Freshman Orientation
Grand Hyatt Atlanta
Join Us on April 13, 2023 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead
About
Take a Day to Align Your Business and Go the Extra Mile
Join us in Atlanta, GA for the inaugural Freshman Orientation April 13, 2023 at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead. This one-day course is a packed day addressing the needs of new linehaul contractors. Our instructors represent years of experience in the contracted trucking industry. Learn from the experts how to avoid pitfalls and maximize your revenue as you embark on your linehaul journey.
Join us in Atlanta, GA for the inaugural Freshman Orientation April 13, 2023 at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead. This one-day course is a packed day addressing the needs of new linehaul contractors. Our instructors represent years of experience in the contracted trucking industry. Learn from the experts how to avoid pitfalls and maximize your revenue as you embark on your linehaul journey.
When and Where
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead Atlanta, GA
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Who
Contractors just getting started or about to get started, and managers/BCs new to linehaul.
Registration
Registration includes the full day course & materials, lunch, breaks, and an evening reception.
Registration also includes complimentary admission to the Linehaul News Regional Conference the next day at the same location.
Registration: $3000 (for 2 attendees)
Second attendee may be a business partner, spouse, manager or simply another contractor with whom you want to split the cost.
Event Schedule
Classes will start at 8:30 am and run until 4:30 pm, with coffee service and lunch provided during the day.
Cocktail reception will run from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
Dinner nearby from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
(Note: exact times might change slightly as we get closer to the date.)
Course Topics
FXG Overview and Expectations
Navigating FXG Sites
New Company Stand Up
Equipment
Tractor Compliance
Recruiting
FADV and Onboarding
Operations Management
Driver Training, Safety, & Company Culture
Accounting and Finance
Settlement Analysis
Payroll
Maintenance
Future of FXG
Team
Faculty
David Cooper
President - HaldiTech Services
David has been an entrepreneur longer than he’s been driving, owning and operating various businesses before turning to logistics in 2016.
David’s a graduate of Purdue University and lives in Southern Indiana with his three children and his dog. When he’s not working you’ll find him chasing his kids or a little white ball around a course.
Steve Crawford
HaldiTech Services
Steve is a 50+ year veteran of the trucking industry. Recently, he passed the 35-year mark with FedEx/RPS. Steve started his career in South Dakota, working for his father’s trucking company. He spent that time learning all aspects of the business, including dock work, driving, administration, and sales.
Steve moved to the St Louis area in 1988, working with Roberts Express (now FedEx Custom Critical) as a recruiter. He left corporate employment in 1991 to begin his company. Starting with RPS in 1995, Steve grew the business in several markets, experiencing both organic growth and expansion by acquisition.
Steve’s passion is to see others succeed and to bring new ideas, concepts, and perspectives to our industry.
John Davis
Linehaul Central
John Davis is the safety director for multiple linehaul contractors. His career spans 33 years in safety and risk management. John owns several businesses providing safety and compliance services to motor carriers inside and outside the FXG linehaul network.
John leads a dedicated team of professionals handling linehaul contractors’ safety and compliance programs and creates customized safety training programs and solutions for drivers, lead drivers, and BC managers.
Johns’ team focuses on reducing accidents, roadside violations, and VEDR events through training and one-on-one driver coaching. Safety Beyond All Else requires constant monitoring of the safety program, frequent adjustments, and daily driver coaching.
Becky Dockter
Linehaul Central
I am the fractional CFO/Controller for several companies in a range of industries including trucking and FXG linehaul. I have over 30 years of experience helping businesses grow to their full potential.
We have a dedicated accounting team that is focused on helping contractors get the most out of their financials by developing a standard profit and loss statement that highlights the areas that are most
important to contractors.
Rick Dunn
Linehaul Solutions
During a career in law enforcement in NYC, Rick stumbled into the world of Linehaul in 2013. He was awarded 2 CGOs in Woodbridge/89 and grew a trucking fleet to over 70 trucks—both in FedEx and under his own authority.
