Durante Rentals has promoted Kenneth Cockrill from president to CEO. Cockrill has more than two decades of senior leadership experience in strategy planning, sales and operations management with various construction, industrial and equipment rental organizations. Kenneth holds dual degrees in engineering and applied sciences from Lamar University.
“Kenneth has driven significant improvements since joining the business and we are excited for the future of the organization under his leadership,” said Mitch Green, managing partner with Clairvest. “We look forward to continued achievements from this exceptional management team in the years to come.”
Kenneth Cockrill CEO said “I look forward to continuing the strong tradition of strong entrepreneurial values that are core to the business as we deploy capital to expand the business. We have a talented and responsive team that enjoys assisting customers [to] solve complex jobsite issues.”
Durante Rentals, based in New Rochelle, N.Y., has locations throughout the New York tri-state area and is No. 73 on the RER 100.
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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.
