Appointments (April 01, 2005)

C.J. Russell, President of Autoline Products Ltd., has announced senior marketing changes. Gail Dunham has been made director of sales for Canada and U.S. marketing areas. Dunham will continue to be responsible for the development of electronic cataloguing and oversee other company marketing issues. Brent Karr, now western sales manager, will continue to serve all of the Alberta accounts and will now be responsible for warehouse inventory controls, oversee customer quality concerns and develop technical information and product seminars for customers and the Autoline website. Dennis Holmes, now eastern sales manager, will add Manitoba and Saskatchewan to his sales territories. Reg Beaulieu of RJB Sales, Moncton, N.B., and Rod Barnsley of RB Sales, Burnaby, B.C., will continue to represent and service Autoline accounts in the Maritimes and B.C.

Doug Herberger, General Motors North America (GMNA) vice-president and general manager – Service & Parts Operations, has announced the appointment of Duane Miller as executive director, GM Service and Parts Business Channels. In this assignment, Miller, executive director, GM Parts business channel, assumes the additional responsibility for the ACDelco business channel. Miller replaces Scott Mackie, who has held the position of executive director, ACDelco since 2001. Mackie will become the regional general manager for the GMNA Vehicle Sales, Service, and Marketing (VSSM) Northeast region. Miller will lead the firm’s continuing efforts to drive common processes and leverage resources across the ACDelco and GM Parts channels. He also will have responsibility for SPO Canada and Mexico, as well as International Operations. In his new assignment, he will continue to report to Herberger.