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Bolt Express President to speak at conference

Ben Bauman, Founder and President of Toledo-based Bolt Express will be a featured guest speaker at the GPSNet Conference in Las Vegas in January.


Says Stu Sutton, President of GPSNet, "During our Saturday morning session we will be focusing on “Opportunities” within the Alliance.  Bolt has been a very progressive company and has shown consistent growth." 


About the Presentation:


Over the past three years, Bolt Express has been recognized at the GPSNet conference as the “highest year-over year growth” company in the Alliance.  They placed first in 2005 and 2007 and placed second in 2006.  They are also in the running to win the 2008 award for highest year-over-year growth company (winner to be announced January 19th at the annual awards gala).


Sutton tells us, "Their growth can be attributed to their forward thinking, market diversification, and investment in quality people and the best technology.  They are currently experiencing another growth spurt and they are looking for quality carrier partners to assist them with some of their new initiatives.  During the Saturday morning “Opportunities” portion of the GPSNet conference in Las Vegas, Mr. Ben Bauman, President of Bolt Express and team, will be explaining some of these new initiatives and how Alliance members can participate." 


"Some of the Bolt Express Team (Sandy Stewart, Chuck King, Guy Sanderson, Jorge Marroquin, etc.) will be on hand to network with attendees and establish those business relationships that will be crucial to the successful implementation of their new endeavors.:"


About Bolt Express:


Bolt Express offers premium transportation solutions. Our primary focus over the last eight years has been on ground expedite and air charter. Recently they have added a dedicated truckload operations, expanded their Logistics Services and open operations in Mexico for cross-border and intra-Mexico services. Bolt Express operates primarily with a Owner Operator based model and a strong Partner Carrier Program throughout United States, Canada and Mexico.


Bolt Express companies are looking to expand and develop stronger relationships with Partner Carriers in the following modes; Expedite, Truckload, LTL and Specialized. If you would like to increase your volumes in any of these categories they would like to have the opportunity to talk with you in Las Vegas.


About Ben Bauman:


Ben Bauman President & CEO of Bolt Express grew up in Toledo, Ohio as one of nine children.   He attended Davis Business College in Toledo and after graduating in 1982 he moved to Akron to continue his education at the University of Akron in their Transportation Program. 


While attending the University he was hired to work as a part-time customer service agent for Roberts Express, two weeks later he was promoted to full-time.  During his years with Roberts, he moved from a customer service agent to eventually becoming the outside sales rep in the Detroit, Michigan territory handling the automotive market.


In 1992 B became the President of World Logistics Group, a holding company that owned and managed Pronto Emergency Freight, Roco Courier and Delivery Service and two Airborne station contracts in Toledo, Ohio and Denver, Colorado.


In 2001, Bauman started Bolt Express, recruiting a team of professionals with experience in the expedite market.  The goal of the team was to build a company based on providing legendary customer service, developing strong partnerships with their Owner-Operators and an aggressive growth strategy.


Together they developed a business plan, which has not changed as of today.  In the past seven years Bolt Express has experience significant growth and just recently completed a 12,000 square foot addition to their facility, doubling the size of the corporate headquarters.


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