Happy Anniversary Naomi Eaton!

Naomi Eaton celebrated her three year anniversary yesterday.  She joined the J.B. Hunt team in January of 2013 as an Operations Supervisor for the Toyota account in Owensboro, KY. After four months, she accepted the role of Logistics Coordinator. In June 2013, Naomi was formally recognized by Toyota as an integral part of the winning JB Hunt DCS Kaizen Challenge team and eventually took over all duties related to this Kaizen. The “Obvious Oversized Oversight” project resulted in lower cost, shorter lead-time, and improved customer service in transporting service frames to Toyota dealerships. In December 2013, Naomi was promoted to the Account Manager role over the Toyota Hebron, KY location. In this role, she acted as a customer liaison between Toyota and the JBI/JBT divisions monitoring over 800 loads monthly in addition to managing the 7 Driver DCS Milk Run Fleet. In May 2015, Toyota added additional 30 trucks to the flatbed fleet. Making the transition from Hebron, KY Naomi was accepted the position as Account Manger for the new fleet. In her time with the company she has done an exceptional job! Happy Anniversary Naomi!

Getting to Know - Michael Mahan - Professional Driver Southern States

Michael Mahan (MAHM0) Professional Driver Southern States

Karl Cuff rode with Michael Mahan on December 30, 2015.  Mike started with the Southern States less than a year ago. Mike previously worked at another logistics company where he was a milk tank driver, so he was quickly able to adapt to the job delivering bulk feed to farms. He quickly became one of the most successful drivers on the account and has not had a preventable incident or accident since his start with JB Hunt. He is also the most requested driver on the account.

Mike enjoys his free time with his wife and two sons. Mike is also the Co-Youth Minister at his church where he and his wife work with the children of the church. He is currently enrolled in online classes in order to become a minister.

Mentor Program - Dublin, OH

Over the last 2 days, our area driver trainers along with operations and safety personnel attended the Mentor Program in Dublin, OH conducted by corporate safety manager Jeff Yeomans.  This program has been initiated to gain a better understanding of training techniques and on-boarding procedures for our Military and Entry level drivers.  The course detailed the importance and specifics of on-boarding including topics such as proper inspections, hours of service compliance, Peoplenet, and company policies to name a few.  The group went to dinner on Wednesday night where the ideas and conversations continued.

Attendees included
Driver Trainers:  Jack Holloway (Family Dollar Ashley, IN), Ed Yarber (Central Farm & Garden), Wendall Rose (Pet Supplies Plus), Mike Frankforther (Home Depot Van Buren, OH), Dennis Terrell (Home Depot Monroe, OH), Jeff Hodges (Champion Windows Cincinnati, OH), Greg Shawl (Champion Windows Cincinnati, OH)

Operations:  Daniel Mayes (Home Depot Van Buren, OH), Amy Leonhardt (Home Depot Monre, OH), Ryan Amuso (Family Dollar Rome, NY)

Safety:  Tracy Walker, Al Valachovic, Jeff Holle, Rich Schwartz, Dustin Hatfield, Ray Fribley, Terry Galyon

Happy Anniversary Scott Dorsey!

Happy Anniversary to Scott Dorsey as yesterday, January 6th marked 1 year with JB Hunt. Scott started his career as an Intern within our Integrated Capacity Solutions division in Indianapolis. Upon graduation from IUPUI Kelley School of Business, he accepted a position within the Dedicated division as a  Manager Trainee. After a few short months he promoted into his current role of Operations Supervisor at the CHEP Pallets Account in Indianapolis. Congrats, Scott!

Happy Anniversary Dustin Hatfield

Congratulations and Happy 8 year Anniversary to Dustin Hatfield! Dustin just completed his 2nd year as an Area Risk Manager in the Central Region after holding various operation roles in the company. He continues to do a great job of supporting his accounts and drivers and we look forward to future successes.

Happy Anniversary DJ Beyer

Happy Anniversary to David (DJ) Beyer, as today marks his 1 year Anniversary with J.B. Hunt! DJ began his career at the PPG account in Pittsburgh, PA filling a role for the customer as a Freight Planner. In July of 2015 DJ transferred over to the operations side with the account as an Operations Supervisor, taking over a board of 25 drivers. Congrats, DJ!

Happy Anniversary Megan Perez!

Congratulations to Megan Perez for recently passing her six year anniversary with JB Hunt!  Megan is the Region Human Resource Manager for the Central Region and resides in Columbus with husband Marcus.  In her 2 plus years in this role, Megan has played a key role in supporting the region.  We appreciate all that Megan does as she is a key member of the Central Region Team!  Congrats Megan!