Who’s on the move this week: September 8, 2014

Joe SammonVersaCold Logistics Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Sammon to the position of vice-president of engineering. As a member of the senior leadership team, Sammon has overall responsibility for physical engineering within VersaCold’s 33 warehousing facilities across Canada. In addition to physical plant and overall facility engineering Sammon also has responsibility for VersaCold’s green energy initiatives as well as the critical responsibility of maintaining sensitive temperature’s in order to meet our customers’ quality requirements. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, is a Professional Engineer (P. Eng), and holds an MBA from Wilfred Laurier University. Before joining VersaCold Sammon was responsible for BlackBerry’s 41 facilities in Canada.

Michael SpenceVersaCold has also appointed Michael Spence CFO, reporting to Douglas Harrison, President & CEO. As a member of the senior leadership team, Spence has overall responsibility for the Finance and Accounting Functions. In addition to Finance Spence also has overall responsibility for VersaCold’s technology strategy and platforms. He was previously president and CFO of Canadian General Tower. He holds both Chartered Accountant (CA) and Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designations and is current enrolled in the Executive MBA program at Queen’s University.

NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) has appointed Brett Schemerhorn as president, Big Trucks Americas. The specialized Big Trucks team was developed as part of a recent reorganization. Schemerhorn has nearly 20 years of experience in the materials handling industry. He joined NMHG as an inventory analyst in 1995 and has worked his way through a series of increasingly significant positions, including the vice president of National Accounts and vice president of sales for Hyster Company. Most recently, he served as the vice-president of marketing for NMHG, where he was responsible for the overall marketing of the Hyster, Yale and UTILEV brands to customers, dealers and internal personnel. Until a replacement can be found for Schemerhorn’s previous position, the Marketing department will report to Chuck Pascarelli, president, sales and marketing Americas for NMHG. Schemerhorn holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in finance from DePaul University.