Spartan Motors Announces Appointment of New Emergency Response President
CHARLOTTE, MI – Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) (“Spartan” or the “Company”), a global leader in specialty chassis and vehicle design, manufacturing and assembly, announced the appointment of Todd Fierro as President of Emergency Response (ER). In this role, Mr. Fierro will have P&L responsibility as well as direct oversight of the Sales, Engineering, and Product Management functions.
During his professional career, Mr. Fierro has served in several executive manufacturing leadership roles, including 18 years at Ford Motor Company and as Senior Vice President and Commercial Segment President at Oshkosh Corporation. While at Oshkosh, his team executed a long-term strategic growth plan that resulted in increased revenues, higher margins, and channel optimization through strategic distribution alignment. Mr. Fierro most recently served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Heilux, LLC., where he helped transition the business from a product development start-up to a sales and manufacturing company. Prior to Heilux, Mr. Fierro served as the President and General Manager of Crown Iron Works.
“We are pleased that someone with Todd’s skill set and background will be joining our executive team as President of Emergency Response,” said Tom Ninneman, Spartan’s Chief Operating Officer. “Working alongside our OEM and dealer network, his extensive experience in manufacturing operations, including product development, sales and distribution will help drive and improve Emergency Response’s long-term profitability.”
About Spartan Motors
Spartan Motors, Inc. is a leading designer, engineer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of specialty vehicles, specialty chassis, vehicle bodies, and parts for the fleet and delivery, recreational vehicle (RV), emergency response, defense forces, and contract assembly (light/medium duty truck) markets. The Company's brand names — Spartan Motors, Spartan Specialty Vehicles, Spartan Emergency Response, Spartan Parts and Accessories, Smeal, and its family of brands, including Ladder Tower™ and UST®; Strobes-R-Us; and Utilimaster®, a Spartan Motors Company — are known for quality, durability, performance, customer service, and first-to-market innovation. The Company employs approximately 2,300 associates, and operates facilities in Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota; Saltillo, Mexico; and Lima, Peru. Spartan reported sales of $707 million in 2017. Visit Spartan Motors at www.spartanmotors.com.
