Trucking Profitability Strategies
Course Summaries
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| Sunday, April 19, 2009 | |
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| 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Registration |
| 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm | Board Meeting |
| 4:10 pm to 4:45 pm | Orientation and Reception for First-time Attendees (with the TPS Board) |
| 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm | Reception and Cocktail Party (everyone) |
| 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Dinner and Keynote Address Moderator Charles Squires, TPS Program Chair and Director of Executive Programs, Terry College of Business Introduction of Keynote Speaker Mack Guest, III, President, LAD Truck Lines, Inc. Speaker Mark Richt, Head Football Coach, The University of Georgia |
| 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Bar, Networking, and Free Time |
| Monday, April 20, 2009 | |
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| 6:30 am to 7:30 pm | Registration and Breakfast |
| 7:30 am to 7:45 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 7:45 am to 8:45 pm | Topic The Big Picture: Still in the Jungle or Coming out of the Woods? Moderator Ross Cook, TPS Past Board Chair and Executive Vice President, Sales, Gordon Trucking, Inc. Speaker Thom Albrecht, CFA, Managing Director, Stephens Inc. |
| 8:45 am to 9:00 am | Food and Beverage Break |
| 9:00 am to 10:10 am | Topic Driver Strategies Moderator Charlotte Eckley, Chief Development Officer, O & S Trucking Panelists Matt Amen, Vice President, American Truck Business Services David Corsaut, CEO, O & S Trucking Inc. Ray J. Haight, Chairman, Truckload Carriers Association, and Executive Director, MacKinnon Transport Inc. |
| 10:10 am to 10:30 am | Food and Beverage Break |
| 10:30 am to 11:45 am | Topic Best Practices of Trucking Winners Moderator Thom Albrecht, CFA, Managing Director, Stephens Inc. Panelists Claude Robert, President and CEO, Robert Transport John Cosaert, EVP, CFO, Heartland Express, Inc. Richard Roehl, President and COO, Roehl Transport Inc. |
| 11:45 am to 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm to 2:00 pm | Topic Fuel Management: People, Systems, Processes, Equipment, and Technology Moderator Richard Durst, President, Arctic Express Panelists Royal Jones, CEO, Mesilla Valley Transportation Chris Cooper, COO, Boyd Bros. Transportation Rob Penner, VP Operations, Bison Transport Inc. |
| 2:00 pm to 2:20 pm | Food and Beverage Break |
| 2:20 pm to 2:40 pm | Board Presentations |
| 2:40 pm to 3:30 pm | Topic Succession Planning Moderator Fred Stephenson, TPS Conference Director, Terry College of Business Speakers Dan England, Chairman, C. R. England, Inc. Jim O'Neal, President, O & S Trucking Inc. |
| 3:30 pm to 3:50 pm | Food and Beverage Break |
| 3:50 pm to 5:00 pm | Topic Key Trucking Metrics and Benchmarking Moderator Don Streuber, President and CEO, Bison Transport Inc. Panelists Tim Estenson, President, Estenson Logistics Herb Schmidt, President, Con-way Truckload Tom Voelkel, President and COO, Dupré Logistics, LLC Wes Armour, President and CEO, Armour Transportation Systems |
| 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm | Buses leave for Athens County Club from front of the Georgia Center |
| 6:45 pm to 7:30 pm | Cocktail Reception and Networking |
| 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Dinner |
| 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Cash Bar at the Georgia Center in the main lobby |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | |
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| 6:30 am to 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 7:30 am to 8:40 am | Topic Executing During a Sellers' Market Moderator Keith Klein, EVP and COO, Transport Corporation of America Panelists Derek Leathers, COO, Werner Enterprises, Inc. George Payne, CEO, Interstate Distributor Co. Pete Hill, President, Hill Bros. Transportation |
| 8:40 am to 8:55 am | Food and Beverage Break |
| 8:55 am to 10:15 am | Topic Supply Chain Strategic Changes and Their Trucking Implications Moderator Stephanie Williamson, Director of Marketing, Dart Transit Company Panelists Ron Lazo, Vice President, Manhattan Associates, Inc. Paul Svindland, Director, AlixPartners LLP Jonathan M. Huwe, VP of Transportation, Crete Carrier Corporation |
| 10:15 am to 10:45 am | Food and Beverage Break |
| 10:45 am to 12:00 pm | Opinions and Advice Moderator Bill Webb, Partner, Fenway Partners Panelists Duane Acklie, Chairman, Crete Carrier Corp. Mark Rourke, President, Schneider National Truckload Raymond B. Greer, CEO, Greatwide Logistics Services Gary Salisbury, President and CEO, Fikes Truck Lines |
| 12:00 pm to 12:15 pm | Closing Remarks and Evaluation |
| 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm | Lunch |
Contact Information
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
110 E. Clayton Street
Suite 602
Athens,
GA
30602-6254
University of Georgia
110 E. Clayton Street
Suite 602
706-425-3051
1-866-238-0756 (toll-free)
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