Testimonials
AIM Transportation Solutions
Ron Bourque
Vice President of Safety
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Ron Bourque. I'm the. Vice President of safety at AIM Transportation Solutions.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
My favorite thing about the platform is definitely the flexibility that we have to upload custom content as well as track our regular monthly assignments with our drivers so it's two-fold custom content flexibility and the record keeping in general.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?
Definitely my customer service experience. I always get my questions answered and I feel very listened to all the time.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
I learned a lot about best practices from the other people that I spoke with as well as got a little preview of some of the coming things that that you guys are working on. However, I felt like it was really important to bring forth some new ideas and the interactions between the group, I think gave Vertical Alliance a lot of things to work and so I'm excited about what those will become.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
I'd say they should stay home if they don't want to participate. It's a really interactive environment, so if they want to participate, and they're kind of an outgoing person. We really enjoyed the experience and definitely be treated with a lot of hospitality and feel very listened to.
Clark Transportation
Leo Mitchell
Safety Manager
What's your name and who are you with?
Oh my name is Leo Mitchell and I'm with Clark Transportation in Marion, IL.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
My favorite thing with the Infinit-I platform. Pretty much I can find any training that I need to do with the guys. Write here and assign it. It goes right after them. I don't have to bring them in.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?
Anytime I've got a problem that's came up or something. I make a phone call or send an e-mail and I get a response pretty quick.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
The Partner Roundtable with the with the group that was here today. Some of the information that the attorney talked about. What to tell my drivers they need to get pictures of and things like that at the accident scenes.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
More so my takeback from here on this is going to be more from the discussions that were going on between each one of the different companies. Then so much the discussion that was geared straight into the presentations. You know the one on ones with different safety people in different companies and what they're doing and what you know might benefit us along the way.
Thuman Trucking
Michael Bott
Operations Manager
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Michael Bott and I'm with Thuman Trucking, Columbus, OH.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
Ah, well, I think it's easy to use. It allows us to deliver our safety training in a convenient, efficient way. We don't have to worry about getting drivers together. We can set it out and they can do it at their leisure and. It makes, an easy way to deliver safety train.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?
Well, it has to be Leslie. My favorite Texas BUCKEYE is here. I think the company is great. We really like the level of customer service, met Jay and I really enjoyed talking with him and his commitment to serving his customers.
J & M Tank Lines, Inc.
Chandler Nelson
Safety Manger
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Chandler Nelson and I'm with J&M Tank Lines Incorporated.
What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
My favorite thing about the platform would be the way to communicate with our drivers, the training programs that provides an easy solution for the office workers and the drivers themselves.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the Company?
My favorite thing about the company so far has been the customer success team and how easy they are to work through a challenge that I may or may not have.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
The family atmosphere, the welcoming, the way we have been welcomed to be able to, if we have an issue, to have a safe environment, if you will to explain what our issue is and have an answer to our problem?
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
I think you owe it to yourself and to your company to give it a shot. It is very eye opening. There was things that I was not aware of through the platform that that will make a difference at J&M.
TransWood Carriers
Linda Lindsey
Corporate Safety Administrator
What's your name and who are you with?
I'm Linda Lindsey and I'm with Transwood Carriers Incorporated.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
Being able to get the training out to the drivers as needed and just a little bit more in touch with the drivers for training and more personal training.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
Customer service is probably my number one thing everyone here is so easy to reach. They try to go out of their way to accommodate any of the needs that we have and if they can't accommodate that, they'll come up with alternatives that suit our industry's needs.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
Learning about new products that are coming out is probably my #1 take away and then the networking with other businesspeople from the other groups in our industry.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
Absolutely attend as soon as possible. There's too much knowledge here to walk away with learning things that are in the pipeline today and what's coming tomorrow helps to plan your safety platform for your group when you go back to work.
Arlo Lott Trucking
Tim Young
Director of Safety
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Tim Young. I'm the safety director with Arlo Lott Trucking out of Jerome, ID.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
I've really come to know that this isn't just a stagnant company throwing videos out there. There's a whole lot going on behind the scenes, and these people are very, very smart. They know the industry and they want our feedback. This this is growing and it's a great company.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
The company itself is; Listening to Jay Womack yesterday was very insightful where he started from where he came from. The struggles that he had. These are all people that are very active in the company, Jay included, and that that speaks to the dedication of all the people that work here.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
Probably that there's so much more to Infinit-I that I haven't been using. I just can't describe everything, it's there I'm going to have to process it all. By the time I get home because there's so much more, we're not using that we need to be using.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
Someone on the fence? I'd tell him, jump on this. It's a good trip. It's well worth your time. What I've gleaned out of this is going to be powerful for our company. It's very useful and powerful to me as a safety director, and it's going to be impactful for our drivers as well.
Triple Crown Services
Chris Eisenhauer
Safety Manager
What's your name and who are you with?
I am Chris Eisenhouer and I'm with Triple Crown Services.
What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
You know, I find it extremely easy to use it. It seems to be very user friendly. I like the new front features of uploading the personal content that I think that's going to be something that's going to be really good and the reporting features work really well.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the Company?
Very friendly people to work with, always responsive. I've dialed the phone even on lunch breaks and get people to talk to me, so it's a great company to work with.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
Well, for me today I you know one of the things that I don't utilizes the announcement page. So, learning to that that's available to me to use to communicate with my driving fleet is it was really an important part of it. And, the reminder of the legal environment that we live in today and the importance of having good training and good documentation.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
Oh, very well worth your time to come in and sit through the through the presentations and to learn more about the system that you're probably not using.
