OTR Engineered Solutions has named Oscar Torres president and CEO, effective January 5, 2026.
Torres brings more than 25 years of executive leadership experience in private equity-backed organizations, with expertise in the aerospace aftermarket. He spent the majority of his career at Kellstrom Aerospace, a global distributor and technical services provider, where he advanced through senior leadership roles including chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and CEO.
During his tenure at Kellstrom, Oscar led initiatives that strengthened operational performance and drove sustainable growth for the company and its business partners. He played a key role in multiple strategic acquisitions and divestitures and helped position the company as a leading global supply-chain solutions provider serving airlines, OEMs, MROs (maintenance, repair and operations), and aircraft lessors worldwide.
“Oscar’s proven leadership, collaborative approach, and deep industry knowledge make him exceptionally well suited to lead OTR into its next phase of growth,” said Hector Ramirez, interim president of OTR. “We are excited to welcome him and are confident in the value he will bring to our customers, partners, and stakeholders.”
Torres is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor of accounting from Florida International University and an MBA from the University of Miami.
OTR Engineered Solutions is a global enterprise specializing in off-the-road tire, wheel, and track solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarkets. Known for being an innovator in multiple off-the-road applications, OTR differentiates itself by providing value-added services such as warehousing, tire mounting, and sequencing.
For more information about OTR, visit www.otrwheel.com.
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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.