Vol. 8, No. 4 — August, 2018
Ring Power Becomes Newest Vac•Con Dealer
Ring Power Utility Equipment Division recently entered into an agreement with Vac•Con to become the newest dealer in Vac•Con’s construction and utility dealer network.
"We are very excited about the opportunity to partner with Vac•Con on their hydro-excavation product line,” said Mike Beauregard, Vice President of Ring Power Utility Equipment Division. “Vac•Con is a well-respected manufacturer providing unparalleled quality backed by a best in class service team. We are always looking for products that will expand our opportunity as a complete solutions provider to our customers. Hydro excavation is becoming a necessity in many area of the U.S. and we will have the right tools for the job when our customers call."
As a Vac•Con dealer, Ring Power Utility Equipment will provide contractor end-users with the rental and sales of the Vac•Con hydro-excavation product line for primary use in the construction industry.
“Ring Power has an upstanding reputation in the construction industry, which is primed and ready for hydro-excavation machines,” said Todd Masley, Executive Vice President, Vac•Con. “Our dealer partnership with Ring Power is a strong foot forward into this sector, in which the importance of safe, non-destructive digging is becoming a resounding factor. Our hydro-excavation machines, both truck and trailer-mounted, are designed to function as either individual machines or in tandem with traditional methods of digging often seen on the job site. Ultimately, we see this opportunity with Ring Power propelling us into a new market with confident optimism of the results to follow.”
The hydro-excavation portfolio includes the X-Cavator™ and Mudslinger™ machines. The X-Cavator from Vac•Con is a truck-mounted hydro-excavation machine designed to handle tough jobs but with the utmost precision including trenching, potholing, daylighting, exposing underground utilities, oil and gas distribution lines, and much more.
Don't Miss Out on Opportunity to Save $300
on 2019 Health Insurance Premiums
Your well-being is important to us, and Ring Power has introduced a variety of incentives to promote wellness over the years. We hope that you are aware of any personal health concerns and making the necessary changes in your lifestyle to achieve and maintain good health. Accordingly, during the open enrollment sessions last Fall we offered the opportunity to receive a $300 annual credit applied to your 2019 monthly health insurance contributions. Many of you have fulfilled this requirement already. For those of you that have not yet taken advantage of this offer, the good news is, there is still time to earn this credit.
If you complete (1) a biometric screening and (2) the online Health Risk Assessment (HRA) by September 30, 2018, you will qualify for the health insurance credit to be applied to your 2019 contributions.
The biometric screening can be completed in one of two ways:
1. Visit a Quest Lab through the RPC program (important) - see page 5 in the updated Benefits Guide for details to complete. The updated benefits guide can be found on the Wellness tab on the employee intranet. To earn credit for the biometric screening through the Quest Lab Option, you must schedule your appointment through the Ring Power Quest Lab program. This option allows you to make your appointment at Quest without visiting your physician. If you visit your physician, you must return a Physician Verification Form to receive credit OR visit your doctor and complete/return the Preventative Exam Form to Bailey Mullin at The Bailey Group or Shelley Minzenberg at WCC.
2. The HRA may be completed through Florida Blue by going to your Florida Blue online account by September 30, 2018. Instructions to complete this activity are in Page 4 of the updated Wellness Guide.
Ring Power has been working with The Bailey Group to look for more specific ways to promote wellness in the coming years. Once a reliable activity tracking application is established, we intend to introduce a more specific way for monitoring and recognizing your efforts over time. However, for the 2019 benefits year, we will only require the two items mentioned above. As always, we hope that healthy living becomes your lifestyle so that you can be an active, vibrant family member and member of the Ring Power team for many years ahead.
If you have any questions regarding wellness or the wellness insurance credit program, please contact Shelley Minzenberg at extension 1248.
Think of the things you do with your hands, both on and off the job. These ‘tools’ are essential for most of us to earn a living, but also for eating and personal care, caressing a loved one’s cheek, engaging in our recreational activities, just about everything! Trying to get through a day with an injured hand is extremely frustrating. Imagine having to do that for the rest of your life.
Hand injuries are the most common injury we see at Ring Power. It accounted for 29% of our injuries in 2017 and 20% so far this year. We believe that the increased use of gloves and better awareness has contributed to this decline, but we still have a long ways to go. Given how much we depend on our hands, shouldn’t we take as good of care of them as we do our eyes? Safety glasses use is way up, and we haven’t had a single eye injury this year, compared with three for 2017!
Applying this same logic to hands, we can continue to see a decrease in hand injuries, both on and off the job with an increase in wearing the right hand protection. Choose gloves that match the hazard. Leather gloves can protect against cuts and abrasions, for example. We know that gloves aren’t “one size fits all.” Neither are they one glove fits all hazards.
Lakeland Demo Day a Success for CRS Team
The Lakeland branch hosted a Cat Rental Store demo day Wednesday, July 25, inviting customers from the Polk County area and beyond to check out some of the offerings and new deals available.