Super Transport International
Nathalie Kelley
Safety Manager
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Natalie Kelly. I am with Super Transport International in Laredo, Texas.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce platform?
I like how easy it is to just look for a training. You can find a lot of topics. I mean, even if you don't know where it is, you can just look for it and it's going to be there; and it's very easy for us and the drivers who are very old, or some of them, and don't know a lot about technology, they still know how to use it. So, it's very nice.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
Favorite thing? Everybody is really nice. I like the fact that they brought everybody here to listen to our opinions in what they can do better.
What is your most important take away from the Partner Roundtable?
The new laws and the new like everything that is changing on the like on the highways and the carriers. I'm, I'm new so I'm still learning a lot. The presentation and everything was really easy to understand and I learned a lot.
If someone was on the fence about attending the Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
Go, it's work but it was fun for me and everybody was really nice and I learned a lot. And like I said, there's so many definitions or things that I still don't know but it was really easy to understand with the presentations.
Ozark Motor Lines
Melanie Nichols
Driver Orientation
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Melanie Nichols and I am with Ozark Motor Lines.
What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
It is fairly easy to use and interactive as far as being able to understand easily what to do next and where to go to finish the trainings. Pretty easy too to upload custom content as well. Aside from all of the content that they have available. It's just very user friendly.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the Company?
Everyone has been amazing and very personable, very friendly. I feel like I've made some good acquaintances, even friends during this and learned a lot. Very informative.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
There's a lot of different ways that you can do a lot of different things. A lot of different ways that you can do one specific thing and being open to possibilities of looking at things in one way or another versus maybe the way that you've been looking at it. Maybe put a different spin on a subject that you thought there was only one way to to fix or complete it.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
I would tell them that it is very informative. You feel very welcomed by the Infinit-I Group. I've learned a lot. I've only been using the program for a little over two months. I'll be going back with a great deal more knowledge than I came in with. Very informative.
Barnes Transportation
Larry Wolf
Safety Supervisor
What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Larry Wolf and I'm with Barnes Transportation in Wilson, NC.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce platform?
[Infinit-I] gives me the ability to communicate necessary information out to my drivers and be able to document that necessary information.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
Well, I believe it's a good company. I like all the people that I've met here and stuff. They provide a good service for the trucking industry as well as other people in the industry.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
Well, let me say that it's been very enjoyable. I have had a good time. I have learned a lot by interacting with the other people and stuff here. It's really hard to pinpoint one thing, but it has been a very enjoyable experience.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
I would say absolutely they will not regret it.
Quest/Freightliner
Jesica Studle
Sr Director of Safety
What's your name and who are you with?
Jessica Studle with Buchanan Hauling & Rigging.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce platform?
I think my favorite thing about the platform is that I feel like it’s continuously growing now; new things coming and for a while I didn’t see that. But, the last couple of years, I think that’s my favorite part is that it’s growing.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
I like the story. Jay told me how he kind of got started and he’s a very inventful [sic] person, and I just like his energy and I like the energy of the folks I’ve met here. So, I think I like the story.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
That our input is valuable. It is definitely considered.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
I was on the fence. I think advice to someone else would be to simply take a good look at what you have so that you are able to bring things to the table that are unique and specific to you, because there is just a lot of possibility.
Quest/Freightliner
Jon Stenzel
Director of Recruiting & Training
What's your name and who are you with?
John Stenzel, Foodliner.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
I think they use the ease of use. It's extremely user friendly and I guess the documentation and follow-up.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group they come?
I was really refreshing to hear Jay the owner, as well as the other leadership kind of their humble beginnings. You know a lot of it everything we do revolves around trust and respect, and I guess just to for us to open up it was good to hear his how the company started and humbleness that cause it comes through that, and I think by that time people are more willing to open up and trade best practices and learn and so on.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
Oh man, I don't know. There was one. There were a lot of great things that came from it. Again, trading best practices, talking with the different carriers that were here, really enjoyed the litigation, the CSA information, the insurance information. I don't have one It was, it was very value-added and really appreciate the opportunity.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
It wouldn't really be an option. I mean, you know, when you believe in something, you sell it and you come from the heart. It's a lot of passion and again, not just to talk, to talk, but you walk the walk and you believe in something. People can see it and they can feel it and I think this would be very value added and we can appreciate the opportunity.
Big G Express
Tim Clark
VP of Safety
What's your name and who are you with?
I'm Tim Clark with Big G Express. I'm the VP of safety.
What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
The wide range of videos and subject content. They have over 1000 trucking-related videos, and they cover a wide range of subjects and topics.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
Their willingness and just the ease of working with them, they're interested in our thoughts and our suggestions, and we get really rapid responses from our CSR.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
Extremely informative. I was able to come in and to see. What you're working on for the future, I'm leaving here with a better knowledge of the entire platform, the entire system. So yeah, extremely informative.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
Our time is extremely important, very hard to get away from the office. Things keep going on. I found it was very worthwhile. Again, I learned a lot. I was able to meet people, get to put faces with names. So yeah, overall, very good and it was done first class.
PDM Transportation, Inc.
Daniel Del Muro
Vice President
What is your favorite thing about the Infiniti workforce platform?
I do enjoy, how user-friendly it is. I do like the content a lot and I think it makes it easy for our drivers to access all the assignments and it’s just an easy thing to do.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
I think you guys are a great group of people. You do care about your clients, which we appreciate a lot these type of events it's really mind opening and it's a really good partnership.
