive who brings deep and broad experience in commercial truck, bus, engine & service parts, sales, marketing, operations, heavy truck dealership operations, commercial vehicle parts distribution, component remanufacturing and after sales support businesses. His background spans national and international senior management assignments in general management, sales and marketing, operations, and product management with P&L responsibilities.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Dale Puhrmann
Dale has a broad-base of experience in Customer Service, Technical Training, Warranty Administration, Service Engineering, Technical Information Development, Aftermarket Parts Operations, Product and Business Development, eLearning, Marketing and Sales in an international, multi-channel, on/off highway equipment distribution and support. Dale held Senior Executive positions at PACCAR, Blue Bird Corporation, Link Manufacturing, John Deere and Caterpillar.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Bus
Off-Highway Agriculture Equipment
Charlie WilLmott
Charlie has over 40 years of senior management and board level experience in freight transportation equipment sales, marketing, and planning for both private and public companies. Charlie worked for the Strick organization as president of Strick Lease Intermodal, president of Distribution International the holding company for Strick Lease and Strick Manufacturing and recently Chief Sales Officer for the Strick Trailer Group.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Trailer
Mark Vehlewald
Mark is a marketing, business strategy and sales leader with a customer centric business philosophy with a capable and articulate communicator, an insightful business and product strategist, and an adaptable, flexible yet decisive leader with broad experience and success. Mark‘s experience at Navistar included Product Strategy, Supplier marketing, Heavy Truck Marketing and New Truck Sales.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Dwayne Haug
Dwayne spent his career on the fleet side of the business. Well known for his first hand knowledge of maintenance, safety, fleet operations and equipment purchasing, Dwayne held director, vice president and president positions at Ellsworth Freight Lines, Silvey Refrigerated Carriers and Werner Enterprises.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Chris Boesel
Chris is a growth-orientated strategic product management professional who is passionate about marketing, business development, complete product and customer account management. A demonstrated leader, problem-solver, and mentor with excellent communication skills with years of experience at Dana, Inc. and Honeywell International.
Specialties:
On-Highway Commercial Vehicles
Richard Jilek
Rich is an experienced, customer focused, product support professional serving most years in senior level executive positions for multi-billion dollar global companies including: Clark Equipment, Volvo, and Hitachi. Highly effective, flexible management skills which motivate and stimulate creativity and action. A hands-on leader in the development of warehousing, logistics, marketing and communications programs.
Specialties:
Off-Highway Construction Equipment
Jack Phelps
Jack Phelps has over 30 years of experience operating and advising companies on revenue growth, profit improvement, operations, restructuring, valuation, mergers, acquisitions and integration.
Mr. Phelps has broad based experience serving roles as President, CEO, COO, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Operating Partner, and Board Member .
Complementing his broad functional experience is his diversity of industries which include automobile and heavy truck, manufacturing, distribution services, software development, and internet retail.
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