People On The Move: Week Of Jan. 3

People On The Move: Week Of Jan. 3

A look back at personnel changes of the past week.

Dent Wizard Promotes Addison Thomas To President And COO

Thomas has served as Dent Wizard’s COO since 2018, leading the company’s core service operations team

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Hankook Tire Strengthens North America Team

Curtis Brison named president of Hankook Tire North America.

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Stewart-Haas Racing Bolsters Competition Leadership

Mike Bugarewicz promoted to Performance Director; Drew Blickensderfer named Crew Chief for Aric Almirola and No. 10 Team.

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Total Specialties’ Rod Umphreys Appointed to CAWA Council

Umphreys started his lubricants career in 2001 working at McCollister and Company in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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VP Racing Promotes Ben Dolan to Vice President of Marketing

Dolan joined the VP team in September of 2020 as director of marketing.

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REE Automotive Appoints David Goldberg as CFO

Goldberg joins REE from Magna International, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers.

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AASA Announces Multiple Promotions

AASA announces the promotions of Ben Brucato, Elizabeth Goad and Megan Gardner.

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LIQUI MOLY’s Ken Dowler Appointed to CAWA Advisory Council

Dowler is a key account manager at LIQUI MOLY focusing on growing its aftermarket business in bulk oil distributors and key warehouse distributors nationally.

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Marelli Announces CEO Succession Plans

David Slump appointed as new CEO, Beda Bolzenius to retire.

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MAHLE noted it made significant progress in reducing its CO2 emissions, and increasing the use of renewable electricity.

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