United Rentals Announces Upper Management Appointments

Feb. 20, 2006
United Rentals last week announced the appointments of James Milde as senior vice president and chief information officer, and Todd Helvie as vice president, tax and business development. Both positions are effective immediately. Milde will be ...

United Rentals last week announced the appointments of James Milde as senior vice president and chief information officer, and Todd Helvie as vice president, tax and business development. Both positions are effective immediately.

Milde will be responsible for the strategic leadership and oversight of the company’s corporate and branch information technology operations. He has more than 20 years of senior management experience leading technology organizations and business operations. He has accomplished complex global initiatives, most recently at Sony Electronics as senior general manager and chief information officer; and at the Pepsi Bottling Group as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Helvie will be responsible for United Rentals’ corporate taxation and strategic acquisitions and divestitures. He has more than 13 years of senior management and legal experience, including directing treasury, risk, tax and acquisition functions for domestic and international corporations, most recently serving as senior vice president and treasurer for Delta Air Lines. Before that he was director of taxation for Pepsi-Cola Co.

Based in Greenwich, Conn., United Rentals is No. 1 on the RER 100.