Allied Specialty Vehicles Appoints John Resnik President of Goshen Coach

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Dec 22, 2014, 01:00 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV), a leading manufacturer of motor vehicles for commercial, fire & emergency and recreation markets, today announced that John Resnik, president of Champion Bus and Federal Coach, has been appointed president of Goshen Coach and will report directly to Tim Sullivan, ASV president and CEO. Resnik will continue to be based at the Champion Bus manufacturing plant in Imlay City, Mich., and split his time between this facility and the Goshen Coach manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Ind.

John Resnik, president of Champion Bus and Federal Coach, has been appointed president of Goshen Coach.

"John has successfully demonstrated the ability to oversee the growth and profitability of multiple brands," said Tim Sullivan, ASV president and CEO. "We are eager to leverage the leadership and sales management skills he's honed at Champion Bus to grow the brand and revenues at Goshen Coach."

Resnik added, "Goshen Coach has been building safe and reliable mid-size commercial buses for more than a quarter of a century. I am looking forward to working with the dedicated Goshen Coach employees in Elkhart and the company's knowledgeable nationwide dealer network to continue producing quality vehicles and providing timely customer service and technical support. When you combine this with the engineering, quality assurance and operations resources ASV provides, the growth potential for this brand is enormous."

Resnik has been president of Champion Bus since 2004. Before this, he was vice president/controller and mobility van division manager at ElDorado National-Kansas, a sister company in ASV's bus division, from 1991 to 2004. Prior to this, he held positions of increasing responsibility at The Advance Products Company/DeVore Enterprises in Wichita, Kan. Resnik earned his bachelors in accounting and business administration at the University of Kansas and his masters in business administration from Wichita State University.

About Allied Specialty Vehicles

Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV), a +$1.5 billion company headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is the largest manufacturer in North America of small and medium sized commercial buses and ambulance vehicles, as well as a leading builder of fire apparatus trucks, recreation vehicles, terminal trucks and street sweepers. A workforce of more than 5,000 employees annually builds more than 16,000 specialty vehicles under more than 40 brands in 14 world-class manufacturing facilities located throughout the United States. The largest dealer network on the continent and a committed vendor supply chain supports the daily use of more than 300,000 vehicles in the field. For more information about ASV, visit www.alliedsv.com.

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