05.03.2019

New Link-Belt product managers

Link-Belt has appointed Brian Smoot as product manager, telescopic truck and All Terrain cranes, and Kelly Fiechter as product marketing manager of Rough Terrain cranes, effective from the start of April.

Smoot will replace Rick Curnutte, who is set to retire at the end of the month. He has been promoted from his role as product manager for Rough Terrain cranes, a position he has held since 2013.

He began his career at Link-Belt in 2007 as associate product technician, and was later promoted to marketing product specialist for Link-Belt’s HTC and ATC models, before taking on his role as product manager for Rough Terrain cranes.
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Brian Smoot

Fiechter has been promoted from district sales manager, where he covered the upper midwestern USA and western Canada. He began his career at Link-Belt in 2000 as product specialist for lattice and telescopic boom cranes, and was promoted to district sales manager eight years later.
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Kelly Fiechter

Director of product marketing Pat Collins said: “Brian’s previous responsibilities with hydraulic truck and All Terrain product lines, along with his most recent experience with Link-Belt’s Rough Terrain line up, provide necessary knowledge for his new role.”

“Kelly’s field sales and product experience will be a valuable benefit to the entire marketing team as we look forward to his move from Minneapolis to the Bluegrass state.”