Patrick Gaskins has been promoted to group vice president, Financial Services, for AmeriQuest Transportation Services. He reports to Jim Guice, executive vice president of AmeriQuest.

In his new position, Gaskins is responsible for growing and developing the sales force of the Financial Services group while expanding its reach into the marketplace. “Our sales team will continue its focus on AmeriQuest’s proprietary Total Cost of Ownership analysis that enables fleets to determine the replacement ‘sweet spot’ for their assets,” Gaskins said. “With our analytical models we can interpret the combined fixed and variable fleet cost data to create a unit-by-unit replacement planning recommendation.”

Gaskins joined AmeriQuest’s Financial Services division in 2010 as vice president. Prior to that, he served as vice president of Sales for First Fleet Corporation. He began his career in transportation with GE Capital TIP, where he held posts of increasing responsibility as sales representative, regional sales manager district manager, and national accounts manager.