Jim Kachidurian and Luke McMaster were recently named to leadership positions with STI Holdings, Inc., and Stoughton Trailers, LLC, respectively.

Kachidurian is the new STI Holdings Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing. He has held several executive positions within the equipment sales, leasing and financing industry. Kachidurian was previously Senior Vice President of Customer Experience at Donlen Corp. and prior to that, Senior Vice President – Corporate Lending at GE Capital. He has extensive sales and operations experience, plus business management training through the Crotonville Executive Leadership Center, and training in Six Sigma, Employee Development and Product Management. He earned his B.S. in international business and transportation/distribution management at the University of Colorado. Kachidurian will lead sales and marketing strategies across the STI Holdings portfolio and provide more value to customers engaged with multiple STI Holdings businesses.

McMaster is Stoughton Trailers’ new Vice President of Sales & Marketing – Dealer Development. An Australia native, he earned his MBA in finance and strategy at Duke University. McMaster was previously Dealer Development Manager at John Deere, where he also was Tactical Sales Manager and Project Manager. For nearly 10 years in his young adulthood, he was Flight Commander – Planning in the Royal Australian Air Force.

McMaster will work to grow and improve Stoughton Trailers’ dealer network, leading the dry van dealer sales team of Bill Hasz, Ken Swalls and Dean Linquist.