Eaton reorganizes truck aftermarket group

CLEVELAND (March 18, 2002) — Eaton has reorganized its truck aftermarket division.

Josette Russell, appointed to the newly created position of marketing and business development manager, will lead the division’s strategic development, product management, marketing, and growth development activities. She will relocate to Galesburg, Mich. For the past two years, Russell was manager of worldwide business systems deployment at the clutch division.

Chris Shemas has been appointed to the newly created position of NAFTA sales manager. She will lead aftermarket sales growth efforts both at OEM accounts and with distributors. Most recently, Shemas was manager of OEM sales and marketing for the truck division.

Steve Melvin, appointed to the newly created position of service product development manager, is responsible for developing and commercializing service-related products, services and software. Most recently, he was manager of truck service and support.

In addition, Tim Morscheck, formerly vice-president and general manager of the trucking electronic systems division, has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer for Eaton’s truck business unit.

In a related move, the automated transmissions business unit is being moved out of the truck electronics systems division and blended back into Eaton’s heavy-duty and light- and medium-duty transmission divisions.