JLG Names Joe Kleiner Regional Vice President for Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada
JLG Industries has named Joe Kleiner regional vice president for the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. Kleiner replaces Brent Miller who was recently named vice president of channel management for JLG. In his new role, Kleiner’s primary focus will be leading JLG’s sales and service growth within the region.
“Joe has a long tenure at JLG. Elevating him into this role allows us to continue meeting the growing needs of our rental and end-user customers in the East,” said Timothy Morris, senior vice president of sales, market development and customer support for the Americas, JLG. “Joe and his team will be key contributors to the company’s business goals within the territory.”
Kleiner’s region includes the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. In Canada, Kleiner oversees the following provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.
“The heavy equipment market is constantly evolving which presents many growth opportunities,” said Kleiner. “To position JLG for continued success, our team is focused on understanding our customers changing needs to elevate the access industry in three key areas: Productivity, safety and technology, while delivering the industry’s broadest range of lifecycle solutions, including parts, service and training.”
Kleiner has been with JLG for eight years, starting off his career in the company’s sales trainee program, which included completing experienced-based training in the Sales, Marketing, Aftermarket Support & Service, Manufacturing, Parts Distribution, Transportation & Logistics, Purchasing, Warranty, Credit and Finance departments. Prior to taking on this new role, Kleiner was a district sales manager in the Western Region, serving customers in Northern California and Nevada, and in the Midwest Region, servicing customers in Indiana and Illinois. Kleiner has a BS in Business Administration and an MBA from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
For more information about JLG products and services, visit www.jlg.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.