Genie Names Rimmer VP of Commercial Strategy & Operations

Genie has named Adam Rimmer vice president, commercial strategy & operations for Terex Aerial Work Platforms. In this newly created role, Rimmer is responsible for marketing, product management, customer care, service, used equipment and AWP information technology of the Genie brand.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Genie has named Adam Rimmer vice president, commercial strategy & operations for Terex Aerial Work Platforms. In this newly created role, Rimmer is responsible for marketing, product management, customer care, service, used equipment and AWP information technology of the Genie brand. Rimmer rejoins the company after serving in other roles within Terex. Previously he led the Genie Parts, Service, Used Equipment and Customer Care organizations of the Americas. He is based at the Genie corporate offices in Redmond, Wash.

Rimmer transitions to the new role from his previous position as Terex vice president, Global IT, where he was responsible for improving IT service levels, providing technology solutions to support the company’s business objectives and streamlining IT service delivery across Terex. Before that role, Rimmer held a variety of positions in sales, sales operations and business transformation within Terex.

“Adam’s experience and passion for the aerial industry is a tremendous addition to our company as we continue to develop innovative product offerings, services and programs that are designed to meet the growing needs of our rental customers,” said Matt Fearon, Genie president, Terex AWP. “He has extensive experiences within the Terex organization, as well as a great understanding of the Genie brand and our customers’ needs. As vice president, commercial strategy & operations, Adam will play a vital role in growing our organization, as well as our opportunities, in the marketplace.” 

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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.

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