Richard Simons is the general manager of Parts Sales and Marketing for Daimler Trucks North America covering the U.S., Canada and other global markets. He is the former president of Daimler Trucks Remarketing, and was general manager of Service. Simons was the first chief diversity officer for the company. He has more than 25 years of heavy duty commercial trucking experience and is a board member of North American Fuel Systems Remanufacturing, a joint venture between Daimler and Robert Bosch.