Takaharu Fushimi, CEO for Yokohama Corp. of North America, announced several organizational changes within Yokohama Tire Corp., which took effect Feb. 1.

Fushimi announced that Rick Phillips has been promoted from the position of senior director, commercial and OTR sales, to vice president of sales, consumer, commercial and OTR.

“Rick has significantly grown our commercial and OTR business and will be a vital asset on the consumer side,” Fushimi said.

Additionally, Larry Kull has been promoted from senior director, tire business planning and sales operations to senior director, consumer sales; Fred Koplin has been promoted from senior director, consumer sales to senior director, marketing; and Andrew Briggs has been promoted from senior director, marketing, product planning and technical services to senior director, tire business planning, product planning and sales operations.

According to Fushimi, these changes were announced because Yokohama wishes “to align our organization to take advantage of our core strengths and provide opportunities for people to contribute further to our growth.”