PeopleNet Professional Services. Mission: ROI.

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7 CTP consultants. 50 plus years of combined industry experience. $1.7 million average in ROI per client and $5,000 per truck identified. Welcome to PeopleNet Professional Services. Your fleet's dream team. PeopleNet Professional Services is an elite team that works closely with you to get the most from your technology investments. Experts in fleet operations, project management, process standardization and best practices implementation, our consultants will first analyze your fleet. Then they'll customize your system to maximize your performance and return on investment.

Make no mistake—nobody outperforms this group at uncovering inefficiency and utilizing proven methods to take your fleet's performance to a new level. From measurable objectives and process improvement recommendations to ROI identification, key performance indicators (KPI) and measurement strategies, we offer a wide variety of programs to optimize your systems' performance and maximize your safety and compliance programs. Our services include:

  • Operational Assistance and Design Recommendations
  • Integration Assistance
  • Custom Reporting
  • Automated Workflow Implementation
  • eDriver Logs® Implementation
  • MPG Improvement Program with 100% Money Back Guarantee
  • CSA 2010 Readiness Check
  • Safety Program Management with Guaranteed ROI
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Professional Services Consultant Bios

Professional Services Bios

Louis McAnally
Vice President, Operations

Louis McAnally has over 15 years of experience in mobile communications and fleet management for the transportation industry and currently heads up New Customer Implementation, Project Management and Professional Services Consulting. His primary focus is on helping customers optimize their ROI from PeopleNet’s products and services, including private fleets, bulk carriers, truckload operations and distribution service fleets.

In more than 25 engagements, he has assessed customer processes and developed process improvement recommendations that have reduced costs and yielded greater returns using PeopleNet products.

“Louis exceeded our expectations as a consultant and gave us far more consulting recommendations and expertise than we paid for.”

- Kathryn Till, CFO, Evergreen Transportation

Specialties:

  • Customer relations to ensure customer satisfaction
  • Product evaluation for successful customer assessment
  • Best practices for integrated customer life-cycle management
  • Identifying return-on-investment opportunities as a result of integrating mobile communications and electronic dispatch applications

Leadership: CTP (Certified Transportation Professional) from the National Private Truck Council

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Dallas Baptist University.

Jeffrey J. Bogart
Professional Services Consultant

Jeffrey Bogart has more than 10 years of transportation/mobile communications experience. His pre-PeopleNet, real-world experience as a logistics associate with both Sterns Manufacturing and Best Buy, blends a unique combination of technology, business, and transportation.

Jeff has the distinction of PeopleNet’s longest-serving professional services consultant, and has completed 25 engagements of many different types.

“You really have an asset in Jeff; I wish he worked for me. Jeff’s knowledge and dedication to not only PeopleNet but my company this week was well above my expectations.”
- Mac Vickers, Vickers Transportation

He has also been a key account manager for PeopleNet, responsible for helping more than 100 of the company’s largest customers derive greater value from technology products and services. As an implementation specialist, Jeff trained over 90 customers in mobile communications basics.

Specialties:

  • On-site client assessment and documentation of business processes
  • Identification and design of new business processes
  • Design of training programs for how to use technology to be industry compliant
  • Development of key metrics to measure project ROI and overall objectives
  • Project Leadership for successful implementation of mobile communications
  • Recommendations for operational efficiency and streamlining processes
  • Development of policies and procedures for Federal Regulation compliance
  • Development of business requirements documents for new software development
  • Expertise in the transportation industry and mobile communications
  • Identification of ROI opportunities and purchase payback time frames

Leadership: CTP (Certified Transportation Professional) by the National Private Truck Council since 2006

Education: Bachelor degree in networking, business computer information systems and speech communication from St. Cloud State University.

Jason DeShaw
Professional Services Consultant

Jason DeShaw has six-plus years of experience in mobile communications and transportation management technology for the transportation industry. He has completed more than 10 engagements with private fleets, bulk carriers, TL/LTL operations and private distribution service fleets to help them optimize return on their PeopleNet investment.  

From process assessment through development of business requirements and custom integration solutions to implementation, Jason has garnered the respect of his PeopleNet customers.  

“We appreciate the knowledge Jason brought to the project. He has a good sense of humor which is mandatory around here. Very knowledgeable on the product. Admitted when he was not sure of something and was quick to find the answers. We trust him.”
- Dan Jones, VP Transportation, Norfolk Iron & Metals

Specialties:

  • Business process optimization
  • Best Practice development for integration with route optimization and dispatch software applications
  • Implementations for fleets, 30 to over 4,000 trucks

Leadership: CTP (Certified Transportation Professional) by the National Private Truck Council

Education: Bachelor degree from the University of Wisconsin and MBA from the University of Maryland.

Tim Gedig
Professional Services Consultant

Tim Gedig is a transportation management professional with years of experience in mobile computing, safety and finance. Prior to joining PeopleNet, he was business manager for Northland Metals Transportation, an independent consultant to the trucking industry and a telecommunications consultant.

A PeopleNet Professional Services veteran, Tim has completed 28 engagements, assisting new and existing customers with wringing all value from their investment in mobile computing.

After working with dozens of trucking operations, Tim also helps customers identify process improvements in other areas. His most recent focus is helping customers prepare for the new CSA 2010 carrier scoring system—SMS (Safety Measurement System).

“Tim has been extremely helpful, courteous, and fits right in with our group.  I can’t than k you enough for assigning him to our account.  He has helped open our eyes to many facets of our operation and through his work with us, I am confident we are making large leaps of forward progrsss.  Again, I can’t say enough good things about Tim and what he has done so far with Western Dairy Transport.  We are looking forward to our mutually beneficial relationship with PeopleNet and are very appreciative of the support we’ve received so far.”

- Davis S. Shelton, President, Western Dairy Transport

Leadership: CTP (Certified Transportation Professional) by the National Private Truck Council

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Methods and Information Systems from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.

Terry Hallman
Professional Services Consultant

Terry Hallman is a transportation professional with over 20 years of experience in logistics and transportation management.

Terry helps customers implement their mobile communication system, including training on various value added services and performing in depth analysis of current processes. During his year-and-a-half tenure with PeopleNet, he has led more than 10 professional services engagements, the longest of which was 26 weeks.

“Terry is great to work with.  Without the engagement of Professional services, our trial would not have succeeded.  i believe all of our future installs should have a professional services engagement.”

- Darren Levine, Director of IT, Contrans Corporation

Specialties:

  • Process mapping and redesign of key operational processes
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Mobile communications and fleet efficiency project management
  • Identifying and documenting return on investment opportunities as a result of mobile communications and electronic dispatch applications

Leadership: Certified Professional in Logistics (P.Log) and Professional Certified in Material Handling (PCMH); working on Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation (CITT) designation.

Michael Eccleston, CTP
Professional Services Consultant

Mike is a proven transportation executive with over 20 years of experience in operations and supply chain management within both private and for hire fleet environments.  He has extensive knowledge of leveraging transportation management systems and mobile communications to deliver improved operational efficiencies and drive profitability.

Specialties:

  • On-site client assessment and documentation of business processes
  • Recommendations for operational efficiency and streamlining processes
  • Development of key metrics to measure project ROI and overall objectives
  • Project Leadership for successful implementation of mobile communications
  • Expertise in the transportation industry and mobile communications

Leadership: CTP (Certified Transportation Professional) from the National Private Truck Council

Education: Master of Arts in Public Management from Midwestern State University.

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