Garrett Ganden, President and Chief Executive Officer

Garrett was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation on February 2, 2015. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Ganden had served as the Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer since May 9, 2011, and, prior to that, had served as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation since its IPO. Mr. Ganden has a long history in the heavy equipment business, serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Hammer Equipment Sales Limited since October 23, 2007 and, prior thereto, was the Corporate Controller at Hammer Equipment Sales Limited for five years. Mr. Ganden attended the University of Lethbridge and received his Bachelor of Management in 1997. Prior to joining Hammer Equipment Sales Limited in 2002, he worked at Deloitte & Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants in Calgary, Alberta where in 2000 he earned his Chartered Accountant designation.

Jerry Schiefelbein, Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and strategic partner, Jerry is responsible for leading Rocky Mountain Equipment’s financial operations including accounting, internal audit, treasury, and corporate finance. His career spans more than 30 years of progressive experience leading accounting and control, tax, legal, human resources, public and government affairs teams across Canada, the United States, Egypt, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Before joining RME in January 2020, Jerry served as CFO at BP Oil Americas, Ivanhoe Energy and most recently at Badger Daylighting. Prior to that, he held senior-level positions in both petroleum and heavy-oil production companies, including at BP Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company, Amoco Norge, and BP’s Digital Business units.

Jerry earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Master of Management in finance and management policy at Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.