Curtis J. Kepner Email & Phone Number

Woodstock, Georgia, Us

KCH Trucking is a truckload carrier offering dry van, HazMat, servicing customers throughout the Southeast region. Directed the daily operations of two trucking companies (KCH Trucking/KCH Flatbed) with 20 company tractors and 50 owner-operators. Held full P&L responsibility for $13M in annual revenues, Customer Service, Sales, Safety, Operations, Recruiting, Maintenance, Inventory, regulatory compliance, and overall company performance. • Supervised 75 drivers plus three fleet managers, two safety clerks, a Recruiter, Director of Safety, Customer Service clerk, and Director of Operations. • Implemented a revised driver onboarding process, increasing driver retention by 50% and avoiding $50K in recruiting and hiring expenses. • Reduced annual insurance expenses by $75K and decreased Hours of Service (HOS) violations by 50%. • Improved on-time delivery from 90 % to 98.5% within 30 days and reduced deadhead miles from 15% to less than 7 %. • Restructured the Preventive Maintenance programs and renegotiating vendor agreements, reducing annual maintenance by $100K annually.

Located in Atlanta, GA with a warehouse, and a full-service maintenance facility, B.A.H. currently operates a fleet of 200 company-owned late model tractors and 500 late model trailers. Managed $29M P&L and full scope of operations for multi-regional truckload carrier company with four terminals in Georgia and North Carolina. • Guided the company through an ownership transition as the company’s first General Manager. • Provided senior leadership and created performance plans for a team of 20 employees plus 170 drivers. Implemented a 401(k)-plan company-wide. • Increased driver retention by more than 20% by restructuring the payroll process and reduced accounting costs by $50K annually. • Created metrics and goals for each load planner and fleet manager, boosting productivity by 32%. • Drove revenue up by $3.5M by creating new driver classifications and increasing the driver count 21%. • Implemented new operational analytics, improving productivity 20%, and reducing deadhead miles from 16% to less than 7% and adding $250K to the bottom line. • Restructured the driver pay and incentive programs, attracting 40 new drivers within 90 days and producing more than $8M in new sales.

Rogers Dedicated Services has been active in Atlanta's trucking industry since its founding in 1980, specializing in both On-Demand trucking and Dedicated Contract Carriage. Provided executive-level leadership with full P&L for terminal operations at three locations in Georgia for dedicated contract carriage, trucking, transportation, yard management, logistics, warehouse transfer, shuttle services, and RFP management. Responsible for 35 drivers, 10 staff members, and 50 trailers. • Managed, sales, recruiting, driver onboarding, safety, DOT compliance, assets, operations, metrics, staffing, fleet maintenance, and customer service. • Integrated processes and services following the merger of Interstate Distribution with Rogers Dedicated Services in 2013 increasing revenue from $4.8M to $6.5M. • Created a rating model for the Dedicated Division, improving bottom line profits for the Division by $35K. • Reduced CSA scores 25% and increased on-time delivery to 98.5% while reducing HOS violations to less than 10%.

A $14M transportation company with 120 drivers in 5 states and part of the Fred Taylor Company, one of Georgia’s largest privately held transportation and warehousing firms with five operating divisions generating $89M in annual revenues through twenty company-owned facilities in Georgia and Alabama. Held responsibility for six direct-report Managers, 10 support personnel, and 120 drivers in five Southeast states. • Drove 10 consecutive years of bottom-line profitability. • Negotiated a deal to divest 30 surplus tractors, resulting in a shortterm loss of $100K but a long-term $400K in net gain to the parent company. • Grew dedicated business from $ 6M to $ 14M, increasing from five accounts to 15. • Earned two Top Producer “Peak Performance Pinnacle” awards in 2006 and 2007. • Established multiple startups within a 60-day period across three states, adding $4.5M to the dedicated operation.

Albany, Georgia, Us

A $6M contract warehouse organization with three locations in Georgia and Alabama, a subsidiary of the Fred Taylor Company. Concurrently managed the 1.5 million SF contract warehouse organization in conjunction with managing Interstate Distribution Services. Division provides storage, handling, and special projects for two Georgia Pacific divisions, Ball Container, Owens Illinois, and other smaller accounts. • Supervised the Director of Operations, five Warehouse Managers, 60 associates, and 50+ temporary workers. • Grew sales from $3.8M to $6.5M in less than 4 years. • Improved warehouse utilization from 60% to 85% by adding three new accounts and reduced labor costs $100K annually by restructuring scheduling functions. • Established a new warehouse location to serve a new customer, adding 225K SF to the existing footprint in South Georgia and driving $600K in new sales. • Re-opened an old unused rail siding and started accepting loads in less than three weeks and landed a new major customer, adding $175K in annual revenue.

Albany, Georgia, Us

A $12M full-service 50-year old trucking leasing company with 17 locations providing Class 6, 7, and 8 heavy-duty vehicles, fleet maintenance options, and large rental fleet of recent model year trucks. A Fred Taylor Company subsidiary. Responsible for overall sales & marketing management, rental fleet profitability, and utilization, new business development, customer retention, creating and meeting sales and rental goals, rental fleet management, overall P&L for rental product line, and contract maintenance product lines. • Exceeded sales quota 25%, adding $100,000 in additional margins and streamlined the customer approval process from 3 days to 1 day. • Turned around the business, improving rental utilization from 43 % to 73 %, resulting in a rental margin increase of $ 150K.

Bachelor'S Degree, Management

Associate Of Science - As, Transportation And Logistics