Orlando, Florida 鈥 Today, the 黑料不打烊鈥 Technology and Maintenance Council announced that Mark McLean, a FedEx Freight technician from Montgomery, New York, had won his third Grand Champion title at the National Technicians Skills Competitions, most in the 13-year history of the event.
鈥淎ll of the competitors at TMCSuperTech and TMCFutureTech set a professional standard for our entire industry to strive for, but Mark鈥檚 commitment to excellence raises that standard,鈥 said 黑料不打烊President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淚 want to congratulate him, and all of the competitors in Orlando for their hard work these past few days and all year round keeping America鈥檚 trucks moving.鈥
McLean led FedEx Freight to its fifth straight victory in the team competition alongside Doug Nickles. FedEx remains the only fleet to ever win the team competition since its inception five years ago.
Darrell Duggan, Wal-Mart Transportation LLC, won the TMCSuperTech Trailer Technician Competition, besting 20 other competitors.
In another history making win, Bonnie Greenwood, a student from WyoTech in Laramie, Wyoming, became the first woman to win the TMCFutureTech National Student Technician Competition.
鈥淭MC has been raising awareness about the trucking industry鈥檚 need for technicians,鈥 said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell, 鈥渢he skills demonstrated by Mark and Darrell and their fellow TMCSuperTech competitors show the talent that already exists in our industry and the proficiency Bonnie and her fellow students displayed that our industry is in good hands in the future. On behalf of the entire TMC membership, I want to congratulate them and all our participants on a tremendous competition.鈥
To see the full results of this year鈥檚 TMC National Technicians Skills Competitions, click here.
TMC is America's premier technical society for truck equipment technology and maintenance professionals. TMC features a diverse membership of equipment managers, service-dealers, owner-operators, industry suppliers and manufacturers, educators, academia and others that support the trucking industry. TMC member fleets represent the broad range of industry vocations, including truckload, less-than-truckload, municipal, private, on/off-highway, construction and other operations. Find out more about TMC online at .
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