{"id":21636,"date":"2026-06-16T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=94741d8888887b56f4bceccdb1a6c681"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:22:00","slug":"work-truck-depot-names-utility-equipment-rental-veteran-mike-kimzey-as-senior-vice-president-of-strategic-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=21636","title":{"rendered":"Work Truck Depot Names Utility Equipment Rental Veteran Mike Kimzey as Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Hire positions the bucket truck and digger derrick rental specialist to serve utilities and contractors as U.S. electric-grid capital spending climbs to a record $238.8 billion in 2026<\/i><\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260616493089\/en\/2830035\/5\/WTD_Logo-4C_-_Copy.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260616493089\/en\/2830035\/22\/WTD_Logo-4C_-_Copy.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260616493089\/en\/2830035\/5\/WTD_Logo-4C_-_Copy.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260616493089\/en\/2830035\/21\/WTD_Logo-4C_-_Copy.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>HARRISONVILLE, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Work Truck Depot (WTD), a specialty utility equipment rental company, today named Mike Kimzey as Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts, effective June 15, 2026. Kimzey will lead WTD\u2019s largest customer relationships and national-account growth strategy for bucket trucks, digger derricks, and other specialty utility equipment, partnering with investor-owned utilities and the nation\u2019s leading utility contractors.<\/p><p>Kimzey brings more than two decades of commercial leadership in the specialty and industrial equipment rental industry. He joins WTD from IT8 Engineering \/ SteelCraft, where he served as Executive SVP of Sales and Operations across MiddleGround Capital portfolio companies. Earlier in his career he led U.S. and Canada Mega Projects strategy as Senior Director of Strategic Sales at Herc Rentals, and held the role of Vice President of Strategic Accounts for the U.S. and Canada at both Custom Truck One Source and NESCO Specialty Rentals. He began in the rental industry in 2001 and advanced through progressively senior sales and management positions at Hertz Equipment Rental and United Rentals.<\/p><p>At WTD, Kimzey will be responsible for expanding master service agreements (MSAs), driving fleet utilization across strategic accounts, and deepening and diversifying the company\u2019s national-account relationships.<\/p><p>\u201cMike brings outstanding relationships and shares our belief in a customer-centric approach to growing the business,\u201d said Bob Dudzinski, Chief Commercial Officer and co-owner of Work Truck Depot. \u201cHe understands our customers\u2019 expectations when buying or renting equipment, and he appreciates the sense of urgency required to make them successful. When our customers succeed, we succeed.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWe are building a company that performs at a level the legacy players can\u2019t match on responsiveness, and that requires top-tier talent on the strategic accounts that matter most,\u201d said Jay Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer and co-owner. \u201cMike\u2019s track record speaks for itself, and his arrival accelerates our national-account strategy at a pivotal moment in WTD\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p><p>Kimzey\u2019s appointment reflects WTD\u2019s continued investment in its commercial organization as it scales its direct-to-jobsite delivery model for bucket trucks, digger derricks, and other specialty utility equipment. The company differentiates on three pillars \u2014 expedited delivery, transparent communication, and never waiting for a quote \u2014 positioning it against generalist competitors in the specialty utility equipment market.<\/p><p>\u201cAfter 25 years on every side of the equipment rental business, I\u2019ve never been more excited,\u201d said Mike Kimzey, Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts. \u201cThis team is driven to deliver, and the passion for customer service is infectious. Utilities and contractors need a strong alternative in the market \u2014 one that will listen, take their feedback, and grow alongside them, and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re building.\u201d<\/p><p><b>About Work Truck Depot<\/b><\/p><p>Work Truck Depot (WTD) is a specialty utility equipment rental and upfitting company headquartered in Harrisonville, Missouri. Delivering equipment directly to the jobsite, WTD serves investor-owned utilities and utility contractors nationwide with a deep, purpose-built fleet: transmission and distribution bucket trucks and digger derricks in both tracked and truck-mounted configurations, backyard machines, pole trailers, reel trailers, a full line of pulling and tensioning equipment, smaller non-CDL bucket trucks, forestry buckets, and a range of other specialty equipment. WTD competes on expedited delivery, transparent communication, and quote-free responsiveness. For more information, visit theworktruckdepot.com.<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p class=\"bwalignl\"><b>Media Contact<\/b><br\/><b>Bob Dudzinski<\/b><br\/>Chief Commercial Officer<br\/>Work Truck Depot<br\/>2620 Rock Haven Rd E, Harrisonville, MO 64701<br\/>(402) 578-4452 | <a  href=\"mailto:bob@theworktruckdepot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">bob@theworktruckdepot.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hire positions the bucket truck and digger derrick rental specialist to serve utilities and contractors as U.S. electric-grid capital spending climbs to a record $238.8 billion in 2026HARRISONVILLE, Mo.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Work Truck Depot (WTD), a speci&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21637,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21636\/revisions\/21637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}