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Join us this June 3-4, 2025, at McLeod Software’s headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, for the first-ever TCA Profitability Program (TPP) Summit. This exclusive event brings together top-performing carriers from across our benchmarking groups to share their success stories and strategies for operational excellence. Through engaging panel discussions—covering topics from financial management to safety and risk—participants will learn how their peers have leveraged the TPP to improve every facet of their businesses. Whether you’re focused on refining operations, enhancing people management, or optimizing your maintenance and equipment practices, this is your opportunity to broaden your knowledge and learn directly from the industry’s best.

Agenda

June 3, 2025

5:00 – 7:30 – Reception

June 4, 2025

7:00-8:00 – Breakfast

8:00-9:00 – Opening remarks

9:00-9:50 – CFO & Financial Panel

The CFO financial panel will discuss key takeaways learned and how they have adopted strategies discussed at their TPP group meetings. How the process changes have impacted various aspects of their business.

• Kayla Hasselmann, CFO, Grand Island Express
• Carl Svendsen, Chief Strategy Officer, Halvor Lines

10:00-10:50 – Maintenance & Equipment Panel

During the maintenance panel, we will cover how to measure your department for productivity, cost cutting methods used, technician handling, training, and many more. Highlight KPI’s used to benchmark your maintenance program. We will set a foundation for the panelists to explain their practices and spur on questions from the attendees. With the ever changing landscape of higher equipment costs and specialized training we will all benefit from the sharing session.

• Mike Eggleton Sr., President, Raider Express, Inc.
• Dave Harwell, Director of Maintenance RE Garrison
• Samantha Clevenger, Vice President of Operations Keller Logistics

11:00-11:50 – Safety & Risk Management

During our Safety and Risk Management panel, we’ll discuss best practices with some of North America’s safest fleets. Diving into topics such as: Is safety & risk a philosophical discussion? How do you measure your results? What’s the correlation between Safety & People? Name your best practice for safety & risk?

• Pete Hill, Hill Brothers Transportation
• Steve Dewitt, Chief Risk Officer RE Garrison
• Andy Carey, CFO of KKW

12:00-1:00 – Lunch

1:00-1:50 – Operations

In this session we will explore what drives operational excellence and profits. The term “operations” is often used as an all-encompassing term for the day to day, revenue generating activities in trucking. This discussion will include advice from our expert panelists as they share how they have achieved success in four core components of Operations: Drivers, Fleet Management, Customer Service and Planning.

• Ed Nagle, Nagle Toledo
• John McLaughlin, CFO, Freymiller
• Joe Herman, President of Danny Herman Trucking

2:00-2:50 – People Management/HR

Our most successful carriers in TPP recognize people as a key component in growth. This discussion will dive into hiring and developmental strategies that foster organizational success. Outline KPI’s used to ensure your headcount is balanced. We’ll share some insightful wisdom around developing and maintaining your culture. All and all, we’ll hear from industry leaders regarding their best practices for managing people while maintaining fiscal responsibility for your company.

• Nicky Morrison, Controller, Prime
• Richard Hepler, Executive VP/Chief Risk Officer Best Logistics Group
• Kyle Kristynik, President, Jetco

3:00-3:50 – Question and Answer forum

Registration Pricing

TCA TPP Carrier Member – $99

TCA Carrier Member – $149

Non-TCA Member Carrier – $199

Housing Information

TCA does not have a contracted block of hotel rooms at a special rate at a specific property. McLeod has provided this list of hotel options in the area as a reference.