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NationaLease Announces Top Tech Winner of the 8th Annual Tech Challenge
Nine Regional Finalists Competed in the Hands-on Portion of Event
Rick Davis (center), Lead Technician with Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member, was named Top Tech at NationaLease’s 8th Annual Tech Challenge held in May during the organization’s annual Maintenance Managers Meeting in Charlotte, NC. First Runner-up was Bob Mrzyglod (right), Aim NationaLease, and Second Runner-up, John Norwood (left), also from Aim NationaLease.
June 14, 2018, Downers Grove, IL — Rick Davis, Lead Technician with Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member, was named Top Tech at the 8th Annual NationaLease Tech Challenge. The event was hosted by Advantage Truck Leasing, a NationaLease Member, in Charlotte, NC, during the organization’s annual Maintenance Managers Meeting, held May 16-18 at the Embassy Suites in Charlotte.
From a field of 225 Tech Challenge participants, representing NationaLease’s full service truck leasing companies from the US and Canada, nine qualifying technicians earned their spots in the final competition after finishing first in their region on an earlier written knowledge exam. At the Advantage Truck Leasing location, they competed in the hands-on portion of the event, exhibiting their expertise in stations that included starting and charging, electrical, brakes, suspension, wheel ends, drive train, DEF, tires, and engine diagnostics.
Joining the 2018 NationaLease Tech Challenge Top Tech recipient Rick Davis on the winning team were First Runner-up Bob Mrzyglod, Aim NationaLease, and Second Runner-up, John Norwood, also from Aim NationaLease. These three gentlemen will represent the NationaLease organization at the TMC Annual SuperTech Competition to be held later this year. The winners were presented with their awards at the NationaLease Winners Circle Awards Dinner on May 17th.
The remaining six of the nine Tech Challenge finalists included:
- Jason Stiles, VEL NationaLease
- Jason Johnson, Bentley Truck Services, Inc., a NationaLease Member
- Justin Torgerson, Aim NationaLease
- Ray Evans, Aim NationaLease
- Dan Penkert, Harrison Rental & Leasing, a NationaLease Member
- Stephen Vought, Aim NationaLease
“We congratulate all of our Tech Challenge participants and winners. A special thank you goes out to our gracious hosts, Ken Adkins, Frank Rich, and all the folks at Advantage Truck Leasing for hosting this year’s challenge, and to the crew at Salem NationaLease and Advantage Truck Leasing for the use of their trucks. We will be in the front row cheering on our team at the TMC SuperTech Competition this fall,” said Joe Puff, Vice President of Truck Technology and Maintenance for NationaLease.
About NationaLease
Founded in 1944, NationaLease is one of the largest full service truck leasing organizations in North America, with over 1200 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada and a combined customer fleet of over 175,000 tractors, trucks, and trailers.
The company provides comprehensive fleet management services for private fleets and transportation service providers. More information can be found at nationalease.com.
Media Contact for NationaLease
Rob Tacey
Director, Communications & Public Relations
press@corcentric.com
(302) 897-3094
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