Early struggles in Linehaul lead to a desire to assist other new contractors avoid the same mistakes. He has since retired from the world of Law Enforcement and created Linehaul Solutions; a company designed to assist new FedEx contractors in becoming successful business owners. As the buyer’s agent of the world of FedEx Linehaul.
You can also catch Rick on the “Around the Hub” podcast, it’s a great was to gain insights and perspective from the best in the business
Kenneth Eichenberger
APS Logistics Management
From my 2002 graduation in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University, I jumped into sales and engineering automation in North Carolina before returning back to the southern Indiana area in 2005. I have a wonderful wife, 4 amazing children, a very large and supportive family, and a terrific work team. My personal motto is lead by example, try not to accept “NO”, and rid your known definitions of the word “Can’t”. Delighted to be on the faculty and to serve the FedEx Ground Linehaul community with the idea that we can all work together to make life smoother and end results more fun to obtain.
John Haldi
HaldiTech
John first got into the linehaul space nine years ago when a friend bought a linehaul business and asked for his help making sense of the info he was getting from FXG. A few years later another contractor saw the software he’d built, and HaldiTech was born.
John’s a graduate of Duke and lives in Atlanta with his wife and two dogs. When he’s not working you’ll find him on the golf course or flying a small plane just for fun.
Pat McKay
REL
Pat enjoyed a 17-year career at FedEx Ground from early 1992 through 2008 in various operations roles ending as a Division Managing Director on the East Coast. Pat spent an additional 13 years in 2 national trucking firms with leadership roles in asset and fuel procurement, recruiting, maintenance and lease purchase programs before starting REL with his partner Tyler Tattum.
Pat is passionate about saving costs for TSP’s and providing an unparalleled customer experience in all of their service offerings.
Jessica Meadows
Square One Recruiting
My name is Jessica Meadows.
You know the cliché saying “If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life”? Well, that’s recruiting for me. I come from a sales background and never really enjoyed selling objects that weren’t a necessity to the customer. Don’t get me wrong, I was good at my job, but I wanted to do more.
Enter recruiting. I was presented with the opportunity to work for a contractor in Nashville, TN, as the Director of Recruiting and instantly fell in love with the job. I was selling careers to those in need and ultimately bettering the lives of them and their families. Over the past 8 years of recruiting within the FedEx network, I have created a system that works, every time. Thus, the idea for Square One Recruiting was born.
Tyler Tattum
REL
Tyler enjoyed a 17-year career at FedEx Ground from early 1991 through 2007 in various operations roles including LH/Hub Manager and Managing Director within FedEx Ground. Tyler spent an additional 13 years in 2 national trucking firms with leadership roles in asset and fuel procurement, recruiting, maintenance and lease purchase programs before starting REL with partner Pat McKay.
Tyler is passionate about relentless support and providing an Industry best experience through REL, our vendor partners and the services we provide.
Dave Tomasch
Square One Recruiting / DTI
Dave started driving trucks in Florida when he was eighteen years old. After spending 4 years in the Navy, he worked in various capacities on racing teams. At the end of 2002, the racing world was in a big decline, and Dave decided it was time to look for new opportunities. Now 20 years later with 130 employees and 95 semi tractors we have been blessed more than I deserve. I have an awesome team of drivers and staff that do an amazing job everyday providing excellent service to FedEx Ground in Indiana, Florida and Dallas, Texas. My wife Denise and our kids live in Indianapolis.
Jim Vore
Vorzik Transport
Jim and his wife Suzy joined the ranks as FedEx contractors in 2015, when they bought an existing linehaul operation in Erie, Pennsylvania, and renamed it Vorzik Transport.
Prior to FedEx and after graduating with a degree in Mathematics from Duke University, Jim enjoyed a successful 22 year career on Wall Street, where he built multiple businesses in fixed income and corporate credit with JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Barclays Bank.
Since 2015, Jim and Suzy have more than tripled their FedEx business, mostly through organic growth, and have attracted a great team including two national truck driving champions and a runner-up 2020 Lytx DriveCam Coach of the Year.
Register
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