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  • Steve Geary, a partner in Supply Chain Visions, has been named to The National Register's Who's Who in Executives & Professionals, a directory of people who have earned national recognition for their professional success. Supply Chain Visions is a supply chain consulting firm with offices in Seattle, Salt Lake City, Memphis and Boston.
  • Ozburn-Hessey Logistics has hired Tom Donovan as its new director of integrated solutions. Donovan, who will work from the company's Indianapolis office, has almost 30 years of experience working with transportation and distribution companies.
  • Stephen Legg has been promoted to director, product technology and development at FKI Logistex. Legg has been with FKI in various positions for more than 18 years, most recently as vice president, business development for FKI Logistex North America.
  • The Material Handling Industry of America has promoted two of its executives. Tom Carbott has been named vice president, sales. He has been with MHIA since 1992 and will be responsible for managing the sales staff and the growth of MHIA's international trade events, ProMat and NA. Also promoted was Michael Laurent. He moves to the position of vice president, finance, and will be responsible for the organization's financial planning and operations.
  • Toyota has made several key management changes that affect its lift-truck manufacturing and sales. Tatsuo Matsuura has been named CEO of Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM), and Susumu (Sonny) Toyoda has been appointed as president and COO of TIEM. Both have also been named to the TIEM and Toyota Material Handling USA (TMHU) board of directors, where Matsuura will serve as chairman. Matsuura also recently assumed the position of executive vice president for Toyota Material Handling Group. In addition, TMHU has promoted Robert Bosworth to vice president of sales. He had been national dealer sales manager.
  • Schneider National has appointed Judy Lemke executive vice president and CIO. Lemke, who has more than 25 years' experience, will head up the company's technology, engineering and business transformation initiatives.

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