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Celebrating 25 years in the transportation industry, ALLSTAR Chauffeured Services primarily services the Detroit, Michigan area, but continues to expand its area covering out of state trips to New York, Washington D.C., and Cleveland. The company currently employs 71 people and has a total fleet of 47 vehicles including eight motorcoaches. They began purchasing coaches in 2016 with two new Van Hool models.
“ALLSTAR provides a great example of how traditional limousine companies are entering the full-size coach market and succeeding,” said ABC Companies Senior Vice President of Midwest-Southwest Region Brenda Borwege. “They are offering an upscale Van Hool coach product and complimenting it with their successful business model of focusing on the service side of the business to enhance the client experience.”
“Whether you are riding in one of our executive sedans or a full-size coach, you will enjoy the luxury of a high-end chauffeured experience. Our clients are used to luxuries such as full-leather seating, technology, and other amenities that we are very pleased to also be able to offer on a full-size coach,” adds ALLSTAR Chief Financial Officer and Managing Partner Jason Fritz.
ALLSTAR is known for leveraging technology to improve the customer experience both pre- and during transportation. Prior to travel, clients have the ability to track their vehicles arrival via a mobile app or with the link in their email confirmation. Customer alerts can be setup by email or text to notify them of a vehicles status as well. Inside their new coaches, clients will also enjoy the onboard technologies, including Wi-Fi, Roku for streaming services, satellite radio, and on-board TV’s.
“We purchased our first two full-size coaches from ABC in 2016 and have not been disappointed. The service and support that we continue to receive from the ABC team, made where to purchase our new coach from an easy decision,” stated Fritz about his decision to work with ABC. “Getting parts and service has always been very easy. Our coach parts are shipped quickly, and someone has always been available to answer and service questions we have.”
ALLSTAR has been active members of UMA and ABA since their first coach purchase in 2016 as well as members of NLA since 1998.
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“I was truly honored to be included in this group of innovative CEOs, but even more, I appreciated the opportunity to pay homage to the incredible mentors, coworkers, and employees who have played critical roles in my success,” says Carroll. “I also enjoyed sharing my unorthodox career path—I want people to know the path to the C-suite doesn’t have follow the usual business school to MBA progression.”
Insights Success sat down with Kristen for an interview, which is available in its entirety at bit.ly/2GLZpk6.
What were some of the prime challenges and roadblocks that you faced during the initial phase of your journey?
As a non-traditional thinker, I go into each situation seeking the whys and hows of every decision and process. While this iconoclasm may have gotten me in a bit of trouble when I was starting out in my career, it has served me well in the ensuing 20 years as I find innovative solutions for our clients.
I’ve also grown in self-awareness throughout my career. I know my strengths, and I surround myself with a team whose talents and insights complement me and compensate for my shortcomings. I always recommend that CEOs hire employees who are smarter than they are!
What is your advice for emerging entrepreneurs?
Don’t spend too much time or money up front in the planning stage. Be as lean as you can and force your organization to pay for itself. Money is an object; don’t saddle yourself with grandiose plans and huge budgets. Leanness should be a core principle at all phases to remain financially healthy.
Don’t do anything that causes you to lose sleep at night. Financial decisions, ethical considerations, and the people you align yourself with are the most likely factors to rob you of your peace. Be sure you can live with the choices you make.
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“I’m thrilled to have Matt Scheuler leading the sales and strategic efforts across our bus division. Matt has demonstrated excellent leadership and results as the vice president and general manager of Collins Bus the last 5 years,” commented Walsh. “Matt has a strong skill set for process excellence needed to win in our marketplace and has built lasting and enduring relationships with our dealers and customers.”
“I’m excited for the opportunity to work with Ian and our leadership teams at each of our business units. After spending several years leading our school bus company, I’m looking forward to working across the other bus companies and aligning our strategic efforts,” added Scheuler. “REV has an excellent portfolio of products, strong leadership, and an exceptional distribution channel, which are key components to our overall success now and into the future.”
Scheuler’s responsibilities will cover REV shuttle and school bus which is comprised of some of the industry’s leading brands—Champion Bus, Collins Bus, ElDorado National-Kansas, Federal Coach, Goshen Coach, World Trans, and Krystal—that manufacture light and medium-duty commercial buses for public transit, paratransit, airport, parking, hotel/resort, group tour, assisted living, church, university transportation, and school bus markets.
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