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Chuck Wirth

DRIVING GROWTH AND VALUE, USING BUSINESS

AGILITY, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, LEADERSHIP,

AND ACCOUNTABILITY SKILLS AND ETHICS

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Accomplished C-Level Executive Business Leader who leverages resourcefulness and strategic professionalism coupled with proven experience supporting diversified teams and driving efficient organizational growth strategies and operational team process improvements. A demonstrated history of enabling operational team management, employee development, organizational growth, and process improvements by identifying performance gaps and implementing innovative solutions and displaying marked leadership skills. Possessing strong abilities to resolve a diverse array of technical, personnel, and stakeholders’ issues. Skilled professional with a proven background of leading high-performing teams, aimed at advancing organization’s mission and meeting strategic objectives. Calmly tackles extremely tough projects and achieves impactful results. Seeking a challenge with an organization that demands a commitment to success from a management individual who can make a difference. Notable Accomplishments and strengths:

• Propelling Revenue Growth and Margins: Drove 5x revenue growth for AIT through organic growth and greenfields with disciplined strategic focus on increasing volume while managing measurable margin improvement. Established KPIs to pursue incremental advancements for Swift Academy.

• Protecting Business Value: Sustained growth at AIT by constructing, from both internally and externally, a group of passionate corporate leaders with values consistent with culture of results. Marketing, Sales, Financing, Operations, Administration all embracing the roles needed for the success of the organization while ensuring quality service and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

• Overcoming Business Challenges: Innovated method of delivery of training curriculum at onset of Covid, allowing Swift Academy to resume business within one week of mandated shutdown. Successfully transitioned customer accounts from an antiquated ineffective system, holding some 10,000 records, to a real-time database system increasing tracking, reporting, and insight of customer behaviors.

• Driving Performance Improvement: Developed financial reporting and analysis leading to improved accountability for appropriate Key Performance Indicators, such as cost be customer, cost per operational performance, and cost per asset, etc. These data elements held the business operators accountable for efficiency and identified areas for improvement. Over five years of using this KPI information and accountability the cost of operating the Swift academies was reduced by 71%.

• Advancing Business Growth: As principal of AIT accomplished 5x growth strategy of adding 5 locations without incurring any debt.

Expertise for Key Business Impact

Business Operations Management

Data Analysis Identifying

Opportunities

Workforce Management

Continuous Process Improvement

Employee Development

Strategic Partnerships

Problem Resolution

Strategic Planning & Execution

Budgeting

Project Management

KPI and Accountability

Ethical Practices

Cross-Functional Development

Constructive Employee

Relations

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Accounting

P&L Accountability and

Controls

Change Management

Risk Analysis

Role Modeling

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Who really is Chuck Wirth; by Chuck Wirth

• Has a comprehensive track record of promotion to assignments of increasing authority and responsibility,

• Is a creative strategist who understands the long-range implications of actions and decisions,

• Has an immense ability to swiftly grasp, analyze complex issues, and act as a strategic problem solver,

• Is constantly seeking new intellectual challenges and sets very high standards for himself,

• Is most satisfied in environments that support high intellectual pursuits and achievements,

• Enjoys mastering new technologies and using creativity to solve complex or theoretical problems,

• Is immensely communicative, with a strong understanding of the best approach for interfacing and building relationships that drive customer engagement,

• Is well-organized with exceptional detail orientation and planning skills,

• Is a highly developed leader, employee trainer and skilled at role-modeling. Professional Experience

Vice President of Driver Training Programs August 2018 to November 2023 Swift Transportation of Arizona LLC. Phoenix, AZ Role

• Construct company training delivery methodology with adaptive curriculum.

• Increase effectiveness and efficiency of the ten Swift Driving Academies located throughout the US.

• Develop the leadership group and staff consisting of 100 associates.

• Negotiate and implement contract training agreements with outside training vendors.

• Implement KPIs and monthly operating financial review, establish annual and monthly budget.

• Develop the Sr. Director of Academy of Operations, for Succession.

• Effectively manage an annual budget of $30M.

Owner President April 1991 to July 2018

American Institute of Trucking, Inc. (AIT) Phoenix, AZ Role

• Develop long range and daily operations and financial stability of the company.

• Oversee two successful acquisitions.

• Develop effective strategies that elevate AIT to a nationally renowned driver training institute.

• Grow organization from one location to a multi-location postsecondary educational institution, without incurring debt.

• Grow AIT into a national brand with a reputation for producing some of the best entry-level truck drivers.

• Achieve accredited status along with certification from the US Department of Education to offer Federal Student Aid Programs at all campuses.

• Was employed as Program Director and ascended to an equity position within a few years. Outside Involvement

Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI) Past Team Leader Board Member – 2005 to 2014 2022 to Current Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA) Founding Member Third Party CDL Testing Agent (3rd Party Tester) for Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and California Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) National Advocates for the Advancement of New Drivers (NAAND) Arizona Trucking Association (ATA) Board Member 1998 - 2000 American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)

Truckload Carrier Association (TCA) Truck School member 2011 - 2023 Education

Business Administration and Accounting Harrison Business College, Indianapolis, IN

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