Hawthorne Cat Hires Used Equipment Manager

July 20, 2012
Hawthorne Caterpillar has hired Ron Partridge as a dedicated manager to focus on corporate used equipment sales and to strengthen and develop Hawthorne’s used equipment market.

Hawthorne Caterpillar has hired Ron Partridge as a dedicated manager to focus on corporate used equipment sales and to strengthen and develop Hawthorne’s used equipment market.

Partridge began in the construction equipment business in 1976. He spent the past 22 years as a territory and region manager for Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers. He will be joining a sales and marketing team that includes Mike Carcioppolo, corporate rental manager; David Dean, corporate new sales manager; Greg Vena, corporate product support sales manager; and Steve Dunn, corporate marketing director.

Partridge will be based in Hawthorne’s Rancho Bernardo, Calif., headquarters office and will be responsible for the company’s used equipment sales globally.

Hawthorne Cat is the Caterpillar construction and power equipment dealer in San Diego, Hawaii, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. Hawthorne is also a major player in equipment rental, No. 64 on the RER 100.