Welcome to the Taking the Hire Road Podcast, a DriverReach and FreightWaves production. On this weekly show, airing every Thursday, host Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, interviews industry experts and thought leaders who bring their insight to the driver lifecycle as they discuss the industry’s greatest challenges: driver recruiting and retention.
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Featuring Travis Overton, President and Owner of CDLLife, and Charles Gracey, President of Hot Seat Services.
Featuring Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute
Featuring Nick Hillesheim, Chief Sales Officer at TVC Pro-Driver
Featuring Jon Routledge, VP and GM of Consumer Services at Bestpass
Featuring Steve Bryan, CEO of Bluewire
Featuring Alex Leslie, Research Analyst with the American Transportation Research Institute
Featuring Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Craig Jablonski and Ben Onnie, Co-Founders of Career Now Brands
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Avery Vise, Vice President of Trucking at FTR
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Erin Bergman, Senior Manager of Supply Chain Talent Acquisition at Walmart
Featuring guest host Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience at DriverReach, and Jeremy May, Vice President of Client Services at Ramsey MediaWorks
Featuring Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute
Featuring Lindsey Trent, President and Co-Founder of the Next Generation in Trucking Association
Featuring Tim Chrulski, Chief Operating Officer at Garner Trucking
Featuring Jay Wommack, Founder and CEO of the Vertical Alliance Group
Featuring Amanda Schuier, Director of Employee Engagement at Jetco Delivery
Featuring Atif Siddiqi, founder and CEO of Branch
Featuring Dave Harrison, Military Veteran and Executive Director for Workforce Development, Government Programs and Military Employment Issues at Fastport
Featuring Travis Overton, President and Owner of CDLLife
Featuring Brandon Wiseman, Founder and President of Trucksafe Consulting
Featuring Tom Fogarty, CEO of BestPass
Featuring Jackie McManus, Founder and CEO of KJ Media
Featuring Chris Gulker and Bill Zenk, Principals and Practice Leaders at TrueNorth Companies, L.C.
Featuring Hayden Cardiff, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Idelic
Featuring guest host Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience at DriverReach, and Kellylynn McLaughlin, Driver Ambassador for the Women in Trucking Association
Featuring guest host Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience at DriverReach, and Ron Yazetti, Senior Director of Sales at Work4
Featuring Tim Smith, Co-Founder of Pivitol Retention
Featuring Max Farrell, Founder of WorkHound
Featuring Louie Greek, Coalition Build Specialist for Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT)
Featuring Corey Woinarowicz, Chief Revenue Officer at Nocell Technologies
Featuring Mark Manera, Founder of The Trucking Fitness Co.
Featuring Lori Furnell, president of Truck Drivers USA
Featuring Timothy Henry, CEO and co-founder of Haul
Featuring The National Transportation Institute’s, Leah Shaver
Featuring Beth Potratz, founder, president and CEO of Drive My Way
Featuring trucking company owner and Texas House candidate Adam Blanchard
Featuring Natasha Hammack of Wright Media
Featuring immediate Past ATA Chair, Sherri Garner Brumbaugh
Featuring Page Siplon, CEO of TeamOne Logistics
Featuring The American Transportation Research Institute’s, Rebecca Brewster
Featuring Driver Recruiting Expert David McBride of Lazer Spot
Featuring Peter Schneider, President of T.G.S. Logistics
Featuring Don Lefeve of Robotic Research
Featuring Justin Reed, HireRight
Featuring Adam Kahn, president of the commercial fleet team at Netradyne
Featuring Bob Costello, Chief Economist and SVP at the American Trucking Association
Featuring Jessie Burnette, Chief People Officer at Hirschbach
Featuring Ray Haight, a retention coach with and former chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association
Featuring Dustin Koehl, Senior Vice President of Sales at U.S. Xpress
Featuring Ryan Streblow, president and CEO of National Tank Truck Carriers
Featuring Josh Mecca of American Central Transport
Featuring Peter Covach of Trimble
Featuring Anna Faford, VP of strategy for C&K Trucking
Featuring John Elliott, CEO of LoadOne
Featuring Anthony Petitte, founder and CEO of TruckPark
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Featuring Wendy Bartz, DriverReach Director of Sales and Services
Featuring Dennis Cooke, President and CEO of TransForce Group
Featuring Bluewire CEO, Steve Bryan
Featuring Jim Mullen, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer of TuSimple
Featuring CDLLife President and Owner, Travis Overton
Featuring Priscilla Peters of the Conversion Interactive Agency
Featuring Jim Ward, president and CEO of D.M. Bowman and chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA)
Featuring Mark Tinney, President & CEO of JOBehaviors
Featuring Rebecca Brewster, President & COO of the American Transportation Research Institute
Featuring Dave Chesterman, Director of Recruiting for Carter Express
Featuring Lindsey Trent, the Founder of The Next Generation in Trucking Association
Featuring Jenny Abernathy, vice president of enterprise capacity development and driver recruiting at CRST International
Featuring Brian Fielkow, CEO, Jetco Delivery/Executive VP, The GTI Group
Featuring Chris Spear, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations (ATA)
Featuring Ellen Voie, president, CEO and founder of the Women in Trucking Association
Featuring John Lex, driver ambassador with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and professional over-the-road driver with Walmart
Featuring Gina Anderson, chief executive officer of Luma Brighter Learning
Featuring Chad Hendricks, president of Brand Outcomes Inc.
Featuring Brad Vaughn, VP of Recruitment for Maverick Transportation
Featuring Lance Christensen, Director of Recruiting and I/C Capacity for NFI
Featuring Leah Shaver, President & CEO of The National Transportation Institute
Featuring Idelic founder and CEO Hayden Cardiff
Featuring RocketCDL Co-Founders James Robinson & Nate Tellis
Featuring Max Farrell, co-founder and CEO, at WorkHound
As Founder and CEO of DriverReach, Jeremy is passionate and innovative in addressing today’s challenges with recruiting CDL drivers. Jeremy brings nearly 20 years of experience in the trucking industry as both a carrier and a vendor, having led a small truckload operation as well as a regional CDL driver staffing company. As a member of ATA’s Workforce Development Committee and ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee, Jeremy is devoted to solving the industry’s greatest issues. In 2016, Jeremy founded DriverReach, a modern driver recruiting and compliance management solution, to address the ongoing challenges with recruiting, qualifying, and hiring CDL drivers. Jeremy is excited to partner with FreightWaves to bring thought leadership and innovation to these topics on Taking the Hire Road Podcast, a DriverReach and FreightWaves production.
DriverReach is the Recruiting and Retention Management System that helps driver recruiters convert leads, hire faster, build relationships, and be more productive.