Boyd Bros. Names New Vice President of Market Development to Focus On Acquisitions and Investor Relations; Whitfield Promoted to President of Welborn Transport Subsidiary.CLAYTON, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1999-- Miller Welborn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Transportation Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:BOYD) today announced that Steven Rumsey (age 35), currently President of the Company's Welborn Transport subsidiary, has been appointed to a new Vice President position at Boyd Bros. In his new role with the parent company, Rumsey will focus on acquisition opportunities as well as investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. . In connection with Rumsey's move to Boyd Bros., the Company also announced that Rusty Whitfield (age 40), who was formerly Vice President and 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 Welborn Transport, has been named President of the unit. Mike Gray, a 10-year veteran of the company, is now Welborn's Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "I am pleased to announce these latest steps in strengthening our management team," commented Miller Welborn, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Over the past several months, Steven has dedicated a portion of his time to matters related to acquisitions and investor relations, but this was done in the context of his overall commitments and duties as President of Welborn Transport. By creating this new position, and by realigning our senior management structure at Welborn, Steven will now be able to devote full-time attention to these important areas, to which he brings a strong background in communications and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most ." Rumsey was a cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of Welborn Transport in 1989 and, as its President, has played a key role in the company's development. Under his leadership, Welborn Transport grew to a $30 million company with more than 300 power units before its acquisition by Boyd Bros. in December 1997. Whitfield, who joined Welborn Transport in 1994, has extensive operations experience in transportation and logistics, working previously for MS Carriers and Stevens Transport. Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. is one of the largest flatbed trucking companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Company provides transportation services to high-volume, time-sensitive customers, primarily in the steel and building materials industries, and operates throughout most of the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. . For more information about the Company, visit Boyd Bros. on the Internet at www.boydbros.com. |
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion