EAGAN, Minn. – TFI International Inc., a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, announced today that Eric Anson has been named president of U.S. Truckload operating company Transport America (TA).
Anson joined TA in 2017 and moves into the company’s top leadership role from his previous position as vice president of operations. He will have executive responsibility for the company’s overall operating and sales strategy, market growth and financial performance and will report to Greg Orr, executive vice president of TFI responsible for TFI’s U.S. truckload operations.
“Eric is a respected industry executive with proven experience building successful, profitable truckload operations,” said Orr. “I’m confident Eric’s leadership skills combined with his background of progressive growth and innovation will complement our team and continue to improve the quality and depth of the service offerings we provide our customers.”
Anson brings a deep background in truckload industry operations to his new role. Prior to TA, he served in increasingly senior operations and management positions with Knight Transportation, Marten Transportation and Interstate Distributors. He’s a graduate of Oregon State University where he earned his bachelor’s degree.
Anson will be based at TA’s operating headquarters in Eagan, Minn.
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Well Mr Anson needs to know his driver’s such as myself are and have been wrongfully terminated for being ill during the pandemic !!! Do not recommend this company as I cannot get any response from TFI !!!
This company lied on my DAC report and ruin 16 years of my driving career and I had bleach on my arm they never dealt with that so Eric if you think it’s goes away it does not or maybe they not telling you about the bias racism that you have down here in Dallas either you going to be the solution or the problem
Mr. Eric I’m fighting for my Justice on day 2 Ted told me I had to climb on top of Eco lab bleach container and go to the back of the truck and check the straps the way he addressed that to me as if you either do it or don’t have a job so I did it because I needed my job I asked him are you sure I weigh a hundred and 90 lb that’s when the bias racism kicked in he was like trying to test my ability to do it because of my age I just downright being racist I knew it was wrong to be climbing on top of those bleach containers I felt so helpless so I’ll call Curtis he said if Ted said that and he was right now I’m really helpless and stress it was like how could Curtis feel that was the right that was the most dangerous thing that a person couldn’t do mr. Eric Aronson you need to take the time to find out what I’m speaking about cuz after climbing on top of that I got bleach on my arm and indirect sunlight it blisters up I have pictures I’ve been taken for the last year after being fired I call the medical people and they never got back with me so now let me tell you about the racism that reeks in your company when I started there they sent me back home in a rental car with a lady as of today I still don’t remember her name free return to the office in Dallas on a Friday and when we got there Ted mark Josh sitting there looking at us not really given us information about what we are going to be doing that day they didn’t even show us around and when she and I left we both felt so uneasy so we spoke about it going to the car mind you she at 25 years and I had 16 years so later that day she sent a picture to my phone I kept calling her asking her who is this who is this she later text me and said this is Mark he’s a child predator that goes to show you that welcome that we got cause that lady to search the internet and sent that picture to my phone she said she was going to let corporate know after that every time I look up Josh the safety man got me in the office telling me about what the computer said mind you it was never situation where I was in danger of hitting anything or anyone he said the computer said I should have stopped at this second but my human instinct stopping at that second which I was not in any danger that’s called Knick picking and stress so I’ll call sherrilyn and I asked her that girl must have called corporate about Mark’s being a child predator she said she would know but the treatment I was feeling was real and that gate arm was off it was broken four times now when they lied on my DAC report and said I dropped a trailer Mark had a motive knowing that lady was spreading that kind of a rumor then you need to check out those three English professors you got working there they tried to make me understand that that was the only thing that they could put on my DAC report which a high hook hasn’t has his own meaning and a drop trailer has his own meaning now that’s the Injustice we speak about not I’m going to accept marks at the wrong information on my DAC report it has ruined my 16-year driving career right today hireright is still giving out that information dealing with those three guys at Dallas yard what stressful calls me to make mistakes I Got 5 years in one company had five at another until I move to Texas dot violation in 16 years
Mr. Eric you say you a man of business this kind of bias racism comes with the territory because I don’t have a tape or video this is real you would have had to have it happened to you to understand you can ignore me but you can hide behind legal terms I’m asking you to man up and take responsibility wrong that other people that you employ they act like they own that place they would just like me employee I was treated with no respect no dignity it happened sir I’m going to speak about systemic racism after being there for almost 3 months they hired Jeff and we have to share truck Jeff and I was talking and he told me he lived in Flower Mound I went home and talked to my husband and said to him watch they’re going to move our pickup location to Grapevine I’ll be damned sure cherella sends me a message saying that we going to start picking the truck up in Grapevine now Jeff only has 10 miles to work and damn how many miles at put on me to pick up in Grapevine so I’ll call Cheryl and ask her where would we get fuel oh there’s no fuel over that way another example of Injustice