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The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has elected Mark Pflederer to the newly created position of vice-president of commercial vehicle business.

DaimlerChrysler Services Tryuck Finance has named Ron Storz national sales manager.

Greg Gauger has been named global product manager for Caterpillar's on-highway engine products.

The Timken co. has appointed Brian Walters director of heavy-duty sales.

Frank Adelman has been named vice-president of sales at Pegasus TransTech.

Comdata has named Jim Macdonald naitonal-account sales manager in its Business Services unit.

LTL carrier Saia Inc. announced the following appointments: Dan Giesen has been promoted to director of operations services; Jeffrey Mosher has been named manager of line haul optimization; Ed Chilcott has been named regional sales manager (Portland, OR); Dan DeSouza has been named terminal manager at the Springfield, MO, facility; and Tom Lower has been named terminal manager at the San Diego, CA, facility.

The Richer Systems Group has named Ken Chapman vice-president of product development; Glenn Bryan vice-president of implementation; and Richard McKeel to manager of quality assurance.

DAVCO Technology has appointed Prasad Tumati as director of engineering.