Bill Winey named Chief Operating Officer of Medallion Transport & Logistics, LLC.MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Bill Winey, an acknowledged leader in the transportation industry, has been named Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the newly-formed non-asset-based carrier, Medallion Transport & Logistics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control of Mooresville, NC. The appointment was announced by Gary Weilheimer, Medallion President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are thrilled to have an executive with Bill's background and experience join our organization," Mr. Weilheimer said in announcing the appointment. "During his 33 years in the industry, Bill has held positions of increasing responsibility for carriers of all sizes, including some of the country's largest. He is the ideal person to manage the day-to-day operations of Medallion." Over the years, Winey has worked in administration, safety, sales and operations for companies such as Daily Express, Inc., Carlisle, PA; Warren Transport, Waterloo, IA; Graham Transportation, Levittown, PA; Dallas Mavis, Kenosha, WI; and Greatwide Logistics, owner of ATF ATF Molecular virology Activating transcription factor A cellular protein that stimulates transcription of adenovirus E4 transcription unit, which acts early in infection at any of several 'enhancer' binding sites , Dallas Mavis, and Cheetah Transportation. Mr. Winey joined the former American Trans Freight in January, 1995 as operations manager See datacenter manager. . He moved to Cheetah Transportation in 2001 as Executive Vice President and General Manager before its acquisition by Greatwide Logistics, and remained after Greatwide acquired Cheetah. Under his leadership and guidance at Cheetah, revenue levels grew from 23M to over 70M primarily through agent development, superior service and high safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. . A key to his success was the service levels provided to the Agent and Owner operators. During his seven-year stint, Cheetah was audited twice by the Federal DOT. The firm achieved the highest grade possible in each audit. Mr. Winey has been directly responsible for growing each company, and exhibiting high standards of service and safety. "I have been proud to have been affiliated with each one," he said regarding his new assignment, "and look forward to helping Medallion achieve its objective of combining highly personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. to our agent, customer and owner operator family with the ultimate in technological efficiency." Mr. Winey will work from Medallion's headquarters in Mooresville, NC, a suburb of Charlotte. |
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