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CIMC Intermodal Equipment Hires Director
CIMC Intermodal Equipment has hired Joe Hite as director, business development-dealers
CIMC Intermodal Equipment has hired Joe Hite as director, business development-dealers. In this new position, Hite will focus on support and development of CIMC IE’s expanding North American market for intermodal chassis.
Hite brings extensive transportation/trucking industry experience with him to his new role at CIMC Intermodal Equipment. Prior to joining CIMC IE, Hite was with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) with roles in sales, marketing, account management, and event management, most recently as vice president of Business Development.
Hite is a former member of the North American Commercial Vehicle Show’s (NACV) advisory committee. He is a former Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and has been an active member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).
“We’re certainly pleased Joe has joined the CIMC IE team,” commented Trevor Ash, vice president sales & marketing. “The experience that Joe brings with him from the intermodal and trucking industry, along with the relationships he has built, will be a huge driver of CIMC IE’s fast-growing expansion into North America and beyond.”
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