going places

Lanair Products has named Tom Francois sales manager.

Kirk Thompson, the longtime president &CEO of J.B. Hunt, will become chairman Jan. 1, replacing Wayne Garrison. John N. Roberts III takes over as president & CEO.

Atlas Van Lines has promoted Ryan McConnell to vice president-corporate marketing; Phil Wahl to vice president of Atlas subsidiary Avail Resource Management; David Coulter to vice president-sales, Special Transportation Group; Dennie Lynn to senior vice president of transportation services administration; and Mark Spiehler to senior vice president of account/agent/claims services.

Gennaro “Gerry” Stea has joined Ride Control as director-original equipment sales.

Kinedyne Corp. has named Todd Jenkins sales engineer; Lisa Boyle account executive for the government sector; and Gene Williams account executive for the Southeast region.

David Borchik has been appointed Eastern district sales manager for Purolator USA.

Con-way Multimodal has named C. Thomas “Tommy” Barnes president and Greg Orr vice president of operations.

Keith Klein, executive vice president & COO of Transport America, has been elected chairman of the Minnesota Trucking Assn. board of directors.

Sean Miller is the new Western regional sales director for Noregon Systems.

Jim Gaw has been promoted to vice president and general manager of AWG International.

SkyBitz has appointed Robert Hsu vice president of international business development.