Terex Cranes grows North American team

Terex Cranes is renewing its focus in North America with two new appointments: Jonathan Caldwell to sales representative for tower cranes and Michael Goll to business development manager for rough terrain cranes.

These appointments, which follow the appointment of Andreas Ernst to general manager, cranes Americas (announced earlier this year) is part of the company’s growth strategy for North America and will build on the strength of its parts and service support team, primarily located in Wilmington, N.C., and supported by factory teams in Fontanafredda and Crespellano, Italy, the company said.

Jonathan Caldwell, Sales Representative for Tower Cranes

Jonathan Caldwell, sale representative, tower cranes has assumed responsibility for growing the Terex Tower Cranes business across North America and looks forward to building and sustaining effective relationships with distributors across the region. Having studied Civil Engineering at the University of Central Florida, Caldwell started in the industry as an application engineer at AmQuip Crane Rentals and is a two-time recipient of the Terex Continuing Education Scholarship (matched each year from AmQuip), offered through the SC&R Foundation, which he used to further his engineering and construction management expertise.

“I’m extremely grateful to Terex for their contribution in helping me further my education and I look forward to applying my knowledge to support the growth of Terex Tower Cranes, which has a product portfolio that I have long admired—in particular the popular SK hammerhead models,” commented Caldwell.

Michael Goll, business development manager for RT Cranes, North America is responsible for directing the sales strategy for Terex Rough Terrain Cranes and Franna Pick & Carry Cranes across North America, in partnership with growing its distribution network nationwide.

Goll has more than twenty years business development experience.

Michael Goll, Business Development Manager for Rough Terrain Cranes

“I look forward to forging strong business relationships with both the internal team as well as our distribution partners and customers,” said Goll. “I firmly believe in a ‘How may I help make your job easier?’ approach, and this along with plans to introduce new rough terrain models to the North American market, will support our ambitious growth plans.”

In his most recent position as a business development/regional sales manager for Wiggins Lift Company, Goll created the industrial lift division of high-capacity forklifts as well as establishing a dealer footprint throughout North America to provide them with exposure into the industrial material handling market.