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AmeriQuest Promotes Mark Joyce to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CHERRY HILL, NJ, May 20, 2008 – AmeriQuest Transportation Services, Inc. announced today that Mark Joyce has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He had previously been the company CFO.
“I’m excited to be taking on this new role in the organization,” said Joyce. “This opportunity will allow me to be more focused on the long-term, strategic direction of the company. My role will be to help develop strategies that will continue to separate AmeriQuest from other companies in the transportation industry.”
“Mark has been instrumental in helping move the company’s financial results ahead in a very challenging time in our industry,” said Douglas Clark, AmeriQuest President and Chief Executive Officer. “We will look to him to help us shape and drive the future of the company as we continue to enhance our fleet management services to independent leasing companies, private fleets, and truckload carriers.”
Mr. Joyce began his career in the transportation industry when he joined NationaLease Purchasing Corporation in 2001 as Corporate Controller. He was promoted to Vice President of Finance in 2002 and to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2004. On December 1, 2006, as a result of the merger of AmeriQuest and NationaLease, Mr. Joyce was named Chief Financial Officer of AmeriQuest. Mr. Joyce also serves as the Corporate Treasurer and Secretary of AmeriQuest.
Prior to joining NationaLease, Mr. Joyce worked with the Goeken Group Corporation as Corporate Controller from 1999 to 2001 and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as Manager and Internal Control Specialist from 1992 to 1999.
Mr. Joyce received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.
He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the States of Illinois and New Jersey and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois CPA Society, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association for Corporate Growth, and the Executive’s Club of Chicago. Mr. Joyce serves on the Scholarship Award Committee of the Illinois CPA Society and on the Board of Directors of Hearts for Hope at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital.
About AmeriQuest Transportation Services
AmeriQuest is a leading provider of comprehensive fleet management services in North America. By leveraging the strength of over 700,000 vehicles, AmeriQuest delivers savings, expertise, and opportunities to its private fleet and truckload carrier members. AmeriQuest provides supply management services, asset management services, financing, technology products, paperless accounting solutions, and outsourced transportation management services such as full service leasing, integrated logistics, and contract maintenance. More information can be found at ameriquestcorp.com. |