Meghan Tranchina Named Western Regional Sales Manager at Western Global
Western Global, a leading provider of portable tanks and dispensing equipment for the storage and handling of fuels, lubricants and other fluids, has hired Meghan Tranchina as its western regional sales manager. She will be responsible for developing new relationships and providing support for customers in the western U.S. region.
“I look forward to working with the passionate team at Western Global,” Tranchina said. “The company has an outstanding reputation and a successful track record for taking care of its customers, and I hope to continue that by being a resource for existing customers and help to expand the brand even further.”
Tranchina is an experienced sales professional with previous experience in the manufacturing equipment industry. She spent the last five years as the western regional sales manager for Hardinge Inc., where she sold application-specific manufacturing equipment directly and through distribution.
“We are excited to welcome Meghan to our team,” said Barry Truan, Western Global vice president – Americas. “Her enthusiasm for customer relationships and her dedication to customer service align well with our company goals. She will be a great addition to our team and a trustworthy resource for our customers.”
Tranchina holds a degree from San Francisco State University. She is a member of the American Management Association, through which she holds several professional certificates including Strategic Sales and Contract Negotiations; and Women in Leadership and Management. She is also a member of Women in Manufacturing, a trade association dedicated to providing support to women in the manufacturing industry.
Tranchina is based out of her home office in Newport Beach, Calif., and will report to Western Global’s U.S. headquarters in Troy, Mich.
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Michael Roth
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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.