Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced several key changes in the company’s senior leadership ranks, effective July 1, 2012.
John O’Leary, currently senior vice president of service and parts, has been named chief financial officer and will continue to serve on the company’s executive operating committee. O’Leary will succeed CFO Juergen Kritschgau, who is retiring after 27 years of service to Daimler, the last 10 years in his current role with DTNA.
O’Leary joined DTNA in October 2000 as manager of general accounting and was promoted in February 2001 to director of corporate audit services. He was named president of Thomas Built Buses in August 2002 and has served as head of service and parts since January 2010, responsible for leading DTNA’s aftermarket functions, including central service, parts sales and marketing, parts distribution, distribution network development, aftermarket service products and remanufacturing.
Friedrich Baumann has been appointed to succeed O’Leary as senior vice president of service and parts, and will serve as a member of the company’s operating committee. He returns to DTNA following a global assignment leading Daimler’s Engine Holding organization.
Baumann began his DTNA career in 1993 in the controlling department and has held several leadership positions in sales and marketing, finance and service and parts. In May 2000, he was appointed director of used truck acquisitions and operations, and in 2002 he was promoted to general manager of used truck acquisitions. In 2003 he was named general manager of procurement and supply, and in 2006 became general manager of remanufacturing in the service and parts organization.
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