In episode 32 of Fast Forward, Chris Brown sits down with Chris Conroy, who was recently appointed CEO of Holman. The pair discuss his background and path to the new position, his strategic vision for the future of Holman, and the challenges and opportunities facing the fleet management industry today.
Fast Forward connects leaders in fleet, tech, and automotive to show what the future holds for fleets of all types.
🎙Timestamps & Topics
0:00 Intro
1:00 Chris Conroy shares his background and path to the CEO position at Holman.
1:50 Conroy gets into his strategic vision for Holman.
3:30 Conroy shares immediate initiatives and long-term goals for the company.
6:35 He talks about where the industry is headed as a whole and the challenges and opportunities on the horizon.
9:10 Conroy answers how fleet managers should best prepare themselves to succeed in this evolving industry both in the immediate future and long-term.
10:55 He shares how the FMC/client relationship changing, as new technologies automate processes and the industry continues to evolve.
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6 Jun 2023
Which Technologies Deliver the Most Insights & Efficiencies for Fleets?
In episode 31 of Fast Forward, Chris Brown sits down with Marty Kuhn, president of Mike Albert Fleet Solutions, and Brian Bathe, vice president of information technology at Mike Albert Fleet Solutions. The three discuss new technologies around predictive analytics, AI, telematics, data sourcing, and connected vehicles, with the goal to better understand the solutions that are driving efficiencies and delivering insights for fleets.
Fast Forward connects leaders in fleet, tech, and automotive to show what the future holds for fleets of all types.
🎙Timestamps & Topics
0:00 Intro
1:20 Marty Kuhn looks into 2023 to identify trends, pain points, or opportunities that fleet managers should be aware of, and ways Mike Albert Fleet Solutions is addressing them.
3:30 Marty discusses the new technologies, systems, and processes that commercial/corporate fleets should be investigating that will drive new efficiencies.
10:00 Brian Bathe gets into the technologies and software systems that are essential for fleets today.
13:15 Brian discusses whether predictive analytics is moving from theory to reality for fleets to drive efficiencies, and how.
16:00 Brian discusses telematics and the newer functionalities in a telematics system that are returning a meaningful ROI, and what are next telematics integrations fleets can look forward to.
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21 Apr 2023
How Financial Sector Volatility Could Affect Fleets
In episode 30 of Fast Forward, Chris Brown discusses with Ann Brodette, Senior Vice President of Sales at Mitsubishi HC Capital America, the current volatility in the financial sector, including inflation, high interest rates, and bank failures, and what this could mean for fleets.
Fast Forward connects leaders in fleet, tech, and automotive to show what the future holds for fleets of all types.
🎙Timestamps & Topics
0:00 Intro
1:45 Ann Brodette discusses how banks will be more risk averse after recent bank failures, the recent dollar amount declines in money lent by banks, and how this could trickle down to lending limits to fleet customers.
4:30 Will these issues affect fleet operators with great credit too?
7:45 How the pending discussions in Congress to resolve the debt ceiling will affect lending.
8:25 Ann discusses outlook on inflation.
8:55 Action items for fleets on how to protect themselves in this environment.
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