Perkins Engines Creates New Global Rental Manager Role
Perkins Engines Co. has added a dedicated position to develop and drive a go-to-market rental strategy and has named Andy Zuckerman global rental manager. Zuckerman, currently Americas Sales Director, has accepted the newly created post, and will have the responsibility to drive this critical segment to position Perkins brands as viable solutions for rental customers around the world.
“Andy is well-suited for this position with significant experience in key marketing and rental roles with our company and prior to joining our team,” said Jaz Gil, vice president of global sales, marketing, service and parts. “His vast rental experience makes him a great fit for this very important role.”
Ron Schultz has been named Americas sales director and will replace Zuckerman. Schultz will be responsible for industrial engine sales execution for Perkins-branded products within the Americas region. He was most recently aftermarket director and general manager of the global on-highway truck division of Caterpillar.
“Ron has an extensive background in marketing, distribution and sales with the company and will bring these great experiences to our Americas sales director role,” added Gil. “I am confident that Ron can step right in and help us in many ways as we serve customers and grow our brand in the Americas.”
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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.