PRESS RELEASE New Product Segment Managers

Kinedyne Hires Lance Hickey and Joe Vergel de Dios to Lead Curtainside and Decking Solutions Market Segments

Sales executives bring decades of trucking industry experience to new roles

BRANCHBURG, NJ (Oct. 4, 2022) — Leading cargo control solutions manufacturer Kinedyne LLC hired Lance Hickey as market segment manager for Curtainside Solutions, and Joe Vergel de Dios as market segment manager for Decking Solutions.

"We are excited to add these industry veterans to our management team," says Dan Schlotterbeck, Kinedyne president. "With their extensive industry experience and skills, they will lead strategic business growth for these market segments for Kinedyne. They are well-suited to demonstrate to customers how Kinedyne Curtainside and Decking Solutions can help optimize fleets to do more with less."

Hickey’s focus is on growing and expanding sales of Kinedyne’s curtainside products such as Kin-Sider and Kin-Slider through original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and distribution channels. Kinedyne’s curtainside products are designed to provide quick and easy access to cargo anywhere on a trailer to reduce cargo loading and unloading times and create scheduling flexibility.

Vergel de Dios leads sales of Kaptive Beam K1 and K2 double-decking trailer systems that can double the capacity of a dry van and make it possible to secure up to twice as much freight. He is charged with the development and further growth of this market segment throughout North America.

Both executives bring a wealth of experience to their respective roles. Hickey has over 20 years of sales and business development experience, marked by progressive growth and extensive formal training in sales and sales leadership. He has managed territories for a range of trucking industry suppliers, run a start-up ELD subscription-based service and managed a truck and trailer upfitter’s parts and services department.

"The aim of Kinedyne Curtainside Solutions is to help improve productivity and safety for our customers through the use of technology," said Hickey. "I’m especially looking forward to helping take curtainside trailer technology into the mainstream in North America and further improving cargo securement for curtainside vehicles."

Vergel de Dios has more than 15 years of leadership experience in trucking, transportation, and logistics. He holds an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management and is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Enduring Freedom.

"My goal is to ensure Kinedyne Decking Solutions customers are always supported, from initial configuration through installation and beyond," said Vergel de Dios. "We will focus on providing customers with innovation solutions, product education, and field training to optimize and create efficiencies for their fleets."

About Kinedyne LLC

Founded in 1968, Kinedyne LLC is a world-leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of cargo control technologies, including cargo securement, capacity, and access solutions for the transportation industry. Kinedyne LLC manufactures products and provides services in a variety of industry sectors and is known for the development and engineering of high-quality equipment, holding multiple patents for many of its innovative products. Kinedyne serves a broad range of users, which include OEMs, fleets, and independent owner-operators, across a wide variety of markets, including heavy-duty trucking, government, military, agriculture, automotive, recreational vehicle, moving, and storage. Kinedyne’s world headquarters are located in Branchburg, New Jersey, and the company has affiliates strategically located around the globe, including Kinedyne Canada Limited in Canada, Sistemas Kinedyne, S.A. de C.V., in Mexico, and Nantong Kinedyne Limited in China. Read more about Kinedyne LLC at kinedyne.com.Kinedyne is owned by The Heico Companies, LLC, a holding company with a diversified portfolio of businesses in manufacturing, construction, and industrial services. Read more about The Heico Companies LLC at heicocompanies.com. Kinedyne LLC is certified in the United States by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and in Canada by the Women’s Business Enterprise Canada Council (WBE Canada).

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