New Additions to the Charlotte Intermodal Team

Due to significant growth in Charlotte, NC two new Fleet Managers joined the Charlotte Intermodal Team in June. Their pictures along with short autobiographies are listed below.


                                                  Colin Malcolm 

I grew up in southern Virginia in a town called Lynchburg with two older sisters, mom, dad, and two dogs.  My passions growing up were tennis, biking, snow skiing, and golf.  My claim to fame growing up was beating American professional tennis player Andy Roddick in tennis when we both were juniors.  I graduated high school and enrolled at James Madison University were I played collegiate tennis all 4 years.  After college I moved to Richmond, VA for a couple years where I met my wife and for the past few years I have lived in Northern Virginia. I started working for J.B. Hunt in March of 2013 for the DCS division in Winchester, VA.  I was an operations supervisor for the Home Depot regional fleet.  This job has taught me a lot but most importantly it has shown me first-hand the hard work that truck drivers put in, so citizens can have products in the store every day.



      
                                                      Austin Wolff

                                               


I grew up in Snellville, GA with my brother and parents. I graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Logistics and Intermodal Transportation. I’ve been with JB Hunt since November of 2011. I worked with DCS for the first 2 and a half years with the company at Weyerhaeuser, Mission Foods, and Corsicana Bedding account in North Carolina and Georgia. I’ve relocated three years in a row right around Labor Day weekend.  As a kid I raced motocross and that lead to an interest in racing cars. I’ve been drifting for four years now. I’m currently competing in a Formula D Pro-Am series which holds competitions all across the southeast.





































 

Memphis driver, Bill Gober, celebrates 30 Years with JB Hunt.

1984... It was a time of hair bands, thick mustaches and french rolled, stone washed jeans when Bill Gober first started driving for JB Hunt.

 

The #1 movie was "Beverly Hills Cop"
The #1 televison show was "Dynasty"
The #1 song was "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
The #1 album was the "Footloose" soundtrack
The average price of a gallon of gas was $1.19
Ronald Regan was elected for his 2nd term
The Cosby Show first debuted on NBC

You couldnt ask for a better driver.  Bill is sitting at just over 2.5 million safe miles, he had one preventable accident (trailer door) back in 2003 that closed out at $148.00, and has had no work comps.  He's pleasant to be around, and will do anything he can to help a fellow driver or manager.

Bill is pictured here with his good friend Glen Cook.  Glenn hit 27 years with JB Hunt before retiring in 2012.

We celebrated the day with a cake, and lunch at Memphis BBQ.  During lunch Bill and Glenn spoke of what it was like driving back in the 80's for JB Hunt, and the challenges they faced back then.  There were no computers, no cell phones, and DOT regulations were loosely enforced.  They had story after story which made for a very interesting time.  A lot has changed in 30 years, and we are blessed that Bill has stayed with JB Hunt for so long. 

Congratulations Bill!!

John Calcote
Ops Manager - Memphis, TN

Jon Mowery and Carrol Phillips

Here is a great picture of Jon and Carroll next to his new truck.

 

It also comes with the new Cummins 400 HP engine, too.  And what driver would not want that!!

 

New Trucks in Haslet, Texas

 

We received our first Peterbilt Day Cab today.  When Carol Phillips heard he was going to get one he was speechless.  Carl as been with us since 1988 and is a super employee.  He wears the company colors well and does his part to take care of our customers.  He does this as a midnight starter, too.  Probably to beat the Texas heat!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Happy Birthday to our Two Local Load Planners in Haslet

 

 

 

Two of the best planners, too.  Carl has been with JB Hunt since 2004 and Mandi since 2010.  They both have had a few different positions within JB Hunt and even here in Haslet.  Both do a super job in planning our ever growing local market.  So drop them a line and wish them Happy Birthday today!

 



Spring Chicken - Don Welch

While visiting the Memphis terminal, I had the pleasure of meeting Don Welch (WELD).  Don mentioned that he thought he was the oldest driver in the entire company.  I looked it up and sure enough, at 81 years of age, he is the oldest....and still going strong.  By comparison, the 25th oldest driver at JB Hunt is younger than Don by TEN YEARS!

Don lives in Oakdale, LA and has spent most of his JB Hunt career with OTR.  He has been running JBI regional since 2008.

Don originally joined the company in 1988.  He left for a couple of years in the late nineties to work for a small trucking company and returned in 2001.  He has had only one preventable accident at JB Hunt in all that time.

His goal is to attain his 3 million mile award before retiring.  He is currently standing at 2,800,000.

Good luck Don!

-John McKuin
VP of Intermodal Operations

Don pictured below with John Flynt, Bo Kirkland (Fleet Manager), and John Calcote (Ops Mgr).

Houston Texas Team Recognized by Home Depot

We never seem to get a chance to say thanks enough to our team members, especially when they do a great job.  Well the team in Houston has been doing a super job of late, especially with the challenges of moving ETAs on their inbound trains and customers expecting miracles when the train does come in.  Rodney, Edward and Christopher were recognized for the great job they have done by Home Depot. 

Heather Shell , Director of Sales for JB Hunt sent me the following e-mail on our Houston team:
"I just got off the weekly Home Depot service call and wanted to send over our thanks for all of your work in Houston. They said that we are the carrier that has done the best job on keeping them informed (both of issues with refusals and what is coming in each day) and catching them back up. Thank you so much for your hard work! I know it has been a huge challenge and Home Depot has recognized the great work you have done. Please thank your team as well." So our corporate offices through Stephanie Curran sent the team some pizzas.  A small token of our appreciation but an appreciation none the less.   We all need to recognize our team members from time to time for the work they do. I personally want to thank these three for their work.  Rich Doarn 

 

Edward Garza (FM), Rodney Woodruff (RM) Christopher Gregg (FM)