School Bus Fleet, November 2019
Photo courtesy Thomas Built Buses Q A THOMAS BUILT VP Q A From Teacher to Tech Leader Ken Hedgecocks 40 Plus Years Serving School Transportation The Thomas Built Buses executive discusses the school buss vital role in education his role in bringing a game changing bus to the market and pupil transportations opportunity to be a clean energy leader with electric buses for college students Over the last fourplus decades he has spearheaded the manufacturers sales and marketing projects and has been instrumental in bringing new vehicles and safety technologies to the school bus market Here Hedgecock details to School Bus Fleet his passion for getting school buses to be seen as part of the education process the challenges that pupil transporters face with funding the opportu K en Hedgecock vice president of sales marketing and service for Thomas Built Buses has a long storied history with the school bus manufacturer His father Kenneth Hedgecock was hired by Jimmy Thomas a member of the Thomas family in 1958 During his 40 year tenure with the school bus manufacturer Kenneth By Nicole Schlosser Executive Editor worked as a welder an assembly technician and stock room manager Ken Hedgecock recalled that as a toddler he was brought to pick up his father from work every day and would see him walk out the lower plant door Fast forward to just after his high school graduation Hedgecock embarked on his own career at the same company his father worked at as part of a summer internship program 20 SCHOOL BUS FLEET NOVEMBER 2019 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM
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