MOVES AND NEWS
Update on people and places in FTA membership
Melissia Reeves has been promoted to Managing Director of Operations – Orlando District with FedEx Freight. Reeves brings more than 16 Melissia Reeves years of FedEx experience to her new role. She joined the Lexington, Ky. team in 2005 with Customer Center Support then moved to FedEx Services as a District Sales Manager Administrator. Since, she’s held numerous roles in operations leadership – from Operations Supervisor, Operations Manager, Assistant Service Center Manager, and to her most recent role as Service Center Manager of the FedEx Freight E. Dallas, Texas facility. Carroll Fulmer Logistics Corporation celebrated the following drivers in November. 1 Million Mile Safe Drivers: Steve Aleo, John Miskiewicz, Marc LaFountain, Edgar Harrell, Miguel Bahena, Leo Paquette, Jose Lopez, Daniel Weidenbacker. 2 Million Mile Safe Drivers: Ollie Thompson, David Adams, Clifford Laymon, Anthony Tate.
Diena Thompson with AGX executives Ike Sherlock, James Bagwell, Chris Reeves, and Jay Nemeth
Second Place – Kenneth Ames, Third Place – Robert McGahy. Hub International Florida, a leading transportation insurance brokerage, just launched a safe driver app. HUB Drive Safe App is a fleet risk management solution that provides driver coaching at scale, automatically detects collisions and helps fleets reduce their insurance costs through safer driving behavior on iOS and Android mobile devices.
2021 Company Driver of the Year: First Place – Clifford Laymon, Second Place – Marc LaFountain, Third Place – David Murray.
Quality Carriers – headquartered in Tampa – announced David Lepak as their 2020 Driver of the Year. Lepak, an owneroperator, has been with Quality Carriers for 26 years but has been driving for almost 44 years. He has accumulated more than 2 million accident-free miles and multiple safety recognition awards while at Quality Carriers.
2021 Owner-Operator of the Year: First Place – Jose Ramos-Rodriguez,
Open Path Technologies LLC, a safety and compliance products company
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based in Tampa, announced that it has completed the prototype of its sensor driven vehicle inspection software. The application makes use of strategically placed sensors on the vehicle and a driver’s cellphone to ensure proper inspection compliance. The company is seeking motor carrier partners for a free installation and testing of the application. Contact Ken Cabrera (727) 543-2554 for more information or visit www. OpenPathTechnologies.com. More than 20 companies and 80 golfers joined AGX Freight at the 11th Annual Children’s Safe Passage (CSP) Charity Event in Jacksonville in November. CSP was founded in 2010 by AGX Freight CEO Mike Williams after the heartbreaking Somer Thompson tragedy shocked the Jacksonville community in October 2009. Somer, just seven years old at the time, was abducted and murdered by a sexual predator while walking home from
