going places

Jake Bowman has been named OE account manager for Phillips Industries, responsible for OEM sales, servicing trailers and specialty vehicles.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. has named Todd Bloom president & CEO of its American operation.

James R. Bolch has been appointed to the position of president & CEO of Exide Technologies.

Qualcomm Enterprise Services has named Tom Flies senior director of product management.

Eaton Corp. has named Nanda Kumar president of its Europe, Middle East and Africa Vehicle Group. Also, Joao Faria was named regional president-Americas of Eaton's Hydraulics Group; Howard Liu was appointed president of Asia Pacific for the Vehicle Group; and Paolo Baretta has been named director and controller of the Vehicle Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Grote Industries has named William Stone quality director.

Steve Harmon has taken over the position of managing director of Spartan Logistics. Harmon replaces company co-founders Jim Ranney and Ed Harmon, his father, both of whom have retired.

Volvo Financial Services announced that Leo Hawkes has been appointed president of its Region the Americas operations, with responsibility for the North America, Latin America and South Africa markets.

David Dunten has been named vice president-business development of Tuthill Drive Systems.