Despite rainy conditions off and on throughout the day, the event was a success with a few dozen customers coming by to check out the Cat Rental Store offerings, play in the dirt a little and enjoy a lunch hot off the grill courtesy of the team at the Lakeland branch.
“We were very pleased with the turnout at the Lakeland Demo Day,” said West Region Cat Rental Store Sales Manager, Drew Cisel. “Several customers were able to operate a variety of equipment and we were also able to generate some sales and leads. Thanks to everyone for making this event a success.”
The Cat Rental Store also held a social media contest asking customers that attended the event to tag Ring Power and use a series of hashtags to enter the contest. The winner, Frank Hallock of Hallock Enterprises Inc., took home a brand new Yeti cooler.
Frank Hallock, winner of the Lakeland Demo Day social media contest, picks up his prize with Tampa Cat Rental Store Inside Sales Rep., Charles Davis
Organization Updates
Heavy Equipment
Dan Patin has joined Ring Power as Assistant Heavy Equipment and Mining General Service Manager, working out of WCC location and reporting to Larry Perdue. Dan has worked in the heavy equipment and the mining industry for 21 years. Prior to coming to Ring Power, Dan spent 21 years with Caterpillar. He began his career with Caterpillar in 1997 after graduating from Michigan Technological University with a mechanical engineering degree. Dan served in various product support and sales areas at Caterpillar, including roles as a machine service representative; warranty manager; and more than six years as a mining product support manager.
Nimsay Montgomery has joined the WCC marketing department as Heavy Equipment Marketing Liaison, reporting to Mark Pearson. A graduate of the University of North Florida, she brings with her more than a decade of experience developing and implementing strategic marketing campaigns for several large companies. Nimsay will work closely with the heavy equipment team to plan, build and manage marketing strategies and communication, to achieve established business goals.
Andy Carothers has been named Sarasota Product Support Sales Representative, reporting to Mark Newman. Andy has been in the heavy equipment industry for more than 23 years. He joined Ring Power’s Sarasota branch in 2011, working as a Field Service Tech II. In 2014, Andy moved to Tech I status and took on additional responsibilities as Branch Task Trainer. Since 2015, he has served as Sarasota’s Heavy Equipment Service Manager.
Cat Rental Store
James Branch has been named Tampa Sales Coordinator, reporting to Nathan Thomas. A graduate of the University of Central Florida, James joined Ring Power in October 2017. He previously worked as a Sales Coordinator for the Brooksville branch.
Ty Price has joined the Cat Rental Store as Orlando Sales Coordinator, reporting to Ryan Schmidt. A graduate of the University of Central Florida, he previously worked as a junior commercial real estate broker, specializing in industrial property sales and leasing.
Greg Sagosz has taken on the role of Palm Bay Sales Coordinator reporting to Ryan Schmidt. He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. Prior to joining Ring Power, Greg served as an Infantry Team Leader in the United States Marine Corps.
Lift Truck
Ben Herhold has been named Narrow Aisle Warehouse Specialist, reporting to Joe DeJohn. Ben, who has been with Ring Power Lift Trucks since 2015, most recently served as a Territory Account Manager. In his new role, Ben will assist customers throughout Florida in optimizing warehouse space utilization. With the use of industry-leading warehouse and narrow aisle forklift technology, he will provide customers with solutions that maximize warehouse space and efficiency, while increasing productivity.
Ring Power on Prominent display at jumbo Shrimp game
A few members of our Cat Rental Store team caught up the Jumbo Shrimp’s mascot, Southpaw, at the game. Pictured L-R: Luke Pritchett, John DeWitt, Southpaw, John Masley, and Jeff Osborne.
Employees and area fans came out the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, Sunday, July 15, to watch the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp take on the Biloxi Shuckers. Previously known as the Jacksonville Suns, the Jumbo Shrimp are Jacksonville’s minor league baseball team. Ring Power was a proud sponsor of the Jumbo Shrimp’s game against the Shuckers. Before the game, fans had a chance to checkout a display of Cat Compact equipment, and members of our Cat Rental Store team were on hand to answer any questions. Jeff Osborne (WCC CRS Account Manager), made his minor league debut by throwing out the first pitch. Throughout the game Ring Power’s logo was displayed prominently on the scoreboard for all fans to see. Unfortunately, the Jumbo Shrimp were defeated (6-4) by the Shuckers. However, it was a win for Ring Power and all the fans who had a day of fun at the game.
PSD ISR Attends Boot Camp in Raleigh
WCC PSD Inside Sales Rep Miles Phillips (pictured right with VP Air Compressor Sales, Roger Adkins), attended Caterpillar’s Inside Sales Rep Boot Camp held in Raleigh, N.C. May 14-18.
Phillips said the five-day training session was spent learning cold-calling techniques, how to be conversational with potential customers and getting feedback from other sales reps on live calls to customers.
