18.11.2018

New VP for Manitou N.America

Manitou has appointed David Chickowski as western region vice president for North America.

In his new role he will oversee all sales activities for Manitou, Gehl and Mustang products in the western United States and Canada. He joins Manitou from Stanley Black & Decker, where he has been director of business development for the past 18 months. Prior to that he was vice president of sales and marketing at REV group - following eight years with JLG.
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David Chickowski

Chickowski began his career in 1990 at Tremco Commercial Sealants & Waterproofing as senior sales manager, moving to Quanex Building Products eight years later as western regional sales manager. In 2006 he joined JLG as regional sales manager south west for its Caterpillar products, and two years later he was promoted to vice president sales and product support. In 2011 he was promoted to general manager of the Caterpillar Alliance division, and a year later he moved to sister company Jerr-Dan as vice president operations, leaving to join REV in 2014.

Manitou’s chief executive for North America Mark Hanson said: “David's industry knowledge and leadership experience will be a tremendous asset to Manitou North America as we serve our customers in the western region. David's position as our western regional vice president is a new role for Manitou North America and will be critical to our organisation as we align resources to support our customers and drive their success.”