going places

Olof Persson has been named president of Volvo AB and CEO of the Volvo Group, replacing Leif Johansson, who is retiring.

Roger J. Wood is the new CEO of Dana Holding Corp. He will also join the board of directors.

Bergstrom Inc. has named Jack Shaffer president & CEO.

Paulo Sarti is taking over as managing director of South American operations for Penske Logistics, replacing Bill Scroggie who is returning to the U.S. to serve as the company's senior vice president of operations for its central region.

Mark Blackford has been named national fleet manager and Kent Bode has been appointed manager of the south central aftermarket region and national account manager for the heavy-duty division of Grote Industries.

Rand McNally has named Jim Rodi senior vice president of mobile communications.

Aljex Software has named Ken Pehanick vice president of logistics technology.

Ken Kelley has been promoted to vice president of business development for the Brake and Wheel Ends Group of Marmon Highway Technologies.

Steven Holland will take over as CEO of DEF supplier Brenntag AG this summer, replacing Stephen Clark.

Bruce Yakley is the new president of Trail King Industries, replacing Carol Lowe.

Polar Corp. has named Frank Lukacs president of its Polar Tank Trailer division. The company also promoted Jeff Behrens to division controller for Polar Service Centers.

The Truck Renting and Leasing Assn. has chosen Terence Dubowick chairman for 2012. Dubowick is the national account manager for Mack Leasing System and Volvo Truck Leasing System.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia has appointed Karla Staver director of safety and claims prevention.

Calvin Le has been named sales manager and Raphael Bulira technical support engineer for Baracoda.

Tom Rosser, Ed Bolis, Garrett Funk and Timothy Oddy have all joined the sales team at Jost International.