What is your most important take away from the partner roundtable?
I have a lot of ideas now going on in my mind, so I just need to put them in drawers and see how we can start applying some of the things that I learned in this event.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
Uhm, I would tell him to totally go ahead and do it. There's really good information here and it's very enjoyable. You can hear different companies doing different things, so it's very beneficial.
CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc.
Keith Long
Training Programs Manager
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
I think one of the most important things is from the driver's standpoint, getting to put the technology in their own hands. Giving them the power to engage in learning. The mobile app is, I mean limitlessly valuable that we can put training together and send them to our drivers. We're not having to route them into a terminal like we used to for a training class or put them into a classroom, but rather. I put a training together in 5 minutes later a driver can jump in and take it.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
Initially outside of it, you know, I thought we were working just with training, and you know that I guess a company in that environment, in that realm. But sitting through this conference, you know, you really get immersion into it. It's not just about the training, right? There's a whole culture here of likeminded people that I can, you know, sympathize with. It's like being. You know, at work and working hand in hand with the people that have a direct interest with our driver safety and generally want them to do well.
What is your most important take away from the partner roundtable?
Say my most important take away? It's probably going to be all the books now that I have to read thanks to Jay.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
Don't miss it. If you truly care about your company and the investment that you're putting into your drivers. This is where you know, this opportunity, for some of us like my company, a bigger company where we are already using Infinit-I Uhm, I still got value out of it, but then we have smaller companies here that are realizing just the limitless, limitless possibilities that, you know, Infinit-I can put in front of their drivers. Yeah, don't miss.
HMD Trucking
Robert Marquez
Orientation Manager
What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
It was very informative. Being in the industry for just a little bit over a year, I'm constantly learning and coming here to be part of this amazing event. I learned a lot.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
There's a couple of answers for this. One, the production of the material that is given for, not only for drivers, but also for anyone that wants to learn about various things that are out there for, in this case, you know, the trucking industry. They're very informative and additionally to that If I ever have any questions, there's always someone that I can reach out to that will help me out and give me guidance if I'm not quite sure on how to go about certain things.
What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?
The relationships I just built with other people that are in the same industry as well as the information that was provided, I became that more knowledgeable that I can also now take back to the company and utilize that as well to just become a better version of myself.
If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?
It can be intimidating when you have to do public speaking about and also talk about yourself in front of a group of people but the fact that this was a small group of people made it very relaxing. Everyone was so caring and so willing to answer any questions that I had, as well as making sure that I received all the tools that I needed. I would say not to be nervous when you're in a group setting for this event.
Phoenix System International
Connie Heyob
President/CEO
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce platform?
I really like the new dashboard because it provides a quick glance at percentages of assignments and trainings completed without having to dig deep into the platform.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
The diversity, in looking at many different ways of accomplishing a mission.
What is your most important take away from the partner roundtable?
That I really need to focus and improve our safety programs, to improve our culture and to increase our awareness of safety.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
This is a must do round table event, that will help you to network, to grow both personally and professionally.
HMD Trucking
~Fausta Mikniute
Safety Director
What is your favorite thing about the Infiniti workforce platform?
I do enjoy, how user-friendly it is. I do like the content a lot and I think it makes it easy for our drivers to access all the assignments and it’s just an easy thing to do.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
I think you guys are a great group of people. You do care about your clients, which we appreciate a lot these type of events it's really mind opening and it's a really good partnership.
What is your most important take away from the partner roundtable?
I have a lot of ideas now going on in my mind, so I just need to put them in drawers and see how we can start applying some of the things that I learned in this event.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
Uhm, I would tell him to totally go ahead and do it. There's really good information here and it's very enjoyable. You can hear different companies doing different things, so it's very beneficial.
Palmer Bus Services
Jenna Fromm
CEO/CO-Owner
“What's your name and who are you with?
My name is Jenna from and I am CEO and co-owner of Palmer Bus Service, based out of Minnesota.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinity Workforce platform?
My favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce platform is our CSR Karen Siefert. She is phenomenal, responsive and on top of everything at all times.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
My favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the actual company, is that they are truly seeking feedback. They look to know what they can improve on and are not looking for just a pat on the back, but actual real feedback to help them improve their services.
What is your most important take away from the partner roundtable?
My most important take away from the partner roundtable is that we can get an API system where our HRIS system can connect with the vertical alliance system so we can have a seamless transition between onboarding and getting folks right away integrated into our training platform.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell?
I would tell them that it is very beneficial to meet with other folks that are in your industry, hear those same struggles and get new ideas both from Vertical Alliance as well as colleagues onto what things you should be looking for that possibly are missing and honestly, to just have a great time.”
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Billy Barnes Enterprises Inc.
Gil Davison
Safety Manager
“What's your name and who are you with?
Hi, I'm Gil Davis, and I'm with Billy Barnes Enterprises out of Monroeville, AL.
What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?
I think the Infinit-I Workforce Platform is very good at getting information out to the drivers in a fast way. It's letting our drivers know that in case of a training event or where they may have had a mishap. That we can get that remedial training out ASAP.
What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?
I think collectively, Vertical Alliance is a partnership with Billy Barnes. They do what they say and it's like in trucking. That it's where the rubber meets the road.
What is your most important take away from the partner roundtable?
It was very informative. The partner roundtable meeting gave us a chance to network with other carriers that were here. You know, sometimes you think you have the best system and the best way to do something. But when you listen to other carriers, there may be a better way. And I want to thank Infinit-I, Vertical Alliance group, everyone involved for inviting me, Gil Davidson with Billy Barnes Enterprises. It's been very pleasurable and very informative.
