Key Equipment Finance has named Cramer Owen national leasing manager, specialty vehicles. In this role, Owen will focus on establishing new relationships with manufacturers, dealers and end-users with the objective of providing equipment financing solutions to medium and large fleet specialty vehicle operators.
 
“Cramer comes to Key with more than 30 years of successful sales, business development and relationships management experience,” said Don Phillips, vice president of sales, municipal and specialty vehicles, for Key Equipment Finance. “He has a wealth of knowledge in specialty vehicle business development, and I look forward to working with him to meet the financing needs of this important market.”

Prior to joining Key, Owen was business development manager with De Lage Landen Financial Services, helping to establish channel financing programs in Latin American and North America. Previously, he spent more than two decades in various senior management, operations, sales, marketing and business development roles with Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, CIT Group, GE Capital, CNH Capital, Daimler A.G. and PACCAR Inc.

Owen has a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA in finance from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.