TCA Profitability Program Best Practices Summit

Join us on January 22, 2025, 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

7:00-8:00 – Breakfast

8:00-9:00 – Opening remarks

9:00-9:50 – CFO & Financial Panel

• Chris Kelly, Navajo Express
• Jim Pirnie, President, Grand Island Express
• Carl Svendsen, Chief Strategy Officer, Halvor Lines

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

• Jerry Sigmon, Chief Operating Officer, Cargo Transporters
• Tanya Morrow, President, Ploger Transportation
• Mike Eggleton, Raider Express

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

• Pete Hill, Hill Brothers Transportation
• Garth Pitzel, Associate VP, Safety and Driver Development, Bison Transport
• Shawn Nelson, Director of Driver Profitability, RE Garrison

12:00-1:00 – Lunch

1:00-1:50 – Operations

• Ed Nagle, Nagle Toledo
• John McLaughlin, CFO, Freymiller

2:00-2:50 – People Management/HR

• Nicky Morrison, Director of Financial Analysis & Reporting, Prime
• Roy Cox, CEO/President, Best Cartage
• Kyle Kristynik, President, Jetco

3:00-3:50 – Question and Answer forum