If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?
If you're on the fence about attending the partner roundtable. I suggest that you look at vertical lines and what they have to offer. If you're already a customer with vertical lines and I would suggest coming to the round table so that you can network with individuals to find out how you can just pull one thing. If you can get one thing from this network and then you've achieved something.”
Newman Transport, L.L.C.
Keith Briggs
Safety Manager
“Good morning, this is Keith with Newman Transport in Pearl River, Louisiana. Just wanted to give a shout out this morning to Mrs. Krystal, which is our customer service representative with Infinit-I.
She's doing a great job in taking care of all our needs, and also the whole Infinit-I platform has been very helpful to us with driver training and safety training and stuff like that.
Just wanted to say thank you; and thank you, Mrs. Krystal for doing a great job.
Thank you.”
Greenville ISD
Sandy Jackson
Supervisor and Trainer
“I am Sandy Jackson, I'm supervisor GISD. We use Infinit-I for the ELDT. Also for my safety training, for my drivers and monitors.
They are very great to have and to teach your drivers and monitors if you have those with any lessons you need. But the main thing is the ELDT. They are very great. I've been with them for a while, probably several years, so if you if you want to join them please do so. I am out, thank you.”
Burningham Enterprises, Inc.
Mike Sego
CFO
"This is Mike Sego with Burningham Trucking.
Thanks to Covid we had to make some changes on training and it's actually really good.
Been a blessing as far as training, because now we're training in more depth, covering more subjects and doing training more regularly.
We looked at several solutions.
We chose Infinit-I because of the many features, but to be honest we didn't know when we signed on, we didn't even understand the features like we do now. It's so great and Amber, our representative, she is like the very best customer support that I've dealt with in any regard. She is so on the ball with everything, making sure everything gets done, handled, calling to see if there's anything else she can do. I have just never met a better customer support person in my own life or better representative so.
So we're so happy with Infinit-I.
We plan on never leaving thanks."
Titan Transfer, Inc.
Jon Wildish
Sr. Director of Risk Management
"Now more than ever, driver efficiency is paramount in every area of trucking. The Infiniti-I Workforce Solutions platform has helped Titan Transfer Inc. streamline our orientation process and our ongoing fleet safety training. Their integration capabilities have helped reduce the time an applicant completes the driver application through to orientation and into the truck.
Infiniti’s comprehensive library of videos along with the ability to add our own custom content creates a robust learning management system that we can provide not only to our drivers, but to our maintenance and office personnel as well.
The ability to provide “anywhere training” to our drivers is a key component of our safety department. This allows new drivers to have earning potential on Day 1 and it helps keep our fleet drivers on the move. Our partnership with Vertical Alliance Group has contributed to Titan Transfer’s award-winning fleet of professional drivers since 2011.”
Llano ISD
Steve Niemeyer
Director of Student Services
Our district was kind of concerned with ELDT, trying to figure out how we’re going to implement all the new rules and regulations that were coming down. I had calls from different companies offering me programs that would assist in the process. Then, I got a hold of Infinit-I and Infinit-I sold me a solution. If you’re looking for an ELDT answer, Infinit-I has it. We were able to walk through the process. Krystal and I set everything up; got all of our drivers in the system, all of our personalized content that we wanted is in there, we have a couple of people going through the process right now and they love the simplicity of the program. They’re able to do it at their own pace and go through the short video clips and all of the information that they’re learning is awesome. I’ve talked to them in depth about this. The reports that you’re able to see with Infinit-I; you can track their progress, you can see what they’re having issues with and help them if they need that. But, I think the #1 thing I like about Infinit-I is their customer service. You can call them up at any time and they have a solution. They have the answers that you’re looking for. ELDT. If you’re having problems, Infinit-I is the answer.
Lew Thompson and Sons, Inc.
Russ Curbo
Safety Directory
“I'm Russ Curbo with Lew Thompson & Son Trucking. I just wanted to say that we're kind of new customers with Infinit-I and we're really excited about the program. Any issues that I have had have been resolved quickly by Amber. Email or phone she's been more than eager to work with me through the entire process, so I look forward to continuing to work together.
Thank you.”
Smith Transportation
Melissa Boch
Safety Directory
“Smith Transportation would like to thank Infinit-I Workforce Solutions for their A+ customer service.
Were they professional? How much of the time? Entire Zoom Call...
Were they whitty? Absolutely!
How much of the time? When needed...
Are they an expert? How much of the Zoom call? 100%
Were they humorous? How much did the zoom call? Every time it was needed, made it very fun.
Where they caring? How much is the zoom call? Let's just round to 100%
Type A? How much of the zoom call? Entire call
Didn’t even have to try? Were they sincere? How much of the zoom call? 100%.
Easy for both 😊"
Pappas Trucking, LLC.
Todd Thomas
Safety Directory
“Hello, my name is Todd Thomas, Safety Director from Pappas Trucking, Columbus, OH.
I’d first like to thank Amanda Arnold for all the hard work she has done as my customer service rep to help me make the Infinit-I videos system an easier experience for the year that I've done it, I can thank her for everything she has done.
Also, the Infinit-I videos is a way to help our company stay in touch with our drivers for safety meetings and anything else they need to come out through the safety portion of the company. Again, thank you Amanda for all the hard work you have done.”
