Apollo Tyres Names New N. American National Sales Head for Commercial Tires

Main Navigation

Advertisement
Social Connect
Resources
Our Brand Family
  • Tomorrow's Tech University
AftermarketNews - Babcox Media
The Business of Selling Parts
Personnel

Apollo Tyres Names Head of Nat’l Sales for Commercial Tires

Prior to joining Apollo, Brad Persons was the director of OEM Sales, GNB Industrial Power Division for Stryten Energy.

aftermarketNews Staff
By aftermarketNews Staff
Published:

Related Articles

Apollo Tyres Ltd. has named Brad Persons as the company’s new national sales head for commercial tires. In this role, Persons will oversee the company’s sales initiatives within the U.S. and Canada for commercial tires.

Prior to joining Apollo, Persons was the director of OEM Sales, GNB Industrial Power Division for Stryten Energy. He began working in the tire industry in 2003 as a commercial tire & service salesperson. Since then, he has worked for organizations such as Michelin up until 2017, with his last post as a sales force development manager, Commercial and Industrial Tires

Persons graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s in finance and economics. He later completed a Master of Science in Management and a Master of Business Administration at Southern Wesleyan University.

Persons’ announcement coincides with Apollo launching a complete line of commercial tires for fleets at the TMC (Transport Maintenance Council) in Orlando.

You May Also Like

Dayco has announced the appointment of several strategic leadership positions,  as well as the relocation of the company’s headquarters to Birmingham, MI.
Cummins Emissions Solutions
GPC Leadership Transition Paul Donahue Will Stengel
Brian Martin joins AkzoNobel Automotive & Specialty Coatings North America
Personnel

Lubrication Specialties Announces Marketing Hire and Promotion

Matthew Steinmetz was named field marketing rep and Kaysie Keen was promoted to a newly created position of field marketing manager.

Emma Henderson
By Emma Henderson
Emma Henderson is the Managing Editor of aftermarketNews and Counterman. She joined Babcox after a career as a television reporter for stations across the Midwest. Contact her at [email protected]
Published:
LSI Promotions

Lubrication Specialties announces new support for Hot Shot’s Secret field events with the addition of Matthew Steinmetz to field marketing representative and the promotion of Kaysie Keen to a newly created position, field marketing manager.

Keen previously served in a support role in the marketing department as a marketing project specialist. In her new role, she will now report to Kyle Fischer, Hot Shot’s Secret’s director of field marketing & partnerships. In this new role, Keen will manage all event assets, inventory, track and report on field sales, assist with contract negotiations, monitor and screen sponsorship applications, and coordinate all event details, Lubrication Specialties said.

Read Full Article

More Personnel Posts
Merchants Fleet Names Starke Regional Sales Manager

Jessica Starke will be the regional sales manager for the central region of the company’s Truck & Van Rental Division.

By Emma Henderson
Merchants Fleet Hires Starke as Regional Sales Manager
APA Appoints Nick Branoff as New Board Member

Branoff (second from left) is the CEO of Flint, Michigan-based Brown & Sons Auto Parts and is the grandson of the founder, Jack Brown.

By Mary DellaValle
APA Appoints Nick Branoff as New Board Member
Dill Air Controls Welcomes Sean Lannoo

Joining the Dill team on April 29, Lannoo will step into the newly established role of technical training manager. 

By Emma Henderson
Sean Lane Dill
TBC Corporation Appoints New President and CEO 

Don Byrd, currently TBC’s chief strategy and marketing officer, assumes his new role effective May 1.

By Mary DellaValle

Other Posts

Hyundai’s Sung Woo Shin Joins Stradvision Board of Directors

Sung Woo Shin brings more than 20 years of automotive industry expertise to advance autonomous driving tech.

By Jason Morgan
Hyundai_Motor_Company_s_SUNG_WOO_SHIN
Apollo Tyres Adds to EU Lineup

The EnduMile LHT, the company’s most durable and fuel-efficient trailer tire, is now available in a 385/55 R22.5 format.

By Jason Morgan
Apollo-Tire-new-EU-sizes-1400
Goodyear Names New Americas Unit President

Ryan Waldron joined Goodyear in 2003, serving in leadership roles in finance and supply chain for multiple North America business areas.

By Christian Hinton
Goodyear Names New Americas Unit President
Bartec TPMS Announces Addition to Field Service Team

Joe Miller has been involved in the automotive industry his entire career, starting in the family automotive shop, and over the years working his way through all the shop positions.

By Emma Henderson
BARTEC TPMS