August 2007

Wilson Jones Appointed President Of Pierce Manufacturing

Wilson Jones has been named president of Pierce Manufacturing, replacing John Randjelovic, one of a series of organizational appointments in Oshkosh Truck Corporation’s Fire Emergency Group.

Randjelovic, an Oshkosh executive vice president, was promoted to chief executive officer of the corporation’s Fire and Emergency Group, and Thomas D. Fenner, the vice president and general manager for the airport and municipal products business unit, was promoted to executive vice president of Oshkosh Truck and president of the Fire and Emergency Group.

Business Momentum

“These new appointments are designed to align our Fire and Emergency Group to enhance decision-making and knowledge sharing across business units, as well as help continue to deliver the most modern and safe products and services our customers need to perform their jobs,” said Oshkosh Chairman, President and CEO Robert G. Bohn. “We have real business momentum, and the time is right to make this important transition. I like the team we have in place today, and believe that the future for the Fire and Emergency Group is extremely positive.”

Oshkosh is based in Appleton, Wis., and its Fire and Emergency Group includes the following business units: Pierce Manufacturing; Kewaunee Fabrications; Oshkosh airport and municipal products; Medtec Ambulance Corporation; JerrDan Corporation; BAI Brescia Antincendi International Srl.; and Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles.

The Group manufactures the following products – fire and rescue apparatus, aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles, snow removal vehicles, ambulances, towing carriers and wreckers, and broadcast communications and mobile medical vehicles.

Randjelovic, who remains an executive vice president with Oshkosh Truck, was most recently president of the Fire Emergency Group and Pierce. He was appointed president of Pierce in September 1998. Since joining Oshkosh Truck in 1992, he has held various positions, including vice president and general manager of the former Oshkosh Trailer division and vice president and general manager of Pierce.

Randjelovic holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Lewis University in Lockport, Ill.

Fenner

Fenner’s appointment to the head of the Fire and Emergency Group along with Oshkosh executive vice president follows his stint in the airport and municipal products business unit where he was responsible for airport products sales, engineering, production and service. 

Fenner was also chief procurement officer for the corporation, responsible for the company’s strategic procurement activities, global sourcing and supply chain management and development. Since joining Oshkosh Truck in 1982, Fenner has held increasingly broad and responsible positions, predominantly in operations, including vice president, manufacturing operations, at both Pierce Manufacturing and McNeilus Companies, Inc., which makes refuse trucks and concrete mixers.

Fenner served with the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps Staff Academy and is a graduate of the Kellogg-Northwestern Advanced Executive Program.

Jones

Jones, the new president of Pierce, joined Oshkosh Truck in 2005. Prior to serving as vice president of sales and marketing for the Fire and Emergency Group, he was the vice president and general manager of the airport and municipal products business unit, where he led a strategic international initiative for the company.

Jones has more than 22 years of experience in specialty vehicle manufacturing and has served on the boards for both the Fire Apparatus Manufacturer’s Association and the American Ambulance Association. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

Pierce Manufacturing is a leading North American manufacturer of custom fire apparatus. Products include custom and commercial pumpers, aerials, rescue trucks, wildland trucks, mini-pumpers, elliptical tankers, and homeland security apparatus. In addition, Pierce designs its own foam systems and was the first company to introduce the side roll protection system to fire apparatus.

For information call 920-832-3231 or go to www.piercemfg.com.