He said his biggest takeaway from the boot camp was how to keep the customer engaged on a phone call to find out a customer’s pain points and needs.
“Once you can figure that out in a conversation-type setting, you can find out what we can do to help them as a business,” Phillips said.
kudos & Thank yous
Hats off to Adam Landers (Rhode Island ES Tech I) for going above and beyond to exceed his customer’s expectations! For Adam’s dedication to customer loyalty, he has earned his first Top Cat gold seal!
Congratulations to Raphael Phillip (Pompano LT Shop Service Leadperson) on receiving his first Top Cat gold seal! Raphael consistently goes the extra mile for his customer’s and provides the top-notch service Ring Power is known for.
SERVICE AWARDS
Congratulations to...
Lonnie Roberts (Jax LT Master FS Tech), left, receiving his award from Rusty Davis for completing 40 years of service April 22.
Dennis Ryan (Tampa HE Used Equip. Mgr., South), left, receiving his award from Frank Streva for completing 30 years of service in May.
Tracey Shiflet (Lakeland HE PSSR), pictured center on the right, receiving her award for completing 30 years of service July 6.
Gabe Sacco (St. Augustine Asst. Tech Training Mgr.), pictured fourth from left, receiving his award from Chip Handley for completing 30 years of service.
Charlie Davis (Sarasota CRS Service Tech I), left, receiving his award from Butch Peterson for completing 30 years of service in July.
Charlie Brown (Tampa HE FS Tech II), left, receiving his award from Matt Harden for completing 30 years of service June 2.
Chris Hobbs (Lakeland Parts Service Expediter), left, receiving his award from Austin Touchton and David Collins for completing 25 years of service June 3.
Robert Burkhead (Jax LT General Mgr.), center, receiving his award from David Alban and Kevin Robbins for completing 25 years of service.
Ed Edwards (Orlando PSD Service Shop Leadperson), left, receiving his award from Ken Potts for completing 25 years of service June 10.
Frank Verk (Palm Bay HE Service Manager) left, receiving his award from Sammy Simmons for completing 20 years of service in July.
Ginger Potter (Tampa PSD Sales Project Mgr.), right, receiving her award from Jonathan Long for completing 20 years of service June 8.
Mike Beauregard (Jax Utility Division Mgr.), right, receiving his award from Kevin Robbins for completing 15 years of service June 9.
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Kelly Monahan (Phoenix Sales Inventory Admin), left, receiving her award from Bob Delp for completing 10 years of service May 21.
Matt Lafleur (WCC Telecom Mgr.), center, receiving his award from Shane McLaughlin and April Rado for completing 10 years of service July 17.
Cliff Mills (WCC EP/Ind. Sales), left, receiving his award from Keith Moore for completing 10 years of service June 9.
Deborah Lashinski (Ocala Facilities Team Lead), right, receiving her award from James Byrne for completing 10 years of service June 16.
Charles Angeley (Pompano Crane Tech I), left, receiving his award from Adam Whittaker for completing 10 years of service May 27.
Devin Rawn (Tampa Training Instructor), left, receiving his award from Abel Posada for completing 5 years of service May 29.
Paul Spry (NC Master Crane Tech), right, receiving his award from Joe Mangum for completing 5 years of service July 8.
Robert Whittington (Phoenix Service Fabricator), receiving his award for completing 5 years of service June 17.
Ed Sanford (WCC Human Resources Mgr.), right, receiving his award from David Alban for completing 5 years of service June 17.
Jody Wagstaff (Lakeland Shipping & Recv. Assoc.), center, receiving his award from Austin Touchton and David Collins for completing 5 years of service June 17.
Candice Byrd (ES Jr. Accounting Clerk), third from left, receiving her award from Jay Williams for completing 5 years of service June 20. Pictured L-R: Jay Williams, Clayton Blacksford, Candice Byrd, Brenda Baker, Tiffany Minor, Jimmy Gonzalez.
Drew Sellers (WCC Transport Dispatch Supervisor), right, receiving his award from Steve Hiers for completing 5 years of service July 1.
Justin Wright (Orlando HE Service Tech II), left, and Mika Hyytiainen (Orlando HE Service Tech II), right, receiving their awards from Dan Jung for completing 1 year of service in June.
Cody Veal (Phoenix Leadperson), right, receiving his award from Zanin Basic for completing 1 year of service June 19.
Louis Aguilar (Tampa Service Laborer), left, receiving his award from Brent Kelley for completing 1 year of service in August.
Gary Chatman (Orlando Tool Room Attendant), left, receiving his award from Dan Jung for completing 1 year of service June 19.
Neal Lewis (Tampa Air Compressor Dispatcher) left, receiving his award from Josh Stockwell for completing 1 year of service July 5.
Laura Rhodes (Ocala RUP Inventory Specialist), center, receiving her award from James Byrne and