Michael J. Kneeland was appointed chief executive officer of United Rentals, and a director of the Company, in 2008. From 2008 until March 2018, he also served as president. Previously, he served as interim chief executive officer from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Kneeland joined United Rentals in 1998 as district manager upon the Company’s acquisition of Equipment Supply Company. In 1999, his responsibilities were expanded to include multiple districts within United Rentals’ aerial operations. Posteriormente fue nombrado vicepresidente de Operaciones Aéreas en 2000 y vicepresidente de la región sureste en 2001, antes de ser nombrado vicepresidente ejecutivo de Operaciones en 2003. His more than 35 years of management experience in the equipment rental industry includes key positions in sales and operations with private, public and investor-owned companies, including Free State Industries, Inc. Mr. Kneeland served as Free State’s president from 1995 until the company was sold to Equipment Supply Company in 1996. From 1996 to 1998 he served as general manager for Rylan Rents d/b/a Free State Industries, a division of Equipment Supply. Para la fecha en la que fue comprada por United Rentals, Equipment Supply era la empresa de rentas de equipo aéreo más grande de Norteamérica. Mr. Kneeland has served in a variety of positions in the equipment rental industry for over 35 years, including a number of senior management positions with the Company, as well as Free State Industries, Inc. and Equipment Supply Company. He has extensive experience and knowledge of the competitive environment in which the Company operates. Further, he has demonstrated strategic and operational acumen that the Board believes has been of significant value to the Company. En 2011, el Sr. Kneeland fue nombrado para desempeñarse en la junta directiva de YRC Worldwide, Inc., un proveedor líder de servicios de transporte y logística global, en donde trabaja como presidente del Comité de Compensaciones. As of 2017, Mr. Kneeland also serves on the board of directors of Anticimex Group, a private pest-control company with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2015, he was designated Co-Chair, Transportation Stakeholder Alliance (The Business Council of Fairfield County) and was also appointed to the National Advisory Board for the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.
