Ray Taylor of Evans Delivery in Kansas City Receives “Person of the Year” Award from Kansas City Transportation Association
Kansas City, MO (Mar 17, 2009) –The Kansas City Transportation Association (KCTA) recognized Ray Taylor of Evans Delivery Company as the “Person of the Year” at its annual Industry Day Expo.
The award recognizes the best overall leader of a company and a person who significantly impacted the transportation industry, according to the KCTA. The expo was held at Harrah’s Convention Center with more than 50 exhibitors.
“I quickly learned early in my career that you’ve got to be willing to do whatever is required to take care of your customers and employees,” said Ray Taylor, Vice President and General Manager of CTW and Intermodal Agent for Evans Delivery. “There were many times I would make a delivery or pick-up for a customer if we were short on drivers or we were just too busy. You must be willing to go beyond for customer satisfaction,” he continued. Ray has been with CTW for 10 years.
In December 2008, CTW’s Intermodal Business Unit became the agent for Evans Delivery, a market-leading transportation and logistics provider. Evans Network has 80 service centers across the U.S.
The company has agreements with all railroads in Kansas City to provide container drayage services at various rail ramps. Additional service offerings include warehousing, distribution, and transloading with the ability to ship and receive by rail. This service center also offers full truckload service with vans, flatbeds and heavy-hauling equipment.
Ray started in the logistics industry with the Army, driving 2 ½ ton trucks and semis pulling 5,000 gallon tankers. After active duty he was a driver for UPS. “Little did I know way back then that I would migrate through many other forms of transportation and warehousing to running a company that provides a diversified menu of logistic services,” said Ray Taylor.
Ray is married to wife, Marcia, who is a registered nurse at Providence Hospital and they have four children.
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About The Evans Network of Companies
The Evans Network of Companies is a market-leading logistics partner with revenues over $185 million. The Evans Network has a fleet of over 1,350 tractors and more than 80 service centers throughout the country, providing transportation services in the intermodal container and trailer drayage, van truckload and flatbed markets encompassing six divisions: Evans Delivery Company, West Motor Freight, All Points Transport, Hale Intermodal Trucking, Century Express and DM Transportation Management Services, a full service vendor inbound management company serving the Direct Marketing and Retail industries. Evans Network provides customer-centric service and is dedicated to the safety and recognition of its network employees, agent partners and independent contractors. For more information, visit www.evansdelivery.com.
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