Steel and Pipenhagen Named VPs for Donlen Corporation
Barry Steel has been named senior vice president, sales, for Donlen Corporation and will be based at the corporate office in Northbrook.
Barry Steel has been named senior vice president, sales, for Donlen Corporation and will be based at the corporate office in Northbrook. Prior to joining Donlen, Steel spent the past eight years with GE Capital Fleet Services and held positions of vice president, sales Western territory and vice president, sales force effectiveness North America. Richard Pipenhagen, whose office is located in Atlanta, joins Donlen as vice president, business development and strategic initiatives. Pipenhagen, who spent the past 13 years with LeasePlan, was previously LeasePlan’s corporate vice president, sales, U.S. corporate fleet for the Eastern region.
More Operations
It's All Downhill from Here! Fleet Industry Raises $22,000 for Skilled Trades Scholarships
Work Truck’s Lauren Fletcher and Automotive Fleet’s Chris Brown turned a friendly racing rivalry into $22,000 for automotive technology and skilled trades scholarships.
Read More →
The Top 300 Commercial Fleets
The Top 300 Commercial Fleets: See the List
Read More →
Your Local Dealer Knows More Than You Think
Your local dealer can provide an information advantage that extends well beyond courtesy deliveries.
Read More →
Fleet Meets: Austin Schutte
Here are some industry insights, personal touches, and words of advice from the CEO and Founder of Anew Solutions.
Read More →
Soap Box Derby Challenge: What’s Powering Team Brown
The car is coming together, the students are solving real build problems, and the fleet industry is helping push Team Brown toward the starting line.
Read More →
Commercial Fleet Sales Contribute To June, YTD Gains
The fleet sector has boosted its vehicle purchases at a reliable pace in the first half of this year compared with 1H 2025.
Read More →
What Fleet Managers Really Want From Vendors
From customer service frustrations and technology breakdowns to RFQs, change management, and the growing impact of turnover across the industry, this conversation pulls back the curtain on the real operational challenges fleet managers are navigating every day.
Read More →
Fleet Safety Masterclass: Industry Leaders on Storytelling, Strategy & Innovation
In this special masterclass episode, industry leaders break down what it really takes to build safer fleets in today’s increasingly distracted and data-driven world.
Read More →
Integrating Legacy Fleet Systems and Historical Data
In this episode, we bring together fleet and technology leaders to unpack the realities of data integration, system migrations, and the evolving role of AI in fleet management.
Read More →