Get to Know Shannon Griffith

Our Account Manager at Toyota John Johnson recently did a RATLA with Shannon Griffith.  Shannon has been with JB Hunt since April 2007 and was one of the 15 original drivers on the Toyota Owensboro Fleet.  Shannon is a former US Marine where he served this country proudly. 

Below is the write-up from John Johnson:

Shannon is one of three remaining drivers from the original 15 drivers that started the Toyota Owensboro account back in 2009.  Shannon lives in Louisville and really enjoys his downtime at home.  Shannon has been involved with foster care and loves children.  He has 2 brothers, a nephew and 3 nieces.  In his off time Shannon enjoys working on his artwork, model building and relaxation.

 Shannon is one of the most soft spoken men you could ever meet, but from looking at his picture from when he served in the military I would have to say that he looks like the kind of guy that we would want protecting our country.

 

Shannon is very happy with his job at JB Hunt and working on the Toyota account.  He has from time to time through the years thought about going out on his own, but it always comes back to being comfortable in what he is doing.

 Shannon has no real complaints or need for change, but a couple of suggestions would be:

§  Increase the speed of the equipment.

§  Stop letting it snow, he really hates snow!!!

Happy Anniversary Jeremy Stout!

 

 

Happy Anniversary to Jeremy Stout as today marks his 4 year anniversary with JB Hunt.  A graduate of The Ohio State University, Jeremy started his career as an Operations Supervisor at Home Depot in Van Buren, OH.  From there Jeremy promoted into the Account Manager of Champion Windows in Cincinnati, OH.  After learning the windows business, Jeremy was moved back to Van Buren as the Transportation General Manager.  Currently Jeremy is the Transportation General Manager at The Home Depot in Monroe, OH. 

 

Happy Anniversary Jeremy!

Driver Appreciation at Len-Co

 

 

This week we held Len-Co Lumber's AAA meeting.  After receiving excellent positive feedback from the customer it was time to reward the team!

Mark Passantino (Account Manager) and Brian Tabor (Regional Operations Manager) took the team out to dinner. BBQ was the food of choice and local Buffalo, NY BBQ joint Fat Bob's Smokehouse did not disappoint. It was a fun evening and really enjoyed themselves. Thanks Len-Co team for all you do!

Picture (left to right): Brian Tabor, John Morgan, Darryl Barrons and Mike Perkins.  Account Manager Mark Passantino was kind enough to take the pic!

 



Soft-Lite Windows Pre-Trip Inspection Challenge!

 

 

For the week of Easter, Soft Lite account in Streetsboro, Ohio hid Easter eggs for drivers to find while doing their Pre Trip Inspections.  For every egg turned in there was candy in the eggs and drivers got an entry into a drawing.  Our ARM, Rich Schwartz, pulled the lucky winners while visiting our account on Monday 4/13.

Robert "SHOE" Scheitrumpf was the top winner, winning his favorite restaurant, Bob Evans, gift card.

Todd Wart came in second place with a Home Depot gift card

Ken Wakefield also received a Home Depot gift card for coming in third.

This was our way of making sure drivers are doing proper Pre Trip and they had some fun doing it!

 



Get To Know Garey Carson

Area Risk Manager Dustin Hatfield recently did a RATLA with Garey Carson.  Garey is a driver on our CHEP Hamilton Account.  Gary just passed his one year anniversary with JB Hunt.  In addition to working in Hamilton, OH, he also lives there. 

Quick Facts About Garey

• Enjoys Riding Motorcycles
• Is a former Teacher at Northwest HS in Cincinnati
• "Jack of All Trades"
• 6 Children

During this RATLA Dustin got to hear feedback and concerns from Gary.  Gary has some good suggestions on how to improve the business and improve the safety culture.  He also had very valuable insight in regards to equipment and maintenance.  RATLAs are designed for us to not only increase our safety presence on the trucks, but also build relationships with our driving force.  This RATLA accomplished that.  Thank you for all your hard work Garey!

Happy Anniversary Ryan Amuso!

Happy Anniversary to Ryan Amuso as Tuesday marks his 7 year anniversary with JB Hunt.  Ryan began his career back in April 2008 as a DMIT in the then DeBlock OM Region.  Ryan began his DMIT career working in Johnstown, NY.  From there, Ryan moved back to Rome NY and served as an Operations Supervisor.  In his current role, Ryan is our Account Manager at Family Dollar in Rome.  This is one of our most difficult fleets.  In addition to the driver unload, this fleet of near 40 drivers delivers into some of the most difficult metropolitan areas in the country.  Through Ryan's hard work and dedication, we have consistently outperformed the other carriers at this site in both on time service and safety performance.  Congratulations on your anniversary Ryan!

Congratulations John Hassel

 

 

Congratulations to John Hassel and his wife on the birth of their daughter Elanie Marcie!  Elanie came in at 6lbs, 14 on this past Friday April 10th at 4:29 pm.  John is a driver on our Toyota Fleet out of Owensboro, KY.  Congrats John!