Eric Thiessen Email & Phone Number

I am the father of three wonderful, smart and respectful kids. I am married to a beautiful, intelligent woman that is also my best friend. I love spending time with my family and wish I could spend more time with them. One of my best and worst features is my work ethic. I feel the need to be constantly working to provide the best possible life for my family. This same work ethic also keeps me away more than I would like. I am a people person with a very positive attitude. I can usually be found with a smile on my face. My positive attitude can have a contagious effect on the people around me. While I was the owner of a collateral recovery company my attitude was my most valuable asset. I could diffuse most hostile situation by talking to the people involved with respect and emphasizing with them and smiling.My newest love is the trucking industry! I started out in my current career as a heavy equipment operator, but eventually moved from a track loader to a lowboy. I loved the challenge of hauling oversized/overweight loads into very tight construction sites. When I moved out of the truck and into a desk as a dispatcher I thought I would be less happy, but I was wrong. I had new challenges of organizing fast paced loads, ordering permits and making sure drivers were safe on the road. I had a new feeling of accomplishment when everything was delivered where it was supposed to be and usually on time. lolMy latest challenge involves taking the company that I have loved for more than 17 years and turning it into a best in class trucking company. ESS has always been a best in class construction company, but through acquisitions and huge organic growth, has turned into a large trucking company! The problem was we didn’t know we were a large trucking company. When we realized this I volunteered to become our first Transportation Manager in charge of DOT compliance. I have worked with all branches of ESS to get all of our CSA BASIC scores below the intervention threshold and cut our ISS in half! I am far from done. We are reducing speeding and harsh events to ultimately reduce preventable crashes and insurance claims.I love trucking, construction and helping our drivers be the safest and the best in class!

Listed skills include Firefighting, Construction, Project Planning, Management, and 38 others.

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  Central Missouri State University

  Professional Pilot