As a leader in the transportation industry, John's team is on the forefront of delivering technology solutions to the members of TeamRoehl. John Paape was named a 2024 Fleet Innovator by Heavy Duty Trucking, and he's regularly asked to share his insights as a guest on panels, at conferences and on other programs. 

As a leader in the transportation industry, John's team is on the forefront of delivering solutions to the members of TeamRoehl. John Paape was recently named a Fleet Innovator by Heavy Duty Trucking and he was also featured on an episode of the Tech Titans Podcast.

In this bonus episode, we'll listen to an episode of the Tech Titans Podcast with host Tim Hopkins featuring John Paape, Roehl Transport’s VP of Technology & CIO as a guest. 

John shares his unique journey through various industries, including the military, medical, manufacturing, and transportation, highlighting the diverse experiences that have shaped his understanding of technology and operations. John highlights Roehl’s focus on improving driver experience through innovative technology solutions, such as custom tablet hardware designed to streamline operations and enhance driver efficiency. 

Innovation is one of Roehl’s values, and John and Roehl’s information technology team live that value and demonstrate leadership in the transportation industry.

Mitchell completed Roehl's Get Your CDL on-the-job training program and is now a local dedicated yard driver. He was also featured in a series of award-winning GYCDL videos (watch on YouTube). Mitchell also appeared on episode 49 of the Keeping It Roehl Podcast. 

John explains how we operationalize safety, and how we empower our drivers to drive the Roehl Way to Protect Others. Jason, who was also in the military and stationed in Germany, shares that he drove for 30 years, and he now helps new drivers as they are starting their careers with us. 

When Roman and Michael started this podcast, they used their extensive trucking industry experience and their humor to share what it's like to actually be a member of our great team. 

We will miss Mike, and we wish him well as he moves closer to his family. And, we'll continue to bring you interviews with other teammates and so much more!

Innovation is one of our values, and that extends from our trucks, to software and hardware support, cybersecurity and so much more.

Member of TeamRoehl enjoy access to a robust lineup of employee benefit options. Whatever stage of life you’re in – it’s likely we have something that supports your particular needs. Please review the information carefully and be sure you take full advantage of everything that’s on offer. Learn more at RoehlBenefits.com

Wishing you the best this holiday holiday season and safe miles for 2023! 

Dave served 25 years in the US Navy, and he joined Roehl in November of 2021. Dave got paid while he got his CDL through Roehl, and he’s now a National Fleet driver in our Dry Van division. Dave also recently completed Roehl’s Trainer Foundations Course so he’s a Certified Driver Trainer, helping new drivers achieve Driver Success!

Dave shared in his essay that he continues “…to exhibit the values the military has imparted in my life: integrity, accountability, reliability, humility and compassion. These values extend throughout my personal and professional life in my interactions with customers and team members. The time in the military taught me about honor, courage and humility and those are characteristics that are part of who I am as a person.”

Roehl’s Van Group President, Don Ingersoll, noted that the values Dave holds dear align with Roehl’s company values. “First, Dave drives the Roehl Way to Protect Others – living our value of Safety. Second, Dave is Driver Driven – he leads the way by trip‐planning, being on‐time and being accountable for his performance. That also helps him Deliver Success to our customers and our teammates. And, Dave goes beyond simply delivering freight; he understands how his professionalism as a driver impacts Roehl Transport, our customers, our teammates, the people he shares the road with and our country. He is a leader!”

Transition Trucking is presented by the U.S Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes Program (HOH), Kenworth, and FASTPORT. It's a national competition for America’s top military rookie driver. The winning driver is selected after a year-long competition among veterans, guard members and reservists who have made the successful transition in the trucking industry following military service. To learn more about the Transition Trucking award, visit www.transitiontrucking.org.

Roehl Transport has repeatedly been recognized as a Military Friendly Employer, and the company has had a driving teammate in the (now) Top 12 every year since 2018. Joseph Campbell won the award as a member of TeamRoehl in 2019.

David is a regional fleet driver in Roehl's Dairyland Refrigerated fleet - so he's home at least 48 hours each week. 

Roehl offers excellent service to our customers, and Erin highlights the various work her team does to meet our customer expectations AND our driving teammates' expectations. It's a complex balancing act that Erin notes is made better with communication.

The discussion also touches on how, as Roehl grows, we're able to offer more capacity to our customers, we're able to win new lanes and to create more opportunities and driving jobs for our driving teammates.  

Erin is an excellent example of a non-driving teammate helping our driving teammates create Driver Success, which is a commitment that aligns with our values, and Delivering Success, a value our customers keep returning to as we celebrate our 60 years of Safety and Service. 

It's clear that as a company, our 60 years of Safety and Service is empowered by the people on TeamRoehl who are living our values every day. 

In this episode, Laura Cyrus, Truckers Against Trafficking's (TAT) Senior Director of Industry Training & Outreach, joins Michael and guest host Jason to discuss TAT's mission to to educate, equip, empower and mobilize members of the trucking, bus and energy industries to combat human trafficking. Laura talks about trafficking, red flags and what you can do if you see any red flags. 
 
Truckers Against Trafficking recognizes that members of the trucking industry and individual truck drivers are important in the fight against this heinous crime. As the eyes and ears of our nation's highways, truck drivers are in a unique position to make a difference and close loopholes to traffickers who seek to exploit our transportation system for their personal gain. Members of our industry have demonstrated their effectiveness in reporting suspicious activity to law enforcement to help authorities arrest perpetrators and rescue victims.

The Truckers Against Trafficking App can help you identify and report instances of human trafficking when you’re on the go.

Roehl Transport is a proud sponsor of Truckers Against Trafficking's mission, and Roehl provides TAT training and support to our teammates. 

Brent mentions several fleets that may have opportunities on them in this episode, including fleets with recent truck driver pay increases.

Brent notes that our dedicated teammates get excellent miles, consistent routes, repeat locations and weekly (and often weekend) home time truck drivers can plan around.

Brent also encourages everyone to hold safety as a value and drive the Roehl Way to Protect Others.  

You'll hear from driver honorees who have won Driver of the Year, Outstanding Trainer of the Year, Outstanding Performance, and Owner Operator Business Partners of the Year. You'll also hear from Million Mile Safe Drivers and from teammates for celebrating 10-40 years of service with TeamRoehl!

Travares shares his experiences getting started in trucking, how things have changed and how, in his current role, he prepares other Certified Driver Trainers to share their experiences with new CDL school graduates as well as those who've come through Roehl's on-the-job CDL truck driver training program (Get Your CDL).

This episode was recorded in the fall of 2021.

Tim shares how he got into driver recruiting, plus a conversation about Tim's recent trip to the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (Tim is a CVTA board member) conference for truck driving schools and entry level driver training (ELDT). A trucking industry expert, Tim also earned the Transport Topics Recruiting Professional of Year Award in 2020.  

This episode was recorded in the fall of 2021.

Rick has done most every job in the company, from company driver to fleet manager to load planner and everything in between. Rick maintains his Class A CDL. He's a professional driver who still gets behind the wheel to stay close to our drivers and customers. Roehl drivers are leaders, and our leader is a driver.