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SEARCHThe inaugural class of Fleet Visionaries were honored at a ceremony in Schaumburg, Ill., during the 2016 Fleet Technology Expo.
Photo of Jeff Moody accepting his Fleet Visionary award at FTX by Chris Wolski.
Photo of Jeff Moody accepting his Fleet Visionary award at FTX by Chris Wolski.
The inaugural class of Fleet Visionaries were honored at a ceremony in Schaumburg, Ill., on Oct. 19, during the 2016 Fleet Technology Expo.
The award, sponsored by Merchants Fleet Management, is designed to recognize and celebrate new voices in fleet management. The Fleet Visionary Award is open to any fleet professional with 10 years or fewer in the industry with a commercial fleet of 50 vehicles or more.
A total of 20 fleet professionals who have shown an impressive degree of innovation and leadership in their short tenures were honored during the ceremony. The honorees were announced by officials from Merchants Fleet Management.
The 20 fleet Fleet Visionaries for 2016 are:
Dave Adams, ACRT
Banny Allison, AmeriPride Service/Canadian Linen and Uniform Service
Cindy Douglas, Tuff Shed
Robert Douglass, Willbros
Erin Gilchrist, Safelite Autoglass
Monica Gregerson, Haynes Mechanical Systems
Scott Lauer, Merck
Dave Mansfield, CDK Global
Amy McAdams, ABM
Jeff Moody, Centuri Construction Group
Asad Naqvi, Warid Telecom
Nikith Rajendran, Solar City
Nicholas Richardson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Dave Rush, R.J. Reynolds
Abe Stephenson, DISH
Robb Wagner, Smith & Nephew
Mike Ward, Strike
Sharjeel Anwer Wattoo, Oman Telecommunication Company
Ralf Wessel, AGCO Corp.
Brian Wielgosz, Sanofi
Jeff Moody, fleet analyst for Centuri Construction Group, who has been in his role for three years, was recognized as the Fleet Visionary of the Year for taking his prior work in safety and translating it into making the Centuri fleet more efficient and safer.
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