Miami March 28, 2001: AmeriQuest, the leading provider of transportation and logistics
services for the fleet management industry, announced today that Thomas A. Winnberg, CPP, has
been appointed Vice President of Purchasing. He is responsible for all procurement activities
for AmeriQuest, AmeriQuest Participants, FleetXchange.com (a division of AmeriQuest), including
AmeriQuest’s strategic partnerships (i.e., Amtralease Members, FDI for FleetXchange.com and
other AmeriQuest strategic partnerships).
"Tom possesses a strong and extensive background in managing the buying processes for
transportation companies, and will make an excellent addition to our team," said Doug
Clark, President & CEO. "In addition, he has successfully negotiated programs with key
suppliers and vendors, which is an integral part of AmeriQuest’s business model."
Winnberg added, "AmeriQuest’s business model offers the ability to greatly enhance and bring
procurement efficiencies to the purchasing process through its B-to-B e-commerce system and
its ability to work with suppliers and their present dealer networks, allowing for fulfillment
being accomplished while reducing overall administrative and associated overheads, and I am
looking forward to helping the team take advantage of that opportunity."
"Tom’s talent and expertise will greatly assist AmeriQuest's strategic B-to-B initiatives and
partnerships in the purchasing arena, further assisting our Participants and Amtralease Members,
including FleetXchange.com and FDI FleetXchange.com, among others, and will assist us in
establishing procurement guidelines for future projects that will make our services attractive
to commercial trucking entities," said Joe Ciolino, Executive Vice President, Corporate
Development.
Winnberg most recently was Vice President, Purchasing at Rollins Leasing, having started with
the company in 1972. He was previously Director of Purchasing and Rating, Director of Fuel
Services, District Manager and Operations Manager at Rollins. Winnberg served in the US Army
Reserves, and graduated from Rosemont College with a degree in Business Management. He is
married and has four children.
About AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources
AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources provides procurement services, outsourced transportation management services, asset services, and logistics consulting to the commercial trucking industry. AmeriQuest dramatically cuts costs and optimizes operations for their powerful network of more than 525,000 transportation vehicles. AmeriQuest offers significant discounts with commercial trucking suppliers' fleet-related products, and provides technology driven back office process efficiencies. AmeriQuest enables customers to realize immediate bottom-line savings while adding economic and performance value to industry supply chains.
Contact:
Kate Donahue
AmeriQuest® Transportation and Logistics Resources Corp.
856.773.0600
kdonahue@ameriquestcorp.com
