Phillips Industries Names Vice President of Sales

Rob Myers Photo: Phillips Industries

Phillips Industries has promoted Rob Myers to vice president of sales after having served as director of sales since 2015.

Myers joined Phillips Industries in September 2015. The company promoted him to the new position recognizing his contributions to the Phillips sales organization's improvements in supporting original equipment manufacturers, parts distributors and truck fleet operators.

“Rob has become a key component of the organizational structure we are building to be the most responsive component manufacturer serving the global commercial vehicle industry,” stated Rob Phillips, president and COO. “Rob's promotion is well deserved and we're all very excited about the future under his leadership.”

Philips Industries says it will announce additional organizational changes in the new future, aimed at strengthening the company's ability to meet the demands of the changing commercial vehicle industry.

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Kenworth Names Dealer Council Members

Kenworth has named its 2017 Kenworth Dealer Council, featuring eight prominent executives representing more than 380 Kenworth dealerships in the U.S. and Canada.

Kenworth Council members are chairman – Will Bruser, Truckworx Kenworth, Birmingham, Ala.; Mike Clark, Wisconsin Kenworth, Madison, Wis.; Boyd McConnachie, Inland Kenworth, Burnaby, British Columbia; Mike Nagle, Bayview Kenworth, St. John, New Brunswick; Scott Oliphant, Kenworth of Louisiana, Gray, La.; Dan Penksa, Kenworth Northeast Group, Buffalo, N.Y.; and Tim Spurgeon, MHC Kenworth, Leawood, Kan.

Additionally, Tom Bertolino of NorCal Kenworth in Sacramento, Calif., serves as the Kenworth line representative for the American Truck Dealers.

The council works with Kenworth to help provide customer support throughout the dealer network with the Kenworth PremierCare and Kenworth PremierCare Gold Certified programs. PremierCare Gold is a superior level of service that offers extended dealer operating hours and expedited expert diagnostics, among other services, that assist customers in maximizing uptime and overtime performance.

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