Happy Anniversary Kristi McQuiston

Happy Anniversary to Kristi McQuiston as today marks her one year anniversary with the company!  Kristi is an Administrative Assistant at the CHEP Account based in Hamilton, OH. Happy Anniversary, Kristi!

Happy Anniversary Jerry White

Happy Anniversary to Jerry White as today marks his 3 year anniversary! Jerry started his career with J.B. Hunt at the Final Mile Services LDC in Noblesville, IN. From there, he came into the Central Region managing the CHEP Indianapolis Account, where he currently resides. Congrats, Jerry!

Train the Trainer - The Home Depots

January again was another month devoted to providing additional training to our trainers.  Earlier in the month Safety Supervisor Jeff Yeomans, from the corporate office held a 2 day Mentor Training class in Columbus.  In attendance from JB Hunt/The Home Depot office,  Driver Trainers Dennis (Mustafa) Terrell—Monroe and Mike Frankforther—Van Buren and 180 Day Experience Managers Dan Mays—Monroe and  Amy Leonhardt—Van Buren. This information is designed to guide trainers on key elements of daily task to pass on to new drivers on the accounts. In all there were 17 in attendance including Driver Trainers and managers from across the Central region.

Later in January, The Home Depot locations in Ohio, both Monroe and Van Buren held Driver Trainer meetings to roll out the Mentor program to all trainers.  Amy Leonhardt and Mustafa Terrell from Monroe and Dan Mays from Van Buren presented the majority of the information to their perspective teams.

HD Van Buren: OS Dan Mays, Driver Trainers William Thompson, Ralph Smith, Scott Theis, Angela, Liszak, Jim Kizer, Scott Gilbert, Joe Zieroff, Ken Goins, TGM Sam Djung

 

HD Monroe: Driver Trainers Mike McGill, David Kinder, William Ware, Dennis Terrell, Tony Tague, Rick Robb.

Getting to Know - Scott Gilson - Professional Driver - Ellwood City Forge

Scott Gilson (GILM64) - Professional Driver - Ellwood City Forge

Rich Schwartz (Area Risk Manager) recently rode with Scott Gilson.

Scott is married with three very successful grown children. He resides in Slippery Rock, PA right near the university.

He is a Army Reserve Veteran and comes from a family of professional drivers. His late father and his brothers have driven for many years. Scott was a referral from his owner-operator brother who was pulling for Ellwood City Forge and since then he has become the accounts lead driver trainer.

Scott enjoys his job and specifically providing for his family and small army of grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys shooting, making model T-trains with his grandson, and loves going to Pirates games. Scott is a true family man and one fantastic truck driver.

Happy Anniversary Jess Caudill

Happy Anniversary to Jess Caudill as today marks 2 years with JB Hunt. He started his career as an Operations Supervisor at the Pet Supplies Plus account in Seymour, IN. After one year he took on his current role of Account Manager of Tyson in Corydon, IN. He has done a great job improving service and financial results; his flexibility with such a demanding account is recognized and appreciated. We're proud to have you on the team. Congrats, Jess!

Soft Lite - Backing Blitz

We recently conducted a backing blitz at the Soft-Lite Windows account in Streetsboro, OH.

We have seen too many stationary object strikes at the account so the goal was to create a close quarters backing training with simulated dumpsters, $90,000 Ferrari's, and snow banks to make sure our drivers understood  G.O.A.L. and how to use it to get the big picture.

Overall, we had a great turnout with some really good conversations. Special thanks to Tracy Walker, Terry Galyon, John Dodson, Mike Varty, and Sue Mateo for helping Rich Schwartz put this together.

Getting to Know - Aatif Pittman - Professional Driver - Family Dollar - Rome

Aatif Pittman(PITA15) Professional Driver - Family Dollar Rome

Al Valachovic (Area Risk Manager) recently rode with Aatif Pittman.  Aatif has been with the company for about 2.5 years and prior to JB Hunt he drove for Snyder.

He currently lives in Rome, NY, the same town as his account. He was born in Queens, NY and is very familiar with the Five Burrows. He has one brother and four sisters.

During his personal time, he enjoys messing around with computers, drawing and likes to play the piano.