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News & Events November 18th, 2008 I don't think this is what Trent meant when he asked for a company vehicle...
September 25th, 2008
August 11th, 2008 Andy Fitzsimmons was given the highest possible honor by Global Container over the weekend. The coveted "Trucker Dude of the Month" was presneted for Andy going above and beyond the call of duty over the weekend.
July 10th, 2008 Please welcome Marylee Pursley to Access America. Marylee is from Fort Oglethorpe, GA. Marylee hasn't told us much about herself yet so I will speculate. Rumor has it she loves to travel anywhere but is especially fond of Mexico. She is close with her two sisters and is a new proud aunt. When asked what her dream job was she cleverly responded... this one. Everyone make her feel at home.
June 25th, 2008 Eureka! 2 years later and the first pics from Eufaula finally are uncovered. Good work Indiana Ellington.
June 25th, 2008 If anyone wants to know why Jeremy never makes it to company softball games here is the reason.
June 18th, 2008 Ted, Barry , and Allan participated in the 9th Annual Bargin for the Gorge. TVA specd out one its barges and held a fundraiser to help keep the beautiful Tennessee River Gorge preserved.
June 4th, 2008 Lorena Dickerson brought her tricked out Jimmy Blazer to work today. She recently showed it at the Harrison Ruritan Club 4th Annual Open Car Show here in Chattanooga. She came in top 5 out of 200 cars. Check out the pics below with its shaved sides, lowered, Original interior, 350 engine, and Harley Davidson muffler.
June 3rd, 2008 Summer is here and we are doing our normal thing where we go on massive hiring sprees. I'm playing catch up a bit here so I hope I don't leave anyone out. In Chattanooga we have hired Matt Cotten, Danielle Sanders, and Jason Key.
The Specialized Group added Ryan Thornton
Corporate added Robyn Valdez to help with LTL Billing and Lewis Finch to help out with IT
And lastly the Knoxville Office is growing adding their 3rd person. Eric Backus comes back to Tennessee from Charleston. Actually, I don't think he has started but I've already got the picture so what the heck.
June 2nd, 2008 Access America was named Vendor of the Year for Gamer Packaging. Not just transportation vendor, but overall vendor. Very impressive. Great job Brian and the rest of the Minneapolis team.
June 2nd, 2008 Access America President Ted Alling participated in an AARP sponsered panel. Ted of course did a bang up job where he gave props to the top investment mind in Chattanooga, Nick Wilkinson of Wacovia Securities. http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_128603.asp
May 28th, 2008 Last August Big Rob Farber and his family climbed what is considered the tallest to the fourth tallest free-standing mountain in the world. Every year thousands attempt to climb Kilimanjaro but only 40% reach the summit.
May 25th, 2008 We at AAT are not satisfied with 4th place in Tennessee. We will not rest until we are the number 1 place to work in the entire world. We are pleased to annouce the Access Rewards Program. Team members can be awarded points for various everyday activities. These points can be redeemed for cool prizes such as vacations, plasma tvs, and many more great gifts. Good luck and may the best person win... Link coming in mid June
May 1st, 2008 Access named 4th Best Employer in Tennessee in the Shmedium category. http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_127495.asp
April 26th, 2008 Music City Half Marathon Ted, Chad, Steve, Jay, Big Rob, and Andy Fitzsimmons all raced and finished in the Nashville Half Marathon. More importantly Ronald, Barry, Allan, James, Bruce, and Dave all chickend out. After seeing Chad and Ted after I stand proud behind my decision.
April 9th, 2008 TIA Conference in Washington, DC I am happy to report that I feel we are officially ahead of the curve against all of our competitors. When Access started going to these conferences (TIA is the governing body of all brokers) several years ago we saw many holes in our company. It was refreshing to come back after this conference and say that I didn't learn anything new.
February 28th, 2008 Access America Honored at Hot 100 Party – Its not secret that Access America is THE premier place to work in Tennessee. Being named to the top 100 is kinda like naming Tiger Woods one of the top 100 golfers in the world. Of course its true, but can we narrow this thing down a bit? http://www.businesstn.com/pub/4_12/features/8392-2.html#AccessAmericaTransport
February 21st, 2008 Shipper Panel
February 13th, 2008 Siskin Fundraiser – Mark Wyatt's wife Lindsay was instrumental in the luncheon which brought in Lee Woodruff. Lee spoke about how her family dealt with her husband Bob's terrible tragedy in Iraq. Bob Woodruff was the ABC news anchor who was ambushed and nearly killing in Iraq. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodruff
February 11th, 2008 Ryan Doherty hired as Carrier Relations Manager – After a roller coaster ride Ryan agrees to come on board has head of new division devoted to building and sustaining our carrier partner relationships.