Christenson Transportation
Barry McGowen
Director Safety/Maintenance
“Hey, this is Barry with Christenson Transportation and I just wanted to take a few seconds to give a shout out to one of our great vendors that we've partnered with for several years.
You know, trucking is full ups and downs; full of old stuff and new stuff and not everybody can do everything great, so we kind of rely on some of our partners and vendors to help us out and guide us in the way we need to go. Let's focus on what we're able to do on our own, I guess.
So I wanted to say thanks to Vertical Alliance and Infinit-I, we’ve used them for several years; do all our orientation videos with them, our safety training, our post/pre accident training, anything with videos.
It's nice when you call and you have one person you deal with. So, I deal with Nakisha Luckey, but if you call her voice mail it says ‘Nawkyshah Luckey’ so that is how I converse with her. Great person!
Anyway, I call her and I say here's my problem. Here's what I'm looking for and five minutes later I get a list of videos pertaining to the subject I need. For whatever we're doing in-house in the walls training for supervisor training or if it's driver training or new driver training. They've got it all.
You know, I don't think we on this side of the business, we kind of demand stuff all the time and I don't think that's fair, so I just wanted to spend a minute and say thanks to all those vendors that look out for us and take care of us that we rely on to stay in this business and Infinit-I and Vertical Alliance, you're one of the best and Nakisha, you're awesome too, so thank you very much for all you do.”
MS Carrier, LLC.
Anthony Fischkelta
Safety Directory
“Good afternoon. My name is Tony Fischkelta and I'm with MC Carrier LLC out of North Las Vegas. We have been partnered with Infinit-I now for a year. We’re using their product to onboard our drivers.
We also use their product for our monthly training, compliance as well. Infinit-I has been a great partner with us in the last year and has jumped to our needs for anything we needed to help us.”
Benny Whitehead Inc
Lindsey
Human Resources
“I'm Lindsay with Benny Whitehead, Incorporated. A trucking company out of Eufaula, Alabama. I work with Jadyn at Infinit-I. She's always on the ball and such a pleasure to work with.
Thank you.”
Kimrad Transport
Donna Grove
Safety Assistant
“Hi, I am Donna with Kimrad Transport in Amarillo, Texas and I have watched every webinar that's possible for the new i3. I really like all of the improvements they've made. It is so much easier to work with, to deal with, to set up, to assign videos. I really like what they have done to it. So if anybody is wanting to come on and use Infinit-I, it is very easy to use.”
Katy ISD
Sherry Price
Driver Trainer
“Hi Krystal, this is Sharie Price with Katy ISD. I just want you to know how much I really appreciated all your help when getting started with your company. It was wonderful to be able to reach out to you and have you help me and be so willing to do so.
So, thank you very much.”
North East ISD
Trisha Hudson
Training/Transportation Training
“I have to say, Infinit-I has really helped us out quite a bit with the ELDT video training. Without them, it would have been a nightmare to get our trainees through the system. I have to say y'all have done an outstanding job with how you've listed everything, making sure that every section is covered, every unit is handled properly. And the customer service, Krystal is amazing. The Infinit-I team have been nothing but helpful and understanding. Gosh, helping me walk through every step of it, I appreciate them very much.
Thanks, Infinit-I for going above and beyond making sure we had a good product to give to our trainees.”
Pampa ISD
Gipsy Johnson
F.A.C.E./Student Services Assistant
“Hi, my name is Gipsy Johnson. I work for Pampa ISD and we have been using Infinit-I for our ELDT trainings and it's been great.
Our access for art staff, for professional staff, and our peer professional staff has been wonderful.
It's very easy to use, to set up. We've enjoyed all the classes available other than ELDT and we've been using the bus inspection class for our new drivers and also trainings for our previous drivers that already have licenses.
The ability to be able to complete the classroom theory and practical portions, and at our driver's convenience, is great. Also, the access to both mobile and desktop has been such a big help; because it's, you know, it's available for them to do at any time. Several have already passed their tests, their theory portion of the test, and have been working on their skills portion to go and test.
It's been super easy for them. They haven't really had any questions once they're set up and both on the mobile or on the desktop. Then they just go from there.
I've had questions on the resources looking back on their testing and being able to give them those answers. It's really easy, because Krystal has been there every step of the way to help us, and I've probably bugged too much but she's always there and within a day getting answers to us and even walking us through the steps.
But it has been a great resource for us and has extremely helped part of our jobs to make it easier and we really appreciate it and can't wait to keep using it.”
Royse City ISD
Loretta Smith
Transportation Route Coordinator
“Hi, good morning.
I just wanted to let everyone know that the Infinit-I experience has been amazing. I cannot say enough about the Infinit-I customer service, Krystal. She does an exceptional job whenever I need anything. She is always there. She is always the first to ask what she can do to help or if there's anything else that I would need. I cannot recommend her more than anything else in this world, so I appreciate it.
And again, Infinit-I with Krystal customer service is amazing, thank you.”
Director of Transportation
Bruce Baker
Director of Transportation
“We're so glad to have Infinit-I help us with the ELDT training; has already been helping us with SafePupil online and all the safety training for the bus drivers. It's just been a real lifesaver as we have so many drivers, coaches, teachers that need to get CDL and it's really been a backbreaker for us.
It doesn't help us with all the delays we have from the DPS offices, but Infinit-I is just working wonders in our lives and just helping the district as a whole to be prepared for transportation and get all our drivers licensed and certified as we need, and it also helps with transferring the information and certificates to Austin and etc.
We just can't ever thank you enough.”
