Trucking Testimonials

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is Al Lacombe and I'm from Lafayette, LA and I work with Dupree Logistics out of Lafayette, LA.  What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  My favorite thing about the platform that we use. It's used daily within our company is the flexibility an opportunity to be able to do training wherever our employees are or our prospective employees are and the flexibility with the program which really helped us here over the past two years with the COVID problem we had?  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group they come?  My favorite thing about Vertical Alliance is the people. Very friendly from top down all the way through the ranks of the company. I think that they're some very knowledgeable people, a very customer oriented, and have really helped our organization over past years compared to, say, previous providers that we've used.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  The roundtable event, I thought, was really great. I had been spoken with about attending for quite some time, had the opportunity was able to fit it into the schedule and just the interaction from the employees from Vertical Alliance and Infinit-I, as well as the networking of all the people that were here I thought it was really great.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  What I would tell them is that you know, try to find the time. You're not the only player out there as a motor carrier, you have an opportunity to be able to expand your knowledge and see what other people are doing and from a group standpoint, it's really enlightening, it's learning and it's networking. 

What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I would say the functionality and the ease of moving around trying to find the different areas between the different classes and training sessions.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?  So far, the customer service has been exemplary, everybody here is great, everyone is friendly, very, very helpful. There hasn't been a person that I've run into or called or asked a question that I haven't gotten an answer, or they've directed me to the person for an answer.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  The group discussions were great. It gives you an insight to other companies to what they are doing for training and maybe other tips and tricks that they're doing, and it just gives you a good partnership with other companies in the trade.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  100% come to The Roundtable. It was great. It was a great time. It's a great networking. You walk away learning a whole bunch of information, not just about this company, but about the trade and other companies that you probably have new relationships with as well. 

What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I really enjoyed interacting with the other businesses. The people that were here, getting their ideas, how they use Infinit-I and how they do their safety training.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?  I love the team that Vertical Alliance has put together. Their content is excellent and I also like the idea where we could upload our own content or if we need Vertical Alliance to do some videos we can have that option.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  I think it's the interaction with not only the key people at Vertical Alliance, but also key people that are in the industry that was with the group.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  I'd probably slap him on the back of the head and say you know, get off the fence and just do it because it makes training so much easier and as a trainer and as a past professor. When I was teaching classes, each class was different and what I like about the Infinit-I and the video group, every video, every piece of training is consistent. 

"We really enjoyed Infinit-I system. Our drivers have gotten a lot of good information out of it. We've seen our safety scores go down. Distracted driving is a real issue these days and our drivers have benefited from the videos that your service has provided." "I think it's very user-friendly, the App allows the drivers be able to get in, get the videos, review the videos that we provide for them and it's nice that we can also check to make sure that they've reviewed them and check their scores."

"I would rate it a 5 because you have so many videos out there that we can choose from. From beginner to on further through." "I think it's very user-friendly, the App allows the drivers be able to get in, get the videos, review the videos that we provide for them and it's nice that we can also check to make sure that they've reviewed them and check their scores."

“I feel like our driver's will rate Infinit-I very well. Nothing's perfect so maybe what you will hear four stars from some and 5 stars from others. You know it's all depending on the user's perception but I would say that all in all they would definitely speak well of the program. It's very convenient for them to be able to just do you do the training on the phone on demands at the dock or wherever it is that they find themselves and the shortness of the courses as well being 5 to 10 minutes allows for them to do that training in small segments. So even if they have to leave off and come back, its great that Infinit-I does remember where you left off, you can resume back in that place because we all know, you know we're all busy and sometimes we are interrupted within our training when as we're taking it."

What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  My favorite thing about it is I like to do a lot of original content. I do quarterly safety meetings that I put out as an assignment. So basically, I get 100% participation in my safety meeting, so that's my favorite thing.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?  Very easy to work with. Honestly, every time I have a problem, I can get those problems solved and within 5 minutes. Just this morning I sent out an e-mail to my Nikisha and I was just needing the content out of my orientation to share with somebody else. 2 minutes later I get an e-mail back with the Excel file, it's just that simple. Everybody's very pleasant and just they take care of you, you know.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  There's there was a whole lot of them, but I think mine was just, I guess, the camaraderie. Being around with people that are in the same job description that I'm in, especially since COVID. It's just really nice to actually talk face to face with people as opposed to a zoom meeting, or whatever, but I don't know if there was any one thing I it was several things, but I got a lot of new perspectives. I gave a lot of new perspectives, and it was just enjoyable.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  I would tell them to absolutely come like I said, the camaraderie, the exchange of information, there's great guests. The food's great, the social times great, and I have really enjoyed this and I will be coming back again, one day. 