January 16th, 2008 Surgery Success – I had surgery on my "throat" for my sleep apnea. 2 weeks later I'm back and I've dropped 20 pounds. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
December 7th, 2007 Christmas Party -
November 11th, 2007 Access Invades the ATL – Access America had its year end meeting in Atlanta this year to coincide with 3 major conferences that were going on at the time. We missed you Jay.
October 17th, 2007 Our CEO turns 30 – I'm about 99% positive he is going to get mad at me for this. Not because he is embarrassed about being old, oh no. He doesn't want people to know how YOUNG he is. Sorry Ted, the cat is out of the bag.
September 24th, 2007 New Employee Seminar - Wow, I can't figure out how we keep tricking this people into coming to work here. New Employees include... Amber Miller - Chattanooga Penny Sewell - Eufaula Gary Shostak - Corporate Lorena Dickerson - Corporate Eric Lewis - Chattanooga
August 10th, 2007 Andy's mom has agreed to come in once a month to monitor our blood pressure. The results are in for the first month and Allan and Ted took trophy home for highest bp.
July 23rd, 2007 Everyone please Welcome Mike Stangl to the Minneapolis office. Mike is following in the steps from Erik "the kid" Larson from St. Cloud State. Mike and his wife Katie live in Milaca, MN. He claims to be more partial to the Twins than the Vikings. I would make some clever comment about the Twins about the only thing I know about them is Kirby Puckett used to play for them. Mike is the 4th member of the Minneapolis office. Look out guys, the Yanks are taking over!
July 10th, 2007 Coach Jeremy Shavers helped guide the Lookout Valley Yellow Jackets to second place in this summer's All Star Tournament.
June 27th, 2007 Breaking News! This is the last time we will use the Florida Ballot Office to score the results of our speed pitch. Joseph Mason actually tied for 2nd place with Ronald Ramsey.
June 25th, 2007 Joe Namath guaranteed a victory before Superbowl III. Ali proclaimed his domination before Rumble in the Jungle. Drago told the world he would crush the Italian Stallion. None of these met the hype of the first annual Access America Speed Pitch Challenge. Front runner Andy Ellington had been anything but humble for weeks about his athletic prowess. The time for talk was over and the results are in... In 5th place - Jeremy Shavers
Tied for 4th place - Joseph Mason Tied for 4th place - Chad Eichelberger
Second Place - Ronald Ramsey
And the winner and still office champion of anything sports related - Andy Ellington (78 MPH)
Here are some other pics of the rest of the evening.
June 19th, 2007 Access America is proud to welcome Gary Shostak to the Chattanooga Office. Gary has a background in rail and international shipping. He recently moved to the scenic city from south Florida where he loved to go deep sea fishing. We don't get a lot of deep sea fishing done in Chattanooga so he spends a lot of free time now on his four wheeler.
June 18th, 2007 After mastering the world of flatbed freight James Armistead has decided to tackle a new endeavor. Luckily for us he not leaving Access America, just the home office. James will begin a new presence in the Nashville area selling all modes of transportation but focusing on our new DHL product. James brings over 5 years of transportation experience to the DHL team. The only drawback is we need to find a new social chairman for the home office. He will be missed.
May 21st, 2007 Amber Gearinger is the newest member of the Access team. Amber will primarily work overseeing LTL and DHL accounts as well as providing dirt on Andy and Ronald. She claims to have the world's largest dog but we have yet to see any photographic evidence.
May 21st, 2007 It was bound to happen sooner or later. Access America wins their first softball game of the season (no thanks to our LTL Director). Congrats to all the AAT sluggers and a special thanks to Donald for bringing a couple of special softball "consultants" to help out.
May 4th, 2007 The Chattanooga Transportation Club had is bi-annual Golf Tourney at Windstone Golf Club this spring. Access sent its A team of Andy Ellington and Jeremy Shavers. To call the second team the B team would be an insult to the letter B. Luckily Jeff from Coastal helped carry us to a respectable 71. James Chelsea once again made sure our tent was the place to be.
May 1st, 2007 Access America officially welcomes Terry Shumaker to the corporate offices in Chattanooga. Terry has spent the past several years based out of our former parent company. Terry has spent almost 40 years in Human Resources with various companies. Unfortunately he adds to the Crimson Tide fan base we seem to keep in Chattanooga. He is the proud father of 3 and grandfather of 4. He and his wife reside in East Brainerd, TN.
April 28th, 2007 Lorena Dickerson joins the Access team in the Chattanooga Van Division. Lorena has over 10 years experience in the full truckload industry. Lorena is originally from Idaho and enjoys hunting and fishing. She has actually killed an Elk (Very cool). She has 3 kids and 7 grandchildren. She also enjoys playing the piano and helping her husband in his country and gospel band. We are happy to have her on board.
April 11th, 2007 Mike Dunn ups the bar in Chattanooga after completing the TIA's Certified Transportation Broker Course. The 3 month certification process gives Mike and Access America another leg up on the competition. Congrats Mike.
April 9th, 2007 After months of planning and mobilizing, the parcel shipping division of Access America is ready to take the world by storm. Partnering with DHL we will be able to save any customer 20-50% on their current parcel shipping. Expect a full press release later this month. Heading up the Division is Ronald Ramsey. Ronald brings years of industry knowledge of truckload, LTL, and parcel shipping to Access America. It is rumored that he is an above average softball player but we will have to see it to believe it.
April 2nd, 2007 Access America welcomes Andy Fitzsimmons to the Flatbed/Heavy Haul Division here in Chattanooga. Andy brings years of Heavy Haul working experience and many more years of growing up surrounded by trucking. Andy lives with his wife and 3 kids (1 more on the way) in Red Bank. Andy also has one of the more interesting hobbies of anyone in our company. I would try and explain it but I think I'll let Wikipedia do it for me. Hash House Harriers
April 2nd, 2007 Mark Kelley joins the Access America team. Unfortunately he is a Georgia Bulldog but we won't hold that against him. His daughter plays for the currently number 2 ranked Chattanooga State Softball Team which means she would easily be our company team's best player. Mark will be in outside sales focusing on truckload, LTL, and parcel shipping.
March 20th, 2007 Access America welcomes Brent Howell to our Chattanooga office. Brent is a huge UNC fan who resides in Ringgold, GA with his wife Janie and daughter Brynlea. Brent brings 14 years of industry knowledge with a primary background in the refrigerated sector. His hobbies are golf and poker.
March 1st, 2007 Steve Medlin is welcomed to the Corporate Headquarters in Chattanooga. Steve has been with Access America since August 2003 and recently accepted a new position as Systems Director. Steve will continue his duties overseeing all warehouses and reload operations as well. He is an avid Alabama fan and proud father of one with another on the way.
February 25th, 2007 Access America is pleased to welcome Evan Kilbreath to the LTL Group in Chattanooga. Evan is a UT grad with a degree in Exercise Health and Leisure Studies (this one is a first for AAT, maybe he can help get us in shape). Evan is an avid Nascar fan and Tony Stewart is his favorite driver according to Big Rob.
January 8th, 2007 Access America welcomes Brian Vogel to the Minneapolis Office. Brian brings 3 years of logistics experience working mostly with full truck loads. Brian is an avid NFL fan and was just recently married in September. January 2nd, 2007 Ted Alling and James Armistead were honored for their continued dedication to the Chattanooga Transportation Club last month. Ted will serve as next year's President and James will serve as the Treasurer.
December 26th, 2006 Chad Eichelberger was just promoted to Branch Manager of the Chattanooga Flatbed Division. The Chattanooga Flatbed Division is the first and largest branch of Access America. Chad brings a new element to the division with his expertise in heavy hauling and rail freight. We are excited and proud of Chad and what he is doing at Access America.
December 21st, 2006 Everyone please welcome Tammy East to AAT Birmingham. She lives in lovely Arley,AL and has a 9 old son (going on 16) named Robert. She loves to cook and work in her garden. Tammy said, she isn't real proud right now to say she is a Alabama fan. We are very excited to have Tammy apart of the team. October 31th, 2006 Its Halloween and the costumes seem to get better each year. Last year Big Rob Farber won with his Umpa Lumpa costume. This year the bar was raised as Bruce and Montie brought back two of the great icons of the 80's. Bruce Clements as Mr T and Montie Tidwell as Hannibal of the A-Team.
Dody Beeson as The Roadkill Granny
Mike Dunn as Duff Man
Big Rob Farber as Superman
And one of the whole group of people who dressed up
October 30th, 2006 Saturday was the proudest day in history of our company. Sadly enough it had nothing to do with moving freight. Bruce (The Russian Bear) and Matt Alling won the amateur division of the World's Krystal Eating Championship. Bruce is one of our account managers in the Chattanooga office and Matt is the younger brother of our president Ted. See the article from the Chattanooga Times Free Press and some of the pics taken by Mark. http://www.tfponline.com/absolutenm/templates/breaking.aspx?articleid=6573&zoneid=41
October 25th, 2006 Access America welcomes Laura Turner who joins our Carrier Relations Group. Laura is originally from Nashville, TN and now lives with her husband in Ringgold, GA. Laura loves to cook and is an avid fan of Days of Our Lives. October 17th, 2006 Access America Transport has begun another new chapter of October 10th, 2006 Steve Cox and Erik Larson competed in a 5k to benefit Ovarian Cancer.
October 2nd, 2006 Chad Eichelberger and Nina Wilson attended the NDTA convention in Memphis. Access America continues to get complemented on our booth which was made by James Tackel.
August 18th, 2006 Access America sponsored the "party hole" at the Chattanooga Transportation Club Golf Tournament. As usual James Armistead (AAT Social Chairman) was manning the tent giving free lessons to all the golfers.
August 15th, 2006 Chris Anderson with CLA Transport recently visited the Chattanooga Office to show off his new 2007 Peterbuilt with matching 2007 Chaparral stepdeck. CLA has been one of our premier carriers since 2003.
July 31st, 2006 Nina Wilson has joined the Birmingham team to head up the Government Van Division. She has been in the brokering business for approx. 1 1/2 years. She is looking forward to growing the government freight division in leaps and bounds. July 28th, 2006 “Trucking Company Now Open”
Access America Transport officially opened the doors to a downtown Eufaula office Monday, but this wasn’t the beginning of the business. Ted Alling and Barry Large began AAT in 2002 as a flat bed trucking company. Since then the company has expanded to include refrigerated trucks and van freight and now services the southeast United States. Their website states, “We are a PowerTrack enabled, DOD and GSA approved transportation provider with full truckload, flatbed, step deck, RGN transportation services.” This year executives decided to expand their transport business to encompass the Wiregrass. “We wanted to help the whole Wiregrass region, I feel there’s a real need in the area because of the commodities produced there,” explained Ted Alling, AAT president. How can they help? AAT is a “trucking logistics company.” It specializes in getting freight hauled. “We work with any size trucking company to help them find loads,” Alling said. For example, a man that has just dropped a load in Dothan is headed home to Chicago. He could find a load to haul on his trip home by calling AAT. Will this change the look of downtown? The company is renting the office that is “pretty much just a sales office,” Alling said. There have been no major alterations to this building; nor will there be any trucks and/or trailers present on the property. The downtown Eufaula office is the third branch to be opened by the Chattanooga, TN, based business. The other branches are in Birmingham and Minneapolis, MN. Becky Johnston Ryland is employed as Eufaula branch manager. “We’re very excited to be here. We look forward to serving and meeting the needs or shippers and carriers throughout the tri-state area,” Ryland stated. Amy Clark Little is also on the staff as an account manager. Ryland and Little can be reached at 334-688-1094 or 866-902-8815. The office is located above RE/MAX Real Estate at 111 E. Broad Street, and their hours of operation are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
July 27th, 2006 The Chattanooga office enjoyed a fun night out even though our Lookouts fell to the West Tennessee Diamonjacks.
June 5th, 2006 Bruce Clements joins the flatbed division. Bruce is from Chattanooga and is a volunteer firefighter for Hwy 58. May 29th, 2006 Access America welcomes Mike Dunn and Matt Henry to the Chattanooga Van Division. Matt is from South Pittsburgh,TN. and has over 10 years in the auto industry. Mike and his family just moved back to Chattanooga,TN. from Tampa,FL. Mike has worked in the transportation industry and also owned his own computer consulting business. May 15th, 2006 Access America Transport expands into the Midwest
Chattanooga, TN based Access America Transport has expanded its growing transportation business into the Minneapolis market. They have been in business since 2002 and have been to date operating as a warehouse, trucking and logistics Company. The Minneapolis branch is located in Ramsey, MN and will service the Midwest. These services include: Flatbed, Truckload, Less than Truckload, Consolidation, Reefer, and a variety of other logistics services.
Steve Cox has been hired to head up the Minneapolis branch. Steve earned a business degree from St. Cloud State University. He began his transportation career with eight years at CH Robinson. He has also been a part of Supervalu and Target Corporation’s transportation departments. His experience includes warehousing, consolidation, and all truckload services.
May 4th, 2006 Ted Alling (left) and Trent Patterson (right) attended
The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Training Seminar in Nashville, TN. April 3rd, 2006 Rob Bade is heading up the new Chattanooga Van Division. Link to Chattanoogan Article March 20th, 2006 Access America is now "paper less" with McLeod's state-of-the-art Imaging Program. Scan and email your bills for even faster payment. February 20, 2006 February 14, 2004
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