Milestone announces leadership team appointments

US-based transport equipment lessor, Milestone, has announced the addition of three key executives to its leadership team.

According to Milestone, the new executives are Chuck Cannata, Mike Schiller and Kathy Tierney. They will report directly to Don Clayton, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Cannata joins Milestone as Executive Vice President for the trailer leasing division, leading the nationwide branch network’s commercial activities, including sales, customer service and field operations. Chuck brings 18 years of commercial equipment finance experience to Milestone, including eight years of sales management and business development at GE Trailer Fleet Services. He is based in Kansas City.

Schiller joins Milestone as Senior Vice President of Operations Support, leading key functions such as real estate, vendor management and environmental health & safety. Mike brings 23 years of trailer leasing experience to Milestone, including 21 years of diverse commercial and operations experience at GE Trailer Fleet Services and two years of general management experience at Fleet Trailer Leasing. Mike will be relocating to St. Charles, MO.

Tierney joins Milestone as Vice President of Human Resources, leading all key HR functions, including recruiting & development, employee relations, payroll & benefits and compliance. Kathy brings 40 years of HR experience to Milestone, including 20 years at First Bank and 20 years at Venture Stores. Kathy is based in St. Charles, MO.

“I am very proud of the outstanding team that we have built by promoting from within and selectively adding outside talent.” said Milestone CEO, Don Clayton. “The addition of Chuck, Mike and Kathy will help us continue to grow rapidly, while driving operational excellence in their areas of responsibility. Just as importantly, these additions provide some of our other very talented leaders the bandwidth they need to drive focused strategic initiatives that will contribute to Milestone’s future success.”

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