About Us


Meet our Staff

Pioneer's staff is truly global, hailing from the U.S., Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. Our Multi-lingual crew conducts business regularly in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German and several African languages.

Relationship-Oriented

Pioneer approaches each customer as a potential lifelong friend and business partner. Our attention to individual needs and service details makes their business experience with our company very personable. Our friends dine at our house, and we dine at theirs.

Personalized Approach

Multi-cultural, multi-lingual staff allows us to cater to our customers' needs in a very personalized way. Years of experience with the developing world has endowed us with a certain level of insight and patience in dealing with these challenging business.

President: Michel D. Allen

Michel heads Pioneer's marketing and purchasing departments. His international experience extends over 15 years in the heavy equipment and shipping industries.

Michel's education includes a BBS from Florida International University and a MIBA from the University of South Carolina. Traveling extensively to Africa and Latin America, he is fluent in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

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Chief Financial Officer: Suzette Allen

Over the last 18 years Suzette has extensively worked in shipping logistics and international finance.

With a BSC degree in Accounting and Economics from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica (1992) and an MBA from the Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh Business School, (2001), Suzette heads up Pioneer's international finance and shipping departments.

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Customer Service: Katherine Durant

Katherine coordinates rentals, sale and service calls with Pioneer customers.

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