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is Tim Gould. I am the vice President of safety and compliance for Spartan 5S Services out of Fort Worth, TX.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I've used the platform with other companies. One thing that I really love about it. It enables me to help have paperless training. The custom content is phenomenal. I absolutely love that we use that tremendously in order to help bridge communication between us and the drivers and develop custom content specifically for our nature of business.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  The company I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it from the very beginning from our very first meeting with our sales Rep to all of the people that work here, the employees are absolute thrilled to work with. They have a very positive attitude and that I always feel like they know me and I am the most important thing for them when they're talking to me.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  I really enjoyed the Roundtable. We explored a lot of different areas it got us thinking about a lot of areas that we may not be thinking about. Getting a lot of dialogue from different companies that maybe have different industries that they work into. So, it was very it was very good to hear the different outside the box, things that we wouldn't normally think about, so it's a great little brain power trust.  If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?  You need to say yes to Holly immediately and book that next Round Table. It's a day and 1/2, but it's a wonderful event and you'll definitely take away more than what you come in with that's for sure. 

What's your name and who are you with?  Hey, my name is Sharie Price. I work for Kate Independent School District. I am the training safety coordinator, and we are located at Houston and Katy, TX.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  The ease that has made my job when training for the ELDT because that has been a big process and we've been with Infinit-I a little over a year now and it's really made my job a lot easier.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  The support. If I have any questions, all I have to do is e-mail my CSR and she takes care of me and if she's not available then I call the other number and they help out.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  The flexibility and the under used portion that we are using in our school district right now, there is so much more out there that we could use to train our drivers for retraining and other things. Our main focus has been on the ELDT but I do want to expand it to retraining and just general safety meetings.  If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?  I said go, you will not regret it. It has been very informative and everybody has been so great. 

What's your name and who are you with?  Lena Palmentera. I'm with AWL Transport DBA TLX.  What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I'm just getting into it. We had a lot of changes in the safety department, so I just got into it for the past couple months. From what I'm seeing so far I think we can do a lot more with it.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?  Coming here. Uhm, what a fabulous team. Full of information on things I wasn't even expecting to be informed on.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  We need to get more into the culture.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  They're crazy not to come. Absolutely and as I stated in there, I am not a safety director. I am a log auditor and I'm very sad my safety director did not come and I hope I can take as much of this information back as I can to him. 

What's your name and who are you with?  Jack Copsey with JBC incorporated out of Gering, NE.  What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  Favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform, is it gives us a good opportunity to provide training for our drivers and quantify the results. Keep track of the training and make sure that everybody has the same quality and quantity of training.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  The responsiveness, whenever we have an issue.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  So many good takeaways, Mark’s presentation was great. The legal presentation last night I got a lot of things out of that I'll take back and put into practice within my company.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  They need to come. It's a no brainer. 

What's your name and who are you with?  Mariela Aguirre and I am with KA Logistics.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  The continued training, I could do with my drivers and non-driver staff as well.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  That it touches on specific subjects that deal more with compliance, regulations, and a little bit on culture.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  Definitely everybody else is feedback and hearing other professional's experiences and just the feedback that I got from everybody else.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  That is absolutely something I recommend, highly recommend because it's always good to hear from other people in the same industry and just different things everybody else has to bring to the table. 

What's your name and who are you with?  I'm Eric Alvarez and I'm with Salson Logistics.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I like the variety of videos and different choices and subjects.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  I was very impressed with this with the operation and the friendliness of everybody, the openness and how approachable everyone is.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  At the Partner Roundtable I really enjoyed. I enjoyed meeting the staff. I appreciate the hospitality that they gave us and the connections that I made with my peers.  If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?  I would strongly encourage they join. 

