Jerome Ferri joined the Construction Division of Foley Inc., the Caterpillar dealer in North Jersey, Staten Island and Bermuda, as customer support representative for Foley Express Hydraulics.

Dan Bhone was appointed district manager for Cleveland, Ohio-based Allied Construction Products. He is responsible for the Southwest territory covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii.

Stone Construction Equipment, Honeoye, N.Y., named Dan Mathis district manager with responsibility for rental houses in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and parts of Indiana. Derek Miller was named district manager for California, Nevada and Arizona. Scott Hanson was appointed district manager for Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and parts of Texas.

Karen Rapone was named inside sales representative. She will serve the needs of member accounts of several buying groups along with other small dealerships in the Midwest and western regions of the U.S. and Canada.

Twenty-eight year company veteran Jerry Sheffield was appointed product and application training manager. He will be responsible for coordinating product-training activities with the Stone sales organization and key customers to develop stronger product and application understanding. In addition, he will be responsible for developing product features/benefits, application and competitive sales materials.

Tanaka, Auburn, Wash., promoted Douglas Hellebuyck to national sales manager. He will direct the company's sales efforts through its distribution network and manage the field sales personnel.

Brian Wilcox was promoted to director of sales, North America, for Tecumseh Products Company's Engine & Transmission Group. William Faile, Jr. was promoted to vice president of sales for the group.

Denise Stoppleworth was named vice president of The Promersberger Co., an advertising, public relations and marketing agency that represents equipment manufacturers, service providers and software developers catering to the construction, landscaping and industrial markets.

TrynEx International, Warren, Mich., appointed Bruce Carmichael sales manager for its SweepEx product division. He will oversee all sales and marketing efforts for the company's line of sweeping systems and debris movers.