Raymond M. Dotson

**** ***** *** ******, ** *****

Subject Line: Delivery Driver CDL B - Adrian MI

Carter Lumber.

I would like to express my interest in the position of Delivery Driver as posted.

My background and experiences meets and exceeds your indicated requirements.

Owner: Independent Transportation Consultant

Service to transportation, warehouse, and logistical industries, providing a tailored program or process to improve risk management, operations planning, and customer service development, logistics evaluation and process improvement, safety, compliance, leadership training and development. Professionally training and experienced in correcting and/or upgrades of FMCSA, OSHA safety rating, pro-compliance review audit, follow-up reviews, develop & implement company policies and procedures. Develop and implement company operating procedures. Clients include truckload, LTL, private carriage, for hire, specialized hauling, HM transport, oversized loads, tankers, flatbed, refrigerated units, and corporate pool vehicle operations. Specific process development for areas that need personnel and planning direction, operations development, and auditing evaluation of correction, customer growth, administrative, risk management, distribution and fleet operations. Provide group and individual training of company management and employees in the areas of compliance, accident evaluation and investigation, issues effecting company performance.

Director, Company Safety-Security-Compliance for James Burg Trucking Company., Specialized carrier of mainly steel and construction products utilizing advance high-tech lightweight equipment covering mid-west regional operation. Primary responsibility is DOT safety and compliance, with secondary function of recruitment. Safety and compliance involves all aspects of a transportation operation, DOT, EPA, OSHA, CVSA, CSA, and driver management.

Director, Northern Operations, and Corporate Safety-Security-Compliance for Benore Logistic Systems, Inc. 3PL corporation, providing transportation, warehouse, logistics planning, and contract labor service. Responsible for all driver and employee health and safety, vehicle & asset management, vendor contracts, compliance to all regulatory requirements, financials regarding budgets and expenditures.

Outbound Logistics Manager with Meijer, and the Private Fleet Director with Meijer Logistics, LLC. They are a dedicated distribution service provider for Meijer’s 181 super stores, within a five state area. Primary service to Meijer retail stores with organized vendor and backhaul operations.

Managed operations, dispatch, P&L, personnel activities, safety, compliance, health, and training for Meijer Private Fleet and a representation of corporate supply chain management. Operation consists of 5 warehouse distribution centers with delivery service of general merchandise, groceries, produce, perishable, and frozen food products.

V.P. / Corporate Director of Operations / Safety & Compliance Director for TEAM Transit, Inc. Operations, Accounts, Billing, Sales, Dispatch, Recruiting & Retention, Human Resources, Risk Management, Insurance, Maintenance Operations, Safety; OSHA, DOT, Homeland Security, and Hazardous Material Management, compliance to all insurances, permits, registrations, tax requirements for the transportation operations. Developed and implement all training requirements.

Health, Safety & Transportation Senior Safety Manager for Waste Management, Michigan Market Areas. Multi-Market Area responsibility for Health, Safety and Transportation all of Michigan. Responsibilities included health, safety, transportation, programs & procedures and training.

Michigan State Police and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, primary duty function SR/CR reviews. Lead/primary instructor for Compliance Reviews, the National Training Center, FMCSA (USDOT). Lead/primary instructor for the Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, training, many law enforcement agencies. Fatal Crash Compliance Team, lead Investigator in S/E Lower Michigan, Fatal and serious injury crashes involving CMVs. Contact person for the transportation industry reference regulations, legislation, and rulemaking. Representative to various trucking and transportation associations and group, Michigan Trucking Assoc., Michigan Towing Assoc., National Private Transportation Assoc., and many others. Division instructor for CVSA (NAS) inspections and the Hazardous Material Regulations.

First Student, Adrian-Tecumseh MI., completed driver training and received my CDL B, with P and S endorsements. Second employment with them as I drove for them before moving out of state in 2014.

Silker Pool Water LLL, drive summer seasonal delivering pool water in CDL B class tanker/roll off vehicle for the past three years.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), US Army (Reserve), Graduate of Command & General Staff College, Michigan Military Institute/Academy. Logistics and Transportation Command Officer, Director of Logistics.

I look forward to speaking with you reference these opportunities with First Transit.

Thank you.

Raymond "Mike" Dotson

517-***-**** (mobile)

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