Skyjack Adds Six Territory Sales Manager and Field Service Representatives
Skyjack is expanding its support across North America with six new hires that include two territory sales managers and four field service representatives.
“As we continue to broaden our portfolio of access and material handling equipment, we are also expanding our field presence with our sales and product support teams across North America,” said Eric Liner, executive vice president, Americas.
The new hires include:
• Nathan Defibaugh, territory sales manager, Western New York and Western Pennsylvania
Defibaugh has two decades of experience in the construction equipment rental industry. Prior to joining Skyjack, he worked his way up through the ranks and held a variety of positions including branch manager, district sales manager and most recently as a fey account manager, where he continued to achieve impressive revenue growth year after year.
• Octavio Perez, Territory Sales Manager, Southern California, Southern Nevada & Hawaii
Perez joins Skyjack with more than 16 years of experience in the material handling industry. His experiences range from product support to sales, having been a field service technician, service manager and most recently, having spent the last decade as a territory sales manager. He is also a veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy as an operations specialist 2nd class for 10 years.
• Trevor Collins, field service representative, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
Collins has several years of experience working as a field service technician at Halliburton Energy Services and John Deere. He brings with him a wealth of hands-on experience and an extensive technical training background. He also served in the United States Navy for five years, having worked on several nuclear-powered submarines.
• Derek Marshall, field service representative, Texas
Throughout his career, Marshall has worked specifically on aerial work platforms as a field service technician and technical trainer. He has earned his Mobile Hydraulic Mechanic Certification from the International Fluid Power Society and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Prior to joining the industry, he served four years in the United States Navy.
• Randy Sweet, field service representative, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona
Sweet has worked in the customer parts and service area of industrial, automotive and rental industries for nearly 30 years. He started his career as a shop technician and later went on to manage parts and service departments. He brings a solid business acumen and appreciation of rental companies’ product support expectations.
• Travis White, field service representative, Florida, Georgia
White is a 20-year veteran of providing technical service in the lift truck industry. Prior to joining Skyjack, he was a senior field technician and trainer where he directed technical and operator training courses for new company team members and end user customers alike. He brings with him expansive experience and great customer relationships.
“Combined, our new team members bring over a century of experience in the equipment industry, along with twenty years of service in the United States Navy,” Liner said. “We are pleased to have them on board, and are looking forward to sharing their passion, knowledge and dedication with our valued customers.”
About the Author
Michael Roth
Editor
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.
