HOLT CAT® (holtcat.com), the Caterpillar® Equipment and Engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas, recently named Elaine Hicks as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer.
In her new role, Hicks will be responsible for strategically leveraging Information Technology to achieve business goals. Previously Hicks served as Senior Director of Information Technologies, and in this role, Hicks helped define the strategic information technology direction for the organization. She also implemented a program to provide governance and direction for all IT activities.
Prior to joining HOLT CAT, Hicks served as Director of Information Services for C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. where she had responsibility for all corporate computing operations for their domestic and European manufacturing facilities. Hicks received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Texas A&M University.
About HOLT CAT®
HOLT CAT sells, rents and services Caterpillar machines, engines, generator sets and trucks in a 118-county Texas territory spanning from the Red River to the Rio Grande. HOLT offers total machine and engine rebuild capabilities, sells used equipment around the world and fabricates its own line of land clearing equipment and HOLT Spray King® water tankers. HOLT is the dealer for Link-Belt Cranes in the Eastern half of Texas as well as the El Paso area. They are the dealer for AGCO/Challenger and Claas farm equipment for the Eastern half of Texas and portions of Arkansas and Missouri.
The Holt name has been associated with heavy equipment and Caterpillar for more than 100 years. Peter M. Holt, Chief Executive Officer of HOLT CAT, is the great-grandson of Benjamin Holt, who in 1904 developed the first successful track-type tractor which he named the “Caterpillar.” HOLT CAT has come to be synonymous with quality, integrity and commitment to customer service. The HOLT CAT team is committed to providing rock solid stability with superior products and services to heavy equipment and engine users from Brownsville to Texarkana, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.holtcat.com.