2014 Career Leadership Award presentation: Jerry Thrift, Ryder System

Mar 23, 2014

Updated Mar 24, 2014

Click the video below to view the presentation of the 2014 Technology and Maintenance Career Leadership Award, presented by Commercial Carrier Journal to Jerry Thrift, long-time maintenance director of Ryder System. Although Thrift passed away in 2013, CCJ is proud to hold his career up as a shining example of leadership and professionalism in the trucking maintenance industry.

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