Rural Educational Associates
Dr. Steven Johnson
Director
“Hi, my name is Dr. Steven Johnson. I sit on the North Dakota Small Organized Schools board of directors; the superintendent in Lisbon and Fort Ransom. I've been in this business for about 45 years.
We've used Infinit-I off and on over the years with our membership through the North Dakota Small Organized Schools at a discount rate and during the time of COVID, where we couldn't have the normal workshops, we used them extensively for all of our drivers.
We have found that Infinit-I is cost effective, quick, and it's easy for our drivers to use that. I would recommend Infinit-I there.
Like anyone, and as part of your membership in the North Dakota Small organized schools, you most certainly will get the fees that we charge at a reduced rate.
Infinit-I meets your drivers’ needs, and now, especially with the new training that's required through the permit process for the CDL, and even more important that you have this opportunity in this particular platform for training your drivers.
Once again, I want to thank Crystal for doing such a fine job. She's been more than helpful here in the state of North Dakota and with that, good luck with everybody in this next year and fill those drivers’ positions.”
KVS Trucking, LLC.
Betty Knight
Office Manager
“We've been using Infinit-I for a couple of years now and it has worked out very well. The drivers do their videos, normally I have to remind them; send them a text message and then they'll get on it. They get their videos done.
The only problem that I've had with Infinit-I is I wish that you could print multiple certificates at a time instead of having to click on each certificate and then print. That's the only thing that I would change about the program.
...I've watched a few of the videos, they're very informative.
The drivers have even told me that they have learned a few things from them.”
North Dakota Small Organized Schools
Michael Hileman
Executive Director
“My name is Michael Heilman and I am the Executive Director for the North Dakota Small Organized Schools. North Dakota Small Organized Schools offer a benefit to our member schools of working with Infinit-I Workforce Solutions to provide bus driver training at a very discounted rate.
While we have worked with Infinit-I, Krystal has been fantastic to work with. I've got multiple reports back from school superintendents and transportation directors, commenting on the wonderful assistance that they have received and support that they've received from Krystal at Infinit-I.
I just want to say thank you to Krystal for helping our schools and helping the members of the North Dakota Small Organized Schools.”
Success Cargo Transport, LLC
Melvin Norflis
Owner
I like to say that the customer service with Krystal today was excellent.
Ascend
Pat
Manager, Loss Prevention
“Almost every lawsuit we get includes a claim for negligent hiring and negligent retention and/or training. Your product and the way it documents the training by testing at the end can go a long way in proving to a jury that the employer is working hard to put only qualified, trained people, out there. We have adopted, and our employees now expect there to be, required training 12 times per month. For over-the-road carriers like us who have a hard time getting drivers together in a group meeting, your product resolves those issues.
We used to spend $1,000 per driver on our orientation, including bus ticket, hotel, meals, and man hours for the instructor. The driver also had to sit in a classroom for two days going through training. If we hired a driver on Friday, he was not on the road for us until the following Wednesday. With Infinit-i, we have virtually eliminated our entire orientation costs because the driver can go through orientation online immediately, wherever he is in the country. That driver can also be on the road for us the very next day. Now, if we hire a driver on Friday, he can be on the road moving freight for us on Saturday. We gain four days of miles per driver.”
Swift Transportation
Tim McLain
Administrator
“We chose to outsource to Vertical Alliance to help us manage some of our new entrant driver processing functions, like pre-employment hurdles related to commercial driver permits. We knew it would be cost effective. What we did not anticipate was the human resource value. The system actually helps us identify our future best employees. Shortly after launching the system, we discovered that the applicants who finish the online process are the initiative takers who have a level of self-discipline that translates into a superior driver. It weeds out those individuals who aren’t serious about their careers.”
True Grit Transportation
Renee with True Grit
Safety Directory
“Hi, I’m Renee with True Grit Transportation and I wanted to share my experience with Infinit-I. Infinit-I has provided very high-quality training videos for our drivers. They’ve also handled the new driver orientation videos for us. Customer service is wonderful. It’s an effortless program, they actually assign our training for me, so I don’t even have to do that. I do highly recommend Infinit-I and I recommend you give them a shot. Thank you.”
“We recently renewed our insurance and changed carriers to Protective Insurance. After we made the change, I had a meeting with their Regional Loss Prevention Specialist, Anthony Baggett, to discuss our safety management plan.
Anthony was very favorably impressed with our safety efforts here at Church Transportation. We discussed the collision mitigation systems and dash cams installed on our trucks. We also discussed our utilization of the Infinit-I training platform for safety communications, orientation, and remedial training. Anthony told me during the discussion, that our utilization of advanced safety systems in the trucks and the deployment the Infinit-I training system made our company very attractive to Protective Insurance during the bid process and enabled them to write a competitive policy that ultimately won our business.
So, I want to say thanks to Infinit-I for helping us run a safer company, which in turn is giving us the opportunity to save money on what is one of the higher line-item costs for our company.”
Church Transportation & Logistics, Inc. Gene Sweeney, Vice President of Operations
Temarry Recycling, Inc.
Laura Scott
Director of Health and Safety
"I cannot give enough praise to your client services. We are a relatively new customer, a few months, and [they] have been outstanding in attention to me utilizing your services. It's been a bit jerky on my part, as in, many starts and stops. When I reach out for help, each time I get understanding and patience with my repetitive questions. My representative is very knowledgeable of your services and if there are any questions will get back to me right away with a response to resolve my questions."
