Who’s on the move this week [May 1, 2012]

Dale Skiles is the newest national account manager at Nissan Forklift Corp. He will be responsible for US accounts and for developing new North American accounts.

Port Logistics Group has made a number of management appointments. Tim Smith is now the chief financial officer of the Houston, Texas-based gateway logistics services company. Lou Riccitelli has been appointed vice-president east coast

operations, and will be responsible for all east coast gateway operations including regional trucking operations and 111,480sqm (1.2 million sqf) of multi-client warehouse space. He will be based in Clifton, New Jersey. Michael Heilman was named vice-president, business development, western region. He will be responsible for building Port Logistics Group’s consumer electronics vertical and supporting sales efforts for customers importing through west coast gateways.

CEVA Logistics has appointed Alejandro Castro as chief financial officer for the Americas. He previously worked at the agricultural supply chain management company Olam International, as CFO and senior vice-president of finance in the Olam Spice and Vegetables division.

Electrical, communications and data networking product distributor Graybar has two new appointees. David Bender has been named Atlanta district vice-president, replacing Joe LaMotte, who is retiring. Kirk Snure is the new vice-president Seattle district. Both appointments take effect on July 1.