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Boston —Marc Martine, senior vice president of operations at BostonCoach, passed away Aug. 14 in Morristown, N.J., due to complications resulting from cancer treatment. He was 48.
Martine spent eight years with BostonCoach, where he managed its sales, marketing, and operations activities. As senior vice president, he oversaw companywide operations, which included the dispatch centers and team of chauffeurs. Martine’s knew how to connect thousands of chauffeurs, clients, and locations to ensure that every ride was on time with a proficiency and professionalism that was to BostonCoach’s credit and its clients’ benefit.
Before he joined BostonCoach, Martine was a fleet operations director for Avis, the world’s second-largest car rental company. He played a crucial role in consolidating and integrating both companies’ internal and external operations when Avis acquired Budget Rent-A-Car. As fleet operations director, Martine automated more than 100 of Avis’ domestic fleet services centers, and also helped improve both the efficiency and profitability of underperforming locations.
Martine is survived by his wife Phyllis and two sons.
A memorial Mass was held Aug. 23 at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Sparta, NJ.
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Portsmouth, N.H. — The LMC Group hosted a pre-launch event Aug. 13 at the One Hundred Club, which included speakers, discussions, and one-on-one sessions for a small gathering of operators and vendors representing regions throughout the country.
A number of speakers were on hand to address the key issues that livery companies are currently facing: Grace Limousine CEO and LMC Founding Partner Michael Campbell discussed the state of the industry; LMC Founder Kristen Carroll covered practices for effective risk management; Lenore D’Anzieri, former Driving Results co-founder and the new CEO of Cognizant Strategy Management, spoke about business-development trends in the current travel and booking climate; and Commonwealth Worldwide CEO Dawson Rutter talked about the National Limousine Association’s white paper on transportation networking companies.
While the consulting firm is already available to offer its services, the daylong event provided the team at LMC with operator evaluations that ensure the organization is heading in the right direction before hosting a full launch.
“We intended to have a very small group of some of the best folks in the industry, people that we have personal relationships with that can give us feedback on our content and help us even improve that, so that was a great success,” Campbell says. “Everyone who was there gave really positive feedback as far as what they gleaned from the event.”
The event provided networking opportunities, as well as discussions among the attendees themselves and sessions with the available consultants to address operators’ most pressing concerns.
“Attending the LMC pre-launch event allowed me to connect with several expert consultants in a single day, all under one roof,” says Derek Maxwell, CEO of Maxwell Unified Networks. “The intimate setting also placed me in the company of industry greats, allowing me to share in their successes and challenges.”
The LMC Group was created to harness its consultants’ range of experience to provide advice, guidance, and knowledge to companies within the transportation industry.
“I have a team of 10 consultants working with me, from all different backgrounds and skill sets, from within and beyond this industry, and we are well-positioned to help ensure this industry weathers the current storm of regulation and market infringement—and that it comes out stronger than ever,” says Carroll. “We are also partnering with other great industry leaders to ensure that knowledge and resources are accessible to every operator, hoping to maximize their full potential and secure a solid and risk-free future.”
While the event gave those in attendance a sounding board for their biggest challenges, Carroll feels that the pre-launch benefited her and the LMC Group, too.
“The passion that the owners and operators bring to their work is invigorating,” she says. “I am so grateful to those who attended our pre-launch event. They helped shape our vision and mission, and I look forward to future opportunities to network, learn, and share inspiration.”
Visit liverymanagement.com for more information.
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Roswell, GA — Ownersite Technologies announces the public beta release of its vehicle maintenance management software solution for fleets and consumers. This update includes an all‐new interface as well additional functionality, such as manufacturer-recommended service intervals, vehicle archiving, management dashboards, and mobile-friendly responsive design.
“This is the most important and comprehensive update to the functionality and user experience for Ownersite.com in our history,” says Steven Eppinger, founder of Ownersite Technologies. “The product has literally been rebuilt from the ground up based on customer feedback and industry requirements. The result is that members can navigate at a faster pace and on a broader range of devices to update information and track their vehicles in the most effective way possible.”
Additional functionality includes performance improvements, as well as configurable reminder notification periods, the ability to upload user and vehicle images, an improved reminder interface and calculation methodology, new user/group access rights methodology, and the ability to add new vehicles and service intervals by Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
“Managing a small fleet of limousines, Ownersite.com has provided me with a convenient and value‐added way of reminding us when our vehicles are in need of maintenance, or even if there is a recall that we might not have otherwise heard about,” says Nina Gass, a long‐time user of the Ownersite.com portal and early beta tester. “While I thought it was easy to use before, the brand-new interface has made it even better to track our vehicles. The additional features have helped increase efficiency in terms of staying current on our maintenance, tracking fuel consumption, and ensuring that our vehicles retain their value.”
Visit ownersite.com for more information.
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