Extreme Transportation
Vincent Ichihara
Safety Manager
"Having Infinit-I came in handy. Unfortunately one of our drivers was involved in an accident, and Infinit-I made it possible to easily provide training records."
Star Freight Services
Eric Renshaw
Safety, Recruiting, and Equipment Manager
"I just wanted to say thank you. Boot camp was a great experience and your hospitality made it even better."
Tutle & Tutle Trucking
Bekah Hawhee
HR Director
"We love the new user management features. It makes navigating the site so much easier."
HMD Trucking
Kate Nikolovska
Driver Recruiting Manager
“Half of the team took the Dan Baker training, and we liked it a lot. It was very informative and the humor Dan introduces in the videos is hilarious! . . . [W]hen the need was there the employees who took the course were sharing info with the newbies.”
Ozark Motor Lines, Inc.
Pat Landreth
Transportation Supervisor
Steve Kessler asks, Did you lose drivers?
Pat replies “No we did not lose any drivers, not over training. Yeah we lost some drivers when we went to electronic logs years ago, yeah we lost a few drivers. Then we went to automatic transmission, yeah we lost a few drivers. Though you weren't a truck driver unless you had a gear shift. Then we went to cameras, when we went to cameras we lost a few drivers and we've now got a newer better camera and we've lost a couple from that but they needed to be lost. They weren't people we needed to keep."
Steve Kessler asks, Since you have been with Ozark and I know you are working on culture change and you are still working on all that, can you see or could you say that you have reduced violations, accidents and incidents and has anything gone down that you can put your figure on?
Pat replies “When I got there (Ozark Motor Lines) our unsafe driving score was 91 percentile and now we are at 27 percentile for unsafe driving. So yes we are making changes. I look at preventable accidents for the first six months of this year over the first six months of last year and we are down 48%. The culture that we are changing, monthly training, cameras, the things that we are doing are going to pay us bid dividends. We doubled our deductible this year, our insurance year started august 1st. We are going to take on more risk to save money.”
Gray Trucking
Gary Hahn
Owner
"The people are great work with. That’s the key. It was so easy. As soon as I call up, I get somebody on the phone. They can walk me through any situation I have.... It couldn’t be any easier, really."
Grant Parish School Board
Kecia Nugent
Transportation Supervisor
“Grant Parish School Board initially purchased the Infinit-I for Schools program for use in the transportation department. Then we quickly realized that the program could be utilized system wide. Infinit-I for Schools has made recordkeeping for state mandated training, for every employee, extremely easy. Our human resource department no longer has to keep up with thousands of completion certificates and who has not completed their training. Now we just print a report! That easy!
As for the transportation department, Infinit-I for Schools offers numerous training modules for school bus drivers and attendants. Trying to get bus drivers and attendants together at each school every month for safety training is a thing of the past. With Infinit-I for Schools modules and testing, I know the drivers and attendants are getting the needed information. We also count those minutes/hours toward our annual certification time requirements.
Grant Parish has just begun to use Infinit-I for Schools system wide. There are many ways that this program can be used to make training and verification so much easier, such as posting notices on the main page where everyone logs in, verification of receipt of documents, messages, etc. We are using Infinit-I for Schools to document receipt of handbooks, policy manuals and documents that are required to be given to each employee every year.
We have transitioned into using Infinit-I for Schools fairly easily. The support and help from Infinit-I for Schools is unequal to any software support team I have dealt with previously. I highly recommend Infinit-I for Schools!”
Aeropres Corporation
Terry Warren
Distribution Manager
“We needed a way to get continuous training materials out to our drivers that also documented their training had been completed. With Infinit-I, the drivers have the advantage of completing the training on their cell phones, iPads, home computers, or computers at the home terminal. Infinit-I is a very efficient means of training drivers when you don’t have the luxury of having all the drivers together for safety meetings. Infinit-I was the perfect solution for us, and it has been a huge time saver for me, as well as the drivers. The support is absolutely great! I love the proactive approach taken by the service representatives. I would suggest Infinit-I to anyone looking for a more efficient, thorough training system."
Freight Exchange of North America
Sarah Valenzuela
Safety Coordinator
“I’ve learned so much. It puts things for any safety manager, safety personnel’s perspective, you have to look at the big picture and what you’re actually doing with the training. Ultimately you’re reacting, but you have to know if the drivers are actually learning. So being here, gives you so many more tools on how to implement those things, so you know the drivers are actually taking in. Listening to other carriers talk about their experience, you get a really good sense of that. That’s one of the biggest things I’m taking away. The learning experience, everything I’m taking back with me, obviously is going to be well worth the trip. I’m taking so much more than I thought I was going to take back with me.”
Cheney Brothers
Dave Rawicz
EHS Director
“I really actually learned a lot. It was a great forum to allow somebody to concentrate on what the program has to offer, as opposed to being distracted or influenced by your normal work activities. Well worth attending, even if you don’t end up getting the Infinit-i program, I still learned a lot from the program, and it is definitely worth your time. It’s a short day and a half, and it’s well worth it.”
Skyline Transportation, Inc.
Jeff Reed
President
“The venue is great. You’re really able to step back and take the time to fully understand how you can use Infinit-I to fully understand what is going on at your company. It has been well worth the time.”
Marco Transport
Camillia Moore
Director of Safety
“Our company has benefited greatly using Infinit-I’s online training modules. It makes what used to be a challenging task very simple and quick. Their support is always real-time and very pleasant. We’ll continue to use their service for years to come.”
