Three top finalists selected as winners of the 2019 NationaLease Tech Challenge will represent the organization at TMC’s Annual SuperTech Competition at the organization’s fall meeting. Pictured from left to right are Dean Vicha, president, NationaLease; 1st Runner Up Brian Peters, Salem NationaLease; Top Tech Rick Davis, Hogan Truck Leasing Inc., a NationaLease Member; 2nd Runner Up Sam Hawkins, Schow’s NationaLease; Joe Puff, vice president of technology and maintenance, NationaLease.

Regional winners and finalists announced for 9th annual NationaLease Tech Challenge

May 24, 2019
Rick Davis, Brian Peters, and Sam Hawkins are headed to TMC’s SuperTech Competition.

NationaLease, one of the largest full-service truck leasing organizations in North America, announced the nine regional winners of the 2019 NationaLease Tech Challenge exam, and the three winners who were selected as top finalists following the hands-on skills competition hosted by Universal Technical Institute in Lisle, Illinois. These three top finalists will represent NationaLease at TMC’s Annual SuperTech Competition at the organization’s fall meeting, September 15-19, at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • 2019 TOP Tech: Rick Davis, Hogan Truck Leasing Inc., a NationaLease Member
  • 1st Runner Up: Brian Peters, Salem NationaLease
  • 2nd Runner Up: Sam Hawkins, Schow’s NationaLease

TOP Tech Rick Davis received prizes valued at over $4,000. Prizes for the 1st and 2nd place Runner Ups were valued at $1,200 and $1,000.

This year’s Regional Winners included:

  • Jason Stiles, VEL NationaLease
  • Timothy Lapan, Ballard Truck Leasing, a NationaLease Member
  • Cody Rakowski, Aim NationaLease
  • Brian Peters, Salem NationaLease
  • Brandon Lynn, Aim NationaLease
  • Chris Haughee, Aim NationaLease
  • Nathan Olson, GATR NationaLease
  • Richard Davis, Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member
  • Sam Hawkins, Schow's NationaLease

The NationaLease Tech Challenge, now in its ninth year, recognizes member company technicians with the opportunity to compete in a three-step process that tests their maintenance knowledge and skills in order to qualify for the title of NationaLease Top Tech. This year, a record 276 technicians participated in the challenge.

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