Kraft Heinz Fleet Manager Retires
David Lighthall, CFM/CAFM, has retired as national fleet manager from The Kraft Heinz Company. Prior to the merger with Heinz, Lighthall was national fleet manager for Kraft Foods, which he joined in 2006.
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David Lighthall, CFM/CAFM, retired as national fleet manager from The Kraft Heinz Company on April 28. Prior to the merger with Heinz, Lighthall was national fleet manager for Kraft Foods, which he joined in 2006.
Before joining Kraft, Lighthall was fleet manager for Johnson Diversey from 2003 to 2006.
Earlier, Lighthall was fleet and travel manager for Siemens Building Technologies from 1984 to 2002.
Lighthall started his fleet career at Moore Business Systems, where he served as fleet manager 1977 to 1982.
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