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is John Kern. I'm with AIM Transportation. A regional safety manager with them.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  It gives us an opportunity to push out content to the drivers. Kind of do some remedial training with them if there's ever an event that we deem necessary for some extra training.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company?  Just how open they are with everything and they kind of take things to heart that we recommend and suggest to them.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  Again, just how open they are to suggestions and everything and willing to take feedback on things.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  I'd say it's well worth your time. You just get to know the company a little bit better. The ends and outs of things and really help you just figure out how to leverage what they offer to help you help your drivers more. 

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. 

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. 

What's your name and who are you with?  I'm Steve Yuzenko with Tranco Logistics.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  A favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform is the ease of accessibility to make the assignments and then to get the reporting on what our drivers have achieved through that.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  A favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group, the company is the people. It's great to get to meet people face to face that for years that I've just been talking to over the phone or messaging through the computer and just a great friendly welcoming group of people.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  Most important take away from The Roundtable is the connections that we've made with both the Infinit-I / Vertical Alliance Group and the group that was attending with me.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  I would tell them to just do it and you'll be glad you did. 

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is Liz Garcia and I'm with ITS.  What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I like everything. I use that videos a lot. That's my support, you know for the drivers and I do a monthly video and I use Infinit-I for that or two for corrective actions with drivers.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  Everything, I don't have any complaints like every.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  I learned a lot from the people. Everybody has different ideas and now I have new ideas for that company.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  You need to ask them to check with Infinit-I. You know we got a lot of good information from there. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is Aleecia Allred and I'm with Gurney Trucking.  What is your favorite thing about the Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I love that I can upload personal content specific to our company and our drivers.  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  They're very responsive. They're quick to respond, and the videos that they already have available to us come in really handy for monthly training.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  Partner Roundtable is awesome for networking. Getting to meet other people in the industry and getting ideas, bouncing ideas off of each other and taking some of that home with you.  If someone was on the fence about attending the partner roundtable, what would you tell them?  Definitely come, it is definitely worth your time. 

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. 

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. 

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is Tim Hutchings. I'm with crane transport. I'm the director of safety and compliance.  What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I like the diversity of the training video options, enough to cover our full gamut of what we do in transportation, along with other some warehousing along with some shop employee safety stuff. I think there's plenty there. It's easy to maneuver around into the platform for assigning videos or checking completions or other reports you may want. As far as scorecards or who's complete an assignment who hasn't?  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  The biggest thing I get out of partner with Vertical Alliance is that customer support, customer support reps. Our CSR Karen does a great job. Very knowledgeable about this system, can always help me find something if I'm not. Can't remember where I found a video or if I can't remember what I've assigned and she's real good about helping me do mass distribution emails out to truck drivers for assignments, so I always get plenty of support when I need it.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  Has to be networking anytime that you can get a group of safety directors together and talk about common problems, see how they're using the Infinit-I to help solve those problems and what works for them is a huge advantage for us.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  I have to say one, the support you're going to get from the networking, but to just the hospitality Vertical Alliances put together here for us and really has taken care of us and treat us with the respect as clients has been helpful. 

What's your name and who are you with?  My name is Tim Hutchings. I'm with crane transport. I'm the director of safety and compliance.  What is your favorite thing about The Infinit-I Workforce Platform?  I like the diversity of the training video options, enough to cover our full gamut of what we do in transportation, along with other some warehousing along with some shop employee safety stuff. I think there's plenty there. It's easy to maneuver around into the platform for assigning videos or checking completions or other reports you may want. As far as scorecards or who's complete an assignment who hasn't?  What is your favorite thing about Vertical Alliance Group the company?  The biggest thing I get out of partner with Vertical Alliance is that customer support, customer support reps. Our CSR Karen does a great job. Very knowledgeable about this system, can always help me find something if I'm not. Can't remember where I found a video or if I can't remember what I've assigned and she's real good about helping me do mass distribution emails out to truck drivers for assignments, so I always get plenty of support when I need it.  What is your most important take away from The Partner Roundtable?  Has to be networking anytime that you can get a group of safety directors together and talk about common problems, see how they're using the Infinit-I to help solve those problems and what works for them is a huge advantage for us.  If someone was on the fence about attending The Partner Roundtable, what would you tell them?  I have to say one, the support you're going to get from the networking, but to just the hospitality Vertical Alliances put together here for us and really has taken care of us and treat us with the respect as clients has been helpful. 

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. 

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. 

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.  

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

“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.”  ” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

"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."

“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 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 😊" 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“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.”

“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.”

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.”

"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."

"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."