28 Ryder Managers Earn Maintenance Excellence Award

Ryder System Inc. honored 28 of its maintenance managers with the company’s Maintenance Excellence Award (MEA), the highest recognition for exceptional customer service, maintenance, and safety performance.

The ceremony, held near Ryder’s headquarters in Miami, celebrated these leaders who received the signature gray Maintenance Excellence sport coat and an all‑expenses‑paid trip to Miami for themselves and a guest.

Winners of this year’s Maintenance Excellence Award include:

• Allen Ferguson – Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Jeffrey Ferreri – Buffalo, N.Y.
• Keith Geier – Nashville
• George Morrison – Knoxville
• Terry Spaniel – Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Jonas Gaulton – St. Johns, Newfoundland
• Tom Trempe – Anjou, Quebec
• Willie Thompson – Edinburgh, Scotland
• John Bynum – Richland, Miss.
• David Chase – Rochester, N.Y.
• David Crippen – Davenport, Iowa
• Joel Drescher – Sheboygan, Wis.
• Richard Dziuda – Flint, Mich.
• Jack Garrison – Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• John Hanley – Mifflintown, Pa.
• Steve Ikerd – Newton, N.C.
• Mark Kyler – Falconer, N.Y.
• Jeffery Magee – Magnolia, Miss.
• Tommy McCandless – Clarksville, Tenn.
• F. Butch McDougald – Sacramento, Calif.
• William McKeever – Wausau, Wis.
• William Murphy – Webster, N.Y.
• William Pendleton – Southwest City, Mo.
• Douglas Plavney – Irving, Texas
• Jerry Ray – Tucson, Ariz.
• William Ruder, Jr. – Cedar Falls, Iowa
• Donald Slaughter – Zanesville, Ohio
• Stephen Smith – Peoria, Ill.

“The Maintenance Excellence Award was established in 1991 to recognize and reward qualified maintenance managers across all divisions. It is a goal designed to spur managers to deliver distinctive customer service and meet or exceed Ryder customers’ expectations,” said Ryder chairman and CEO Greg Swienton.