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Bryan J. Knutson |
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Bryan Knutson has been Titan Machinery’s Chief Executive
Officer since February 2024. Bryan leverages his more than 20 years of
progressive experience in sales, operations, and leadership at Titan Machinery
to deliver significant value for the Company’s customers and shareholders. Bryan
has been with Titan Machinery since 2002, and has performed at the highest
levels as an Equipment Sales Consultant (ESC), Store Manager, Complex Manager,
and held Senior Field positions including Valley Region Manager and Vice
President of Titan Machinery’s North American Agriculture Equipment Business.
He joined the executive leadership team in 2017 as the Company’s Chief
Operating Officer and was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in
2022. In addition to involvement in several industry organizations and 20
groups, Bryan is past chairman and currently on the Board of Directors of the
Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association representing Member Equipment Dealers in
Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota and has served long tenures on both
the Case IH Agriculture and Case Construction Dealer Advisory Boards. Bryan
graduated from Concordia College-Cum Laude where he played hockey and earned
academic all-conference honors. |
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Bo Larsen |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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Bo Larsen joined Titan Machinery in 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. He oversees
the financial functions for Titan Machinery including corporate services for treasury,
accounting, tax, external reporting, financial planning and internal audit.
Prior to joining Titan Machinery, Bo served as the Head of Finance for CNH
Industrial's team focused on precision technology. Prior to that, he held
various positions at Raven Industries including Director of Finance, Director
of Investor Relations, and various other roles. Bo began his career as an accountant
with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He
earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Professional
Accountancy each from the University of South Dakota and an MBA from The
University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
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David Meyer |
Board Chairman and Executive Chairman
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David Meyer is our Executive Chairman and also serves as the
Chairman of our Board of Directors. David co-founded Titan Machinery in 1980 on
the principle of best-in-class product support, and as an early pioneer of
dealer consolidation, saw the benefits of consolidating dealership resources to
leverage scale, equipment and parts inventories, training, and other industry
expertise to provide world-class equipment support to all our agricultural and
construction customers. David served as Chief Executive Officer from 1985 until
transitioning to the Executive Chairman role in February 2024. Prior to
incorporating Titan in 1980, David was a partner in a JI Case/New Holland
Dealership with locations in Lisbon and Wahpeton, North Dakota. Prior to that,
he worked for JI Case Company. David has served on both the Case Construction
and CaseIH Agriculture Dealer Advisory Boards. He is two-term past chairman and
board member of the North Dakota Implement Dealers Association. David was the
Midwest Region award winner and Venture Capital Award of Excellence Recipient
in the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program. David is inducted in the Farm Equipment
Magazine Dealer Hall of Fame and is the North American Equipment Dealer Association
recipient of the 2023 Dealer of the year merit award. David is a graduate of
the University of Minnesota and currently serves as a Trustee Emeritus on the
University of Minnesota Foundation and was recipient of the University of
Minnesota Carlson School of Business Gary S. Holmes Entrepreneur of the Year
award in 2018. |
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Jason Anderson |
Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
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Jason Anderson is our Vice President, Human Resources and Administration. In 2008, Jason joined Titan Machinery as a member of the senior management team. Jason has over 20 years of human resources experience including 10 years with Cargill, Inc. Jason earned a Bachelor’s degree from Concordia College and has a Professional in Human Resources Certification (PHR) from the Society of Human Resources Management. |
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Jesse Cook |
Vice President, Field Operations
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Jesse Cook worked for Titan Machinery from 2004-2016 in Store Sales and Management Leadership positions producing superior results. From 2016 to 2020 Jesse had Region Manager and Regional Vice President roles with Farmers Business Network returning to Titan Machinery as a Region Manager. In August 2022 Jesse was promoted to Vice President, Field Operations and is a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team. Jesse was raised on a family farm in Western North Dakota, active in Community organizations, and currently serves on CaseIH Dealer Advisory Board Committees. Jesse is a graduate of North Dakota State University with degrees in Agricultural Systems Management and Business. |
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Nathan Johnson |
Vice President, Technology
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Nathan Johnson leads Information Technology for Titan Machinery. Nathan has 19 years of experience in information technology. He oversees technology for Titan including infrastructure, business systems, integrations, and digital business initiatives. Nathan joined Titan Machinery in 2005 and has held roles as Director of IT, Senior IT Manager, Systems Infrastructure Manager, and various other information technology positions. |
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Mark Madson |
Vice President, Central Operations
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Mark Madson joined Titan Machinery in April 2022 as Director of Sales and was promoted to Vice President – Central Operations in August 2022. In 1997, Mark started with Case Corporation while in college and spent 11 of the next 12 years in a variety of Sales/Marketing positions within CNH Industrial, with a 1-year stint working for Titan Machinery in store operations from 2004-2005. In 2010, Mark left CNH to join a large CAT/AGCO/CLAAS dealer as their Director of Ag Business. He spent the next 11 years leading and expanding their Ag division throughout ND, SD, and NE. Mark grew up on a family farm in rural ND and graduated from North Dakota State University with a B.S. in Agriculture Economics. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and serves on the Case IH Dealer Advisory Board. |
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Christian Mitterdorfer |
Vice President, Europe
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Christian Mitterdorfer is Vice President Europe. In 2013, Christian joined Titan as the European Operations Center's first employee. Christian brings over 20 years of international management experience to the company; he has held several senior financial management positions in the equipment and oil industries. Prior to joining Titan, Christian was employed by Johnson Controls for seven years, serving as Finance Director Eastern Europe and Finance Director Manufacturing and Sales of Equipment and Parts, Europe and Africa. Christian earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Graz, Austria. |
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Steve Noack |
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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Steve Noack is our General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Compliance Officer. He oversees legal matters, corporate governance, and risk management for the Company. Steve brings an extensive legal background and practical business experience to the Company, having served as associate general counsel for Otter Tail Corporation, a partner in the Vogel Law Firm, practicing in the areas of business transactions and securities law, an associate attorney in Phoenix, practicing in commercial litigation, and as Assistant Attorney General for the State of North Dakota. Steve earned his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University (1985) and his Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Notre Dame (1982). He is also a certified public accountant. |
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Arnie Sinclair |
President, Heartland Ag Systems Division
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Arnie Sinclair is the President of the Heartland Ag Systems
Commercial Application Equipment Division of our Ag Segment. Arnie
oversees the sales, product support, manufacturing and administrative functions
of the Division and is a member of the Titan Machinery Executive Leadership
Team. Arnie has been in Heartland Ag Systems Leadership positions since
2014. Arnie started his career with Harvestland Co-op in agronomy retail
and management positions. Arnie held Senior Management and Product leadership
positions from 1993-2014 with Ag Chem Equipment Company and AGCO who acquired
Ag Chem in 2001. Arnie is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. |
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Gareth Webb |
Vice President, Australia
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Gareth Webb is Vice President Australia and joined Titan
through the acquisition of O’Connors in October 2023. Gareth joined O’Connors
in a sales role in 2004 and excelled in various management leadership roles
within the company including parts, aftersales and operations before his
appointment to the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2018. Since his
2018 appointment, Gareth has led a successful acquisition strategy while also helping
O’Connors achieve the Australian dealer of the year award in four out of the six
years prior to Titan Machinery’s acquisition of O’Connors. Prior to
joining O’Connors, Gareth worked in public accounting. Gareth grew up on his
family farm in Victoria and graduated from Deakin University with a degree in
Commerce. |
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