Lockton Companies, LLC
Edward J. Newman
Vice President – Risk Services
“Vertical Alliance has proven to be an excellent, service-oriented, partner for the Lockton clients we mutually share. Their Infinit-I solution provides my clients with the ability to quickly and easily adopt technology into their safety and accident prevention program resulting in measurable efficiency and improved bottom-line results. In just a few words, they are very customer focused and can be counted on to provide what they promise.”
Super Service, LLC
Jay Thomas
Executive Director
Make Your Job Easier “The customer service is outstanding. There isn’t any company that I’ve ever worked with, no matter what service they’re offering, that has customer service like Vertical Alliance. They make your job a whole lot easier. It’s really beneficial. It’s like having an extra safety person there.”
Truck One, Inc.
Jay Winegardner
President & CEO
“That’s the great thing. Vertical Alliance keeps track of everything for you. When a guy goes in to take the module, it will show whether he reviewed it and took the test. You get a report once a week. The history is there from the time the guy started to work with you. It shows everything that he looked at.”
Supreme Auto Transport
Amber Rodriguez
Safety
"My favorite thing [about Infinit-I] is that it’s easy to use. The platform is easy to learn, it’s easy to navigate, and it’s quick. For my fleet size, or any size, you want something that’s going to be effective and easy to handle. And I find the Infinit-I platform hits all those markers."
"We’ve seen a decrease in accidents, a decrease in our CSA scores, and more effectiveness out of our fleet."hose markers."
Action Resources
Douglas Carothers
Manager, EH&S Compliance Programs
“We needed a way to keep our drivers up-to- date on recurrent training requirements under DOT and OSHA regulations. After evaluating a couple of options, we decided to try the Infinit-I solution. Now, instead of having to pull drivers off the road for routine safety talks, they can receive updates on both timely topics like CSA BASICS, FMCSA, and PHMSA and relevant topics like OSHA either from their home-based computers or from laptops with internet connectivity. Not only have the training programs been well received by our drivers, they have also helped increase productivity and equipment utilization, allowing the drivers to spend more time on the road and less time in the classroom. Nothing will ever replace face-to-face classroom training, but now we can concentrate those efforts on the more complex subjects.”
Robertson Williams Transport
Chris Van Meerhaeghe
Fleet Operations Manager
“We have a customer that requires special training. We posted the training on Infinit-I and were their only company that completed the training. We have a hard time getting all our employees together for training due to conflicting schedules. Infinit-I allows all of our employees to do their training at their pace. We really like that we can add our own curriculum and customize the training to our needs.”
Wilsonart International
Shelby Flaugh
Safety Manager
“Using Infinit-I has allowed me to provide quality safety training to all of our satellite locations and also to our main manufacturing plants. This system eliminated the practice of mailing training materials to these locations. It also ensured that every employee throughout the organization, regardless of location, is receiving the same training and is easily documented within the system. The feedback that I have gotten from employees has been very positive. I am looking forward to a long term relationship with Vertical Alliance Group. The customer support is outstanding and worked with me daily to answer questions when I was implementing the system.”
KLLM Transport
Ricky Parker
Director of Safety
“I started using online training in 2005 with another company, and we switched over to Infinit-I in 2013. The reason we did that? The other company was charging us a set fee and we had an allotted amount of training we could do. With Infinit-I, I can do unlimited training. There are others out there that will charge you a set fee, but that set fee only includes x number of training. You go over that training allotment and you get charged extra. We were probably $800-$1200 a quarter going over our allotted amount. We don’t have that problem anymore.”
Brady ISD
Mike Hagan
Transportation Director
“I have enjoyed using Infinit-I for Schools videos. The program is easy to use, time efficient, and the videos cover the whole gamut of what a bus driver needs to know. I also like the fact that as Infinit-I for Schools develops and adds videos to their menu, they are offered to be added to our site at no extra charge. It is hard to get very many drivers together at once to view other individual videos. With Infinit-I for Schools, each driver can watch independently at his/her own pace, or I can assign certain videos with a completion date. Finally, I have found Infinit-I for Schools to be very well worth the money. You can’t beat it!”
Puxico R-8 Schools
Roy Davis
Transportation Director
“I’ve used a lot of training material in my career, and I have found Infinit-I for Schools to be among the best. The ease of use for the drivers, and the detailed reports for me, make it the most cost and time saving way to train. You can even use it for safety meetings and in-service training. Plugin the laptop, go online, pick a subject, and you have training. Infinit-I for Schools takes something as important as training and makes it easy, time saving, cost effective, and relevant for our needs. Their service and support are second to none. They are a great partner in transportation training.”
Lewistown Public Schools
Kathleen Schaeffer
Driver Trainer
“Thank you for the great Infinit-I for Schools driver training program. Programs such as this have been long overdue and your continued advancement of new and innovative additions to the program are exciting and fresh. In as much as it is our belief that nothing should replace face-to-face driver training, Infinit-I for Schools is an effective and valuable addition to our transportation staff training program. Having the ability to schedule training modules for an entire group, or to schedule a specific training module to individuals to improve their knowledge and understanding, is an invaluable tool. It is enhanced by the included feature of maintaining permanent records of all of the trainings completed in the Infinit-I for Schools program. Our staff appreciates the quality of the training modules as well as the ability to study independently in the comfort of individual personal settings. Lewistown Public Schools Transportation Department thanks you for your vision and your commitment to assist us in the training of our transportation staff – to help them be safe and effective school bus drivers.”
Just in Time
Thank you, Justin Time Transportation, for your support with the Ashdown Panthers and in our communities.
