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Element Fleet Management strengthens its U.S. Equipment Financing Sales and Business Development team with the appointment of Chris Hepler to regional vice president of Sales, Heavy Trucks. Hepworth brings more than 25 years of sales and account management experience to Element. Most recently, he held the position of inside sales leader for Ryder Systems, Inc., where he was responsible for overseeing new business development and account management activities.
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Element Fleet Management has appointed Elise Hardy to its U.S. Equipment Financing Sales and Business Development team as regional director of Material Handling Equipment. Prior to joining Element Fleet, she served as an account manager for Eastern Lift Truck Company, where she was responsible for sales of new and used forklifts and other equipment in the Pennsylvania territory.
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ARI has been named one of the 100 Best Workplaces For Millennials in the United States by Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work® Institute. This is the inaugural year for this ranking, which was determined through anonymous surveys of nearly 90,000 millennial employees administered by the workplace culture experts at Great Place to Work.
“This is a tremendous honor,” said ARI President Chris Conroy. “Maintaining a culture where employees of all generations feel welcomed and have the opportunity to contribute, collaborate, learn and grow is incredibly important to us, and we’re proud to be recognized as a workplace where millennials are engaged and feel they can have a positive impact.”
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Wheels, Inc. has won a Silver American Business Award for Best Interface Design.
The award recognized DriverView, Wheels’ online portal for fleet drivers, which the company redesigned last year as part of a comprehensive optimization initiative for its online platforms.
“Wheels is always looking to align our online tools with the emerging preferences of today’s web users,” said Gail Wheeler, Wheels’ assistant vice president of marketing. “The DriverView site revamp was very successful in delivering new levels of consolidated access, responsive designs and user-friendly features for our clients’ drivers.”
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North America's Biggest Leasing Company
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Pictured: Steven Hudson, CEO, Element Financial Corp
By Mike Sheldrick
Element Financial Corp. has vaulted to the largest North American fleet leasing company by buying GE Capital’s fleet leasing assets in the U.S. and Mexico, and in Australia and New Zealand for a total of $6.9 billion. The deal comprises about 580,000 vehicles, doubling Element’s North American presence.
In Europe, GE plans to sell its fleet of 160,000 leased vehicles to Arval, a unit of PNB Paribas. Arval and Element already partner in North America. On closing of the transactions, the Element-Arval Global Alliance will be serving customer fleets in more than 40 countries— more than 2 million vehicles.
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When we interviewed Jeff Schlesinger, Managing Director – Global for GE Fleet Services, we wanted to hear his thoughts on the current state of the global fleet market.
“The ability to save money on a global basis has become a very strong key performance indicator over the last two to three years,” Schlesinger says. He adds, “The use of analytics has become almost a ticket to play. If you can’t analyze the data, the companies are sitting there saying: what good are you?”
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A Better Portal for Better Fleet Transport
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PARS, a leader in fleet vehicle transport and logistics, launched its new online customer portal today. The secure gateway features more real-time data, fleet management tools, and reports that address the increased complexity of fleet vehicle transport projects.
“We have invested in the latest web development technology to simplify navigation, enhance project management, and make doing business with PARS easier than ever,” notes Lori Rasmussen, president of PARS. “Today’s fleet manager needs the ability to combine vehicle transport with any number of adjunct services, such as storage, license and titling, body repair or maintenance. Our new system integrates Big Data collection, expands reports and offers greater management control.”
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