W.O. Grubb Crane Rental appointed Ted Redmond as CEO; Dustin Fisher as chief financial officer, and Michael Good as senior vice president of operations. The company also announced that Albert “Al” Bove and Brad Creswell have joined the board of directors. Bove is particularly well known in the crane industry for his years as head of Amquip Crane Co. and Maxim Crane.

Also, the company has expanded its finance and operations organizations with the appointments of Bora Welsh as head of FP&A, James Bryan as controller, and Bill Smith as vice president of risk management. Together, these appointments bring additional deep industrial services and rental experience to Grubb to support its planned next phase of accelerated growth. Grubb is also partnering with private equity firm Halo Partners.

"Grubb is a rare opportunity: a 64-year-old brand that customers trust with their hardest jobs, built by people who take real pride in their work," said Redmond. "Mike Good and the team have built something special at Grubb, and my job is to keep that intact while we invest in the fleet, the branch network, and our people. With Halo's backing, we believe we have the capital and the mandate to accelerate our growth and become the leader in the industry, and I'm honored to lead that next chapter."

Halo is a private investment firm focused on partnering with founders and management teams to transform durable, resilient businesses in the industrial, technology, and related services sectors.

"After leading the company through very strong organic growth for the last several years and through its transition from family ownership, I am excited to help continue building one of the strongest teams in the industry,” said Good. “That's what we've done with the addition of Ted, Dustin and other promotions and changes to the team. Ted has scaled businesses like ours before, and I'm looking forward to partnering with him and all the incredible Grubb employees as senior vice president, continuing to scale our operations, fleet and safety teams as we continue our growth plan."

"Ted, Mike, Dustin, and the team joining them are established operators and business builders with long track records of delivering results while strengthening the cultures that make their companies great places to work," said Nate Mejías and Dilshat Erkin, managing partners at Halo. "Each of them came to Grubb through our proprietary executive network and are already working hand-in-hand with our Aura Equity Acceleration teams, including our AI Aura Intelligence program. We are proud to have them leading Grubb – one of the strongest brands, fleets and group of operators in North America."

Veteran Leadership

Redmond, who joined Grubb this week, brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience with rental and industrial services businesses. Prior to joining Grubb, he served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Black Diamond Group’s largest EBITDA-operating segment, where he led a large fleet of rental units across an extensive branch network and delivered over a three-fold increase in EBITDA. Previously, Redmond was president and CEO of NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Services, a leading lifting and heavy haul solutions provider, where he more than doubled revenue and substantially grew EBITDA, culminating in a successful sale of the company. Redmond also worked as president and CEO of a public company and spent his early career with the Boston Consulting Group.

Fisher joined Grubb in 2026 following a more than two-decade career at The Hertz Corp., where he held senior finance leadership roles including chief financial officer – global operations. Fisher brings significant finance, M&A, and execution experience to W.O. Grubb, the company said.

Good joined Grubb in 2016 following a 30-year career with AmQuip Crane, a leading lifting solution provider in the Mid-Atlantic, where he led operations across 12 branch locations and more than 500 employees. Good brings significant operational and industry specific expertise to the company with differentiated experience in Grubb’s core geographies and targeted growth regions.

Bove joins Grubb’s board of directors with more than five decades of experience in the crane rental industry, including stints as CEO of both AmQuip Crane and Maxim Crane Works, two of North America’s largest lifting solutions providers.

Creswell joins Grubb’s board of directors with more than 40 years of experience in the private equity and broader finance industries. He is the co-founder of NCA Partners, a Seattle-based private investment firm, and brings expertise and prior success in the lifting solutions industry, including NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Services.

Welsh comes to Grubb with nearly two decades of finance experience. She previously spent nearly a decade at Hertz, ultimately as vice president of financial planning and analysis for the U.S. business. She began her career in finance roles at Procter & Gamble.

Bryan joins Grubb after more than a decade at Hertz in senior accounting and finance leadership roles, most recently as vice president, Global Finance Shared Services, with experience spanning financial restatement, financial systems implementations, and shared services transformation. He began his career in public accounting with PwC and Grant Thornton.

Smith has more than 40 years in Grubb’s core rental, specialty rigging, and heavy haul sectors, bringing multidisciplinary experience with a focus on risk management, safety, training and practical standards-based solutions focused on improving operational safety and reducing liability.

W.O. Grubb has 13 branches in the mid-Atlantic region and is based in Richmond, Va. For more information, visit www.wogrubb.com.

Source: W.O. Grubb