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Mike Antich

Former Editor and Associate Publisher

Mike Antich covered the fleet management and vehicle remarketing markets for over 20 years. Mike has written or edited over 5,000 articles on fleet management, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, and vehicle remarketing during this period.

Mike was the editor and associate publisher for Automotive Fleet magazine. 

Mike was also actively involved with a variety of fleet and remarketing industry associations and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA). He served as AFLA's president from 2008-2009 and was reelected AFLA president in 2021-2022. He was also the chairman of the AFLA Globalization Committee, where he was instrumental in creating the first-ever Global Fleet Networking Consortium comprised of five international fleet associations.

He was also a member of the board of directors and an officer for the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA). He was the Alliance's long-time secretary and chaired its public relations committee. In addition, he was the past chairman of the IARA certification task force, which developed the industry's first-ever certification program for vehicle remarketers. 

In 2010, Mike was inducted into the Fleet Hall of Fame and inducted into the Global Fleet Hall of Fame in 2022. He also won the Industry Icon Award, presented by the IARA and NAAA.

Mike was an international speaker and has spoken at numerous industry conferences, client advisory councils, and fleet sales meetings.

He passed away on Dec. 19, 2025. 

Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 29, 2017

AVI Foodsystems Appoints Executive Fleet Manager

Prior to this, Dominick Harrison was executive fleet director for Interstate Batteries in Warren, Ohio.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 28, 2017

Cintas Names Corporate Fleet Business Analyst

Prior to this, Jennifer Pemberton was fleet and safety consultant for G&K Services in Minnetonka, Minn., where she served from November of 2015 to June.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 28, 2017

Restaurant Technologies Names National Fleet Manager

Restaurant Technologies provides restaurants with oil management systems and operations management technology that measures and monitors oil usage to increase food quality and consistency.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 28, 2017

Element Names New Fleet Manager

Previously, Wendy Kupper was a fleet account manager at Siemens in Iselin, N.J., where she was employed from 2006 to 2017.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 27, 2017

Verizon Fleet Services Director Retires

While at Verizon, Wayne Farley managed six direct reports and 750 full-time employees who operated 281 maintenance locations in 12 states.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 27, 2017

Verizon Appoints Senior Fleet Operations Manager

Wayne Corum assumed this position in July and is based at the Dallas-Ft. Worth airport in Texas. Previously, Corum was assistant property management director with the Fleet Division for the City of Fort Worth, Texas.

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Driving Notesby Mike AntichSeptember 25, 2017

2018 Subaru Crosstrek

Crossovers, such as the Subaru Crosstrek, are shifting fleet buying preferences in vehicle types found on corporate selectors. Once considered an upgrade, crossovers are now found in fleets in representative ratios as the retail market.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichSeptember 25, 2017

Successful Fleet Managers Excel as Servant Leaders

Internal users are too often treated by some fleet managers as a captive audience that can be dictated to and shown little respect; however, it is important to remember the reason your fleet department exists is to support user departments. You are the business partner of these departments that rely upon you to provide superb customer service to help them fulfill their daily tasks.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 18, 2017

Merck's Fleet Administration and Procurement Associate Director Retires

Scott Lauer retired as associate director, North American Fleet Administration and Procurement for Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. on Aug. 31, following a 29-year career with the company, of which, the past 10 were in fleet.

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Newsby Mike AntichSeptember 11, 2017

Past AFLA President, Enterprise Remarketing Manager Janik Dies

Greg Janik, president of the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) from 1986-1987, passed away on Sept. 8. He was 74. Janik was a long-time member of AFLA and a strong supporter of the fleet industry.

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