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Jonathan Flewellen has been a Gear head since the age of five. He’s been turning wrenches since then. Jonathan has been in the automotive world professionally for 9 years and has driven roughly 10,000 cars!

Ken took his passion for technology and years of hobby website building and started Client Solution Innovations in 2007. Ken’s focus is on providing leading edge technology and creative strategy to deliver measurable results to clients. His business philosophy is simple…do the next right thing. This has shaped the company’s personality and led to massive growth. Ken’s background includes various executive level positions in sales and technology-based companies. Today, Ken serves as company C ...

James “Tex” Crowley is a Texas based trucking industry veteran and video producer who specializes in transportation related video content. Tex Crowleys popular series “Life of a Trucker” highlights real life experiences from a professional driver’s viewpoint and the series has generated tens of thousands of views on YouTube and Facebook.

Ernesto Gutierrez Jr. was born in McAllen, Texas in 1971 and he is a third-generation Trucker with a passion for trucking. Ernesto enjoys driving a truck! It is his life and his passion. He also enjoys helping truckers with the resources to help them succeed. Ernesto remembers back in the early 60s and 70s when he used to ride along with his dad in his cabover. They enjoyed many trips together. He taught Ernesto a lot in his young life.

DJ Carroll wasn’t supposed to be an entrepreneur. He was supposed to be a chemical engineer and play college ball. But instead of accepting one of the eight scholarships he got and doing what was expected of him, he surprised everyone and started his first business, EasyPro, and an entrepreneur was born. Today, what began as a $300 start up, EasyPro grew by more than 4,000% in its first five years and is now a million dollar business operating in three states. He owns several businesses, inc ...

Truck Tank sponsored by Commercial Fleet Financing, Inc., is a Shark Tank style pitch contest that was recorded at GATS 2016 in Dallas, TX. We invited truckers from around the world to pitch our investors on their small business ideas at the Great American Truck Show in Dallas, TX. 28 hopeful entrepreneurs applied and 10 were selected to pitch their idea in the Truck Tank. Judges included Matt Manero President and Founder of Commercial Fleet Financing, Inc. and CFFNATION.COM, Bethany William ...

Ellen Voie founded the Women In Trucking Association in March of 2007, and currently serves as the nonprofit organization’s President/CEO. Women In Trucking was formed to promote the employment of women in the trucking industry, remove obstacles that might keep them from succeeding, and to celebrate the successes of its members. Ellen’s prior role was the Manager of Retention and Recruiting Programs at Schneider, Inc., North America’s largest truckload carrier. She was responsible for creati ...