ArvinMeritor Inc has appointed Bonnie Wilkinson vice-president and secretary. She began her career at ArvinMeritor in 1997 as assistant general counsel.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co has named Ted J Fick vice-president — commercial systems, a newly created position. He joins Goodyear from Hino Diesel Trucks Inc, where he was senior vice-president and chief operating officer.
Fred Smith has joined Stephens Pneumatics Inc to help expand its product line into liquid tank trailers. He has 24 years' experience in tank trailer industry sales, first with Trailmaster Tanks Inc and later as co-founder of Pioneer Tank & Trailer.
Richard Entralgo has joined Enraf Inc as its western regional sales manager. He has worked most recently with Endress and Hauser Systems and Gauging.
Caterpillar has appointed two managers, Larry Dicks and Steve Brown, to head the company's field operations division, which has been split into east and west divisions. Chuck Avery has been named to manage the newly formed Bus and Specialty Vehicle Group within the On-Highway Engine Division.
Qualcomm Inc has promoted Norman L Ellis to vice-president of business operations for Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS). Most recently, he was senior director of business development.
Webasto Thermosystems has named Joe Kirby truck group director. He previously was director of national accounts for Meritor Automotive in Troy MI.
Warren W Eckert has been named application engineer for ExxonMobil commercial vehicle lubricants (CVL) in North America. He previously served as a lubrication engineer in the field-marketing technical services organization. Dan Larkin has joined the ExxonMobil CVL technical team as fleet optimized drain interval coordinator. Most recently, he served with Detroit Diesel Corp.