Patrick Keslin was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer on September 1, 2024, having previously served as Vice President, Finance since 2022.
He joined Wabash in 2017 and has served in a number of positions with increasing responsibility, including Senior Director of Business Finance, Senior Director of Finance – Commercial Trailer Products and Director of Finance – Diversified Products Group.
Prior to Wabash, from 2001 to 2017, Mr. Keslin held various finance positions at Honeywell, including Director of Finance at Honeywell UOP in Des Plaines, Illinois. With more than 22 years of experience in finance at Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 manufacturing companies, he has a broad understanding of strategic planning, financial modeling, pricing strategy, production planning and lean manufacturing processes and principles.
Mr. Keslin holds an MBA with concentrations in Finance, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Business Finance from Indiana University – Kelley School of Business with a Minor in Mathematics. He also attended The Executive Program for Prospective CFOs at Chicago Booth in November 2023.
He serves on the Board of Directors, serving as Treasurer, for Bauer Family Resources in Lafayette, Indiana.