2023 Fleet Ahead Convention Broadcasts Opening Keynote – Gasoline Smarts

Emissions laws, decarbonization targets, provide chain disruptions, technician shortages. Sure, the pressures appear to be compounding, however fleets are introducing quite a few new techniques, processes, and applied sciences to deal with these points!

This opening keynote panel for 2023 Fleet Ahead Convention contains leaders from numerous sectors of fleet who will have interaction these points in a well-known enterprise format, a S.W.O.T. evaluation. As a substitute of utilizing the framework to guage an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Alternatives, and Threats, they’ll do it for the fleet business as an entire.

The panelists are: Mike Hauge, fleet supervisor at Ecolab, Jeff Schuchardt, vice chairman of Info Expertise (IT) for Enterprise Fleet Administration, Charlotte Argue, sr. supervisor of sustainable mobility at Geotab, and Randy Marion, one of many largest fleet and franchise dealership teams within the nation.

“This panel of rockstars will deliver views from the vendor, fleet administration firm, know-how, and fleet supervisor sides of fleet,” stated Chris Brown, convention chair. “They’ll share their approaches to make our fleets extra environment friendly, safer, and sustainable. Collectively, we’ll discover methods to deliver our fleets ahead!”

SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, alternatives, and threats) evaluation is a framework used to guage a  firm’s aggressive place  and to develop strategic planning. SWOT evaluation assesses inner and exterior components, in addition to present and future potential.

A SWOT evaluation is designed to facilitate a sensible, fact-based, data-driven take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of a corporation, initiatives, or inside its business. The group must hold the evaluation correct by avoiding pre-conceived beliefs or grey areas and as an alternative specializing in real-life contexts. Corporations ought to use it as a information and never essentially as a prescription.

The Keynote Panelists

Marion is founder and president of 13 vehicle franchise dealerships in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Fla. One of many largest fleet and quantity Normal Motors sellers within the nation, Marion is an energetic member of the automotive business, serving as previous chairman of the GM Nationwide Vendor Council and varied vendor’s associations.

Marion lately struck a deal to promote electrical automobiles from unbiased OEM Mullen Automotive.

Argue is a subject skilled in fleet electrification and a champion for related automobile know-how options within the EV business.

Argue has been concerned in electrical transportation since 2009. Earlier than becoming a member of Geotab she managed the Plug In BC initiative in British Columbia, delivering EV applications for fleets, charging infrastructure and public consciousness. She presently sits on the board of NACFE (North American Council for Freight Effectivity).

Schuchardt is accountable for overseeing a staff of greater than 350 workers the place he has led and been concerned with the rollouts of a fleet alternative and whole price of possession instrument, aftermarket, and logistics program, and client-owned automobile enhancement.

Schuchardt started his profession with Enterprise in 1988. He was promoted to assistant vice chairman of IT in 1999 and was named to his present position of vice chairman in 2017.

Hauge leads industrial technique and operations for 11,000+ gentle and medium obligation automobiles utilized by the corporate’s U.S. gross sales and repair associates. Mike’s latest focus has been on creating methods to assist Ecolab’s decarbonization objectives, together with totally electrifying its gross sales and repair fleet by 2030. 

He’s a passionate provide chain chief with a background in logistics, procurement, and fleet administration.

About Fleet Ahead Convention

Now in its sixth 12 months, Fleet Ahead Convention (FFC) is designed to ship fleets options on electrification, related automobiles, autonomous know-how, last-mile and shared mobility, next-generation telematics, and extra.

The convention can also be mixed with the Fleet Security Convention, designed particularly for fleet, threat, and security professionals with the purpose to scale back driver distraction, restrict fleet legal responsibility, and improve security tradition general. 

As a part of a  mixed agenda, attendees can pay one registration charge   to entry each occasions. 

The 2023 FFC agenda additionally features a journey and drive for attendees to expertise new electrical automobiles, mingle with product specialists, and expertise new applied sciences behind the wheel in a bigger outside interactive area.

Registration for the mixed Fleet Ahead and Fleet Security Conferences is open now. 

Initially posted on Automotive Fleet