5 W hat mak e s an or ganiz ation suc c e s s ful W hile ther e ar e man y f act or s t o c onsid er the single mo s t impor t an t r e as on f or c omp an y suc c e s s is it s people Or ganiz ations in all indus trie s look f or c ompe titiv e adv an t age s and in v e s t in ar e as o f s ale s pr oduct de v elopmen t mark e ting e t c B ut the single mo s t im por t an t in v e s tmen t an or ganiz ation c an mak e is in it s emplo y ee s Driv e Pr oduct s is v ery f or t unat e t o ha v e emplo y ee s that ar e dedic at ed and c om mit t ed t o s eeing the or ganiz ation suc c eed W e ar e pr oud t o ha v e a div er s e and t alen t ed emplo y ee b as e that is a c ombination o f y outh ful ener gy kno wl edge and e xperienc e Our abilit y t o pr o vide the highe s t le v el o f c us t omer s ervic e t o our v alued c us t om er s in all f ac e t s o f our busine s s af f or ds Driv e Pr oduct s the oppor t unitie s t o fur ther gr o w and c on tinue being suc c e s s ful W e ar e pr oud o f v An HR emplo y ee b as e o f o v er 3 3 0 emplo y ee s in 8 br anche s acr o s s C anada v An emplo y ee r e t en tion r at e o f o v er 9 6 v A c ompr ehensiv e B ene ft s pr ogr am v A s t ellar He alth and S af e t y Pr ogr am with be t t er than indus try s t andar d r e sult s v A Qualit y Managemen t S y s t em which ensur e s w e ar e c on tinually impr o ving and mee ting our c us t om er s e xpect ations T he fr s t 3 0 y e ar s o f our his t ory has been a true suc c e s s W ith the help o f our single mo s t impor t an t as s e t our v al ued emplo y ee s w e look f orw ar d t o the ne xt 3 0 y e ar s and c on tinued suc c e s s C ongr at ulations t o all Riz Pr emji Dir ect or HR C omplianc e A Me s s age fr om the HR Dep ar tmen t EMPL O YEE SPO TLIGHT S Jas on Kr amer C algary Jas on s t ar t ed with Driv e in Mar ch 2 004 W ith o v er 9 y e ar s o f s ervic e Jas on has pr o v en t o be a v aluable member o f the C algary br anch w orking as a truck shop t echnician and c urr en tly as le adhand Originally fr om S ask at che w an Jas on s b ack gr ound in h y dr aulic s s erv e s us w ell in our c or e busine s s line s His hobbie s in clude w orking with c om put er s golf and r e ad ing He cheer s f or bo th the C algary S t amped er s and S ask at che w an R oughrider s which c an be c omplic at ed Ho w ar d Andr e w s Mis sis s auga Prior t o his c om ing t o Driv e in April o f 199 5 Ho w ar d w ork ed at Chas sis S ervic e with R on K edne y wher e he gr e w his kno wl edge in Hy dr aulic s T his kno wledge and e xperienc e has dir ectly c on tribut ed t o the de v elopmen t o f our busine s s and gr o wth o v er the y e ar s Ho w ar d als o has bec ome v ery pr o fcien t in s ervicing o ther line s o f the busine s s including c ompr e s s or s and blo w er s He is the le ad o f the Mis sis s auga h y dr aulic shop wher e he c on tinue s t o tr ain our s t af f in h y dr aulic tr ouble shoo ting and r ep air He enjo y s f amily time with his wif e and 3 gr o wn bo y s and in his w or ds his f a v orit e hobb y is lis t ening t o the t une s and chillin L e a P oulin Halif ax In 19 8 5 L e a began his c ar eer with a p ar t ner ship in Niagar a Driv e tr ain wher e ther e w as a clo s e s t anding r elationship with Gr eg E dmonds and Driv e Pr oduct s W ith his e xt ensiv e b ack gr ound in Driv e line C able s and Sno w plo w s in 2 00 3 Gr eg ask ed L e a t o mo v e t o Halif ax and help e s t ablish a ne w Driv e lo c ation L e a has been in Halif ax sinc e and has been a k e y c on tribut or t o gr o wing our busine s s in the Maritime s and pr o vid ing a high le v el o f s ervic e t o our v alued c us t omer s In his o f f time L e a enjo y s spending time with his f amily hiking bik e riding and fshing Jo w Miholic Mon tr e al Joe c ame t o Driv e in June o f 199 3 His b ack gr ound in driv eline c able s and gen er al h y dr aulic s w as quickly put t o us e in the gr o wth o f the Mon tr e al br anch B e ing a small br anch Joe c on tribut ed in the shop s c us t omer s ervic e and w ar e hous e Ov er the y e ar s Joe has t ak en on mor e supervis ory r ole s in the shop s has bec ome incr e asingly in v olv ed in s ervicing r e t ail w alk in c us t om er s Joe enjo y s being activ e spending time with his f amily and is an a vid c ollect or o f music and mo vie s An thon y C ampe s e E dmon t on An thon y s t ar t ed with Driv e Pr oduct s in June o f 199 4 He s t ar t ed w orking in the w ar ehous e and then made the mo v e t o le arning Driv eline An thon y has been building his skills as a Driv eline t echnician which has led him t o c urr en tly supervis ing the Driv eline shop in E dmon t on T o fur ther his skills An thon y is c urr en tly pur suing c our s e s in machining He en jo y s tr a v elling with his wif e and kids and as time per mit s cheering f or his f a v orit e hock e y t e am the C anuck s Alan T a ylor V anc ouv er Al S t ar t ed with Driv e in July o f 2 00 2 As a truck shop t echnician Al is v ery kno wl edge able in gener al h y dr aulic s and v ari ous o ther truck moun t ed equipmen t He c on tinue s t o be a v aluable c on tribut or t o the V anc ouv er Br anch In his o f f time Al en jo y s spending time with his f amily and t ak e s adv an t age o f the B C c o as t b y being activ e in all summer and win t er activitie s