Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame 2013
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Max L. Fuller
Max L. Fuller, Chairman & CEO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., has spent his entire professional career in the motor carrier industry. A native of Athens, Tennessee, Mr. Fuller graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1975 with a B.A. in Finance and Business Administration.
With more than 43 years of experience in the transportation industry, Mr. Fuller is widely respected as a true innovator. 在西南设备租赁公司担任了10年的各种行政领导职务., Mr. Fuller and a business partner formed U.S. Xpress, Inc. in 1985 with 45 trucks. Through their leadership and experience, U.S. Xpress is recognized as a service, safety and technology leader in the trucking industry, earning an award for innovation from the Smithsonian Institute in 2000. 该公司是2002年Kruesi创新精神奖的获得者,也是质量追求奖的获得者 Logistics Management & Distribution Magazine for 5 years in a row. 2012年,公司被国家托运人战略运输委员会评为年度卡车承运人 Food Logistics Magazine named U.S. Xpress as a Top Green Provider. Inbound Logistics作为其G75绿色供应链合作伙伴名单的一部分,美国.S. 该公司开发的Xpress和创新技术实现了更好的燃油效率, including research U.S. Xpress与赌球app的模拟中心合作进行了这项研究.
U.S. Xpress是最早采用卫星通信的大公司之一,这帮助该公司成为卡车运输服务的领导者,也是增长最快的卡车运输公司之一,年销售额超过10亿美元. U.S. Xpress is the fourth largest truckload carrier in the United States, with more than 8,000 tractors and 22,000 trailers. 该公司目前在查塔努加地区拥有1000多名员工,在全国拥有10000多名员工. 该公司最近将其业务扩展到墨西哥,拥有两家提供各种运输和物流服务的公司. In 2007, U.S. Xpress was on Forbes Magazine’s 美国400家目前收入超过1美元的最佳大公司之一.6 billion per year.
A respected entrepreneur, Mr. Fuller与人共同创立了许多成功的运输行业以外的商业企业,包括当地的TransCard, 有限责任公司是创新产品的金融服务提供商,如银行预付卡, shopping malls and casinos. Mr. 富勒已经将几家公司或部门出售给了《赌球app》50强公司,并在他所有的企业中努力灌输一种提供满足人们需求的伟大产品的文化, needs and desires. His desire is to change the norm or to change and improve an industry. Mr. Fuller serves on the Board of Directors of SunTrust Bank, Chattanooga. In 2004, Mr. Fuller received a Congressional appointment from Rep. Zach Wamp担任查塔努加企业中心董事会成员. 他也是查塔努加大学基金会的董事会成员,并在校长圆桌会议上任职. Mr. Fuller曾在美国国家运输安全委员会(National Transportation safety Board)就安全创新、卡车运输的有效部署和尖端信息技术解决方案发表过演讲, Department of Transportation, American Trucking Associations, and Truckload Carriers Association Mr. Fuller and his wife, Janice, reside in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They have three sons and three grandchildren.
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Greg A. Vital
Greg A. Vital is founder, 独立医疗保健属性和Morning Pointe高级生活社区的总裁兼首席执行官. 他一直是东南部辅助生活和阿尔茨海默氏症护理革命的领导者, building a company from one employee to over 1,通过遵循一个清晰的愿景,将老年人医疗保健与热情好客和居民生活丰富结合起来. Morning Pointe now has 23 locations across five states.
For Greg, 创业始于自由企业和他12岁时的第一份报纸. 很快,他的订阅人数增加到125人,并雇佣了他的第一个员工,他8岁的妹妹. 格雷格认为他的父母给他灌输了强烈的犹太基督教信仰体系和职业道德, and a love of history and the land.
At age 18, 格雷格在南方基督复临大学读书时,曾在麦基烘焙公司当过工人. Greg jumped into local politics, 登记新选民,协助地区竞选活动,并开始在查塔努加商会工作,担任私营工业委员会主任. At age 23, he ran for the Collegedale City Commission, 在查塔努加-汉密尔顿县医院管理局工作了四年,又工作了五年.
Vital then joined Life Care Centers of America, 一家全国性的养老院公司,他在那里花了十年时间学习运营, development and financial structure of a senior services company. 晋升为市场营销和专业发展高级副总裁, Greg began to see his true vision, a calling to provide better senior care, 给那些活得更久更健康的人更多的选择.
20世纪80年代末,辅助生活行业刚刚起步,格雷格抓住了这个机会. With his co-founder, Franklin Farrow, 他们开始寻找有远见的投资者,将医疗保健和酒店业结合起来. Greg strives to incorporate local history inside each of his facilities, 保留了过去的一部分,并鼓励人们与很久以前生活在那里、现在居住在莫宁波因特的人们进行对话. In addition to developing over 40 senior care communities, Mr. Vital在Greenbriar Cove的汉密尔顿县创建了第一个总体规划退休社区.
格雷格对历史和土地保护的热爱可以从他在乔治城的水牛农场看到, 他对查塔努加圆顶大厦和海关大楼的收购和修复. As president of the Tennessee Preservation Trust, Greg spearheaded the publication of “Historic Tennessee”. 他还创建了Moccasin Bend国家公园系列讲座,并担任国家公园保护协会董事会成员. Mr. Vital帮助开发了切罗基迁移纪念公园游客中心,并担任公共土地信托基金和田纳西州土地信托基金的董事会成员.
Mr. 在查塔努加田纳西大学校长圆桌会议和田纳西第一银行董事会担任重要职务. Morning Pointe continues to be a corporate sponsor of ReStart Chattanooga, The Chattanooga Nature Center, and The Make-A-Wish Foundation of East Tennessee. Married to Carlene, he continues to change the senior care industry, 同时指导和激励公司团队创造更好的生活方式.