Central Region Driver of the Month for March - Kenneth Blanton

Congratulations to Ken Blanton for being selected as the Central Region Driver of the Month for March.  Ken currently serves on the Toyota Account in Owensboro, KY.  Ken stood out from the competition this month as he has worked multiple accounts and been very flexible to go where his leadership has needed him to go.  In this process, he has helped not only his home account but several others who were in need as well.  Congratulations Ken!

 

 

Below is the write-up on Ken:

 

Ken has been with Team Toyota for going on 2 years now and in that almost 2-year span, Ken has been nothing but a pleasure to work with. He always comes into the office with a positive attitude and a smile on his face ready to take on any challenge he is tasked with. He is a true team player that enjoys what he does and takes great pride in doing so.

 

Here recently with the account specific freight being down, we have had to explore different

avenues to utilize the fleet. This has called for drivers helping other DCS accounts as well as even running 3^rd party over the road freight. In this time, Ken has been nothing but helpful and very flexible. When needed, he has gladly gone to other accounts to provide support and with regards to 3^rd party freight, Ken has been nothing short of an all-star. Before switching over to DCS, Ken ran OTR with the company for several years and his experience has shown in the few months that we have had to run it. Ken has been willing to sacrifice his home time on the weekends to make trips that have kept him out 2 to even 3 weeks at a time.

 

 One part of the account that Ken loves the most is that it gives him the opportunity to travel all across the nation. This works well with Ken because he has family spread all throughout the country. Just recently he was able to deliver a load of frames that went all the way out to Washington state, which Ken was thrilled to do because this afforded him the chance to visit his daughter over the weekend in Spokane, WA. Living so far away, Ken does not get to see her all that often. He was very appreciative that the account helped make a visit possible. You could tell when he walked in the office the following week that he had a great visit, and on a more work related side, Ken made all of his delivers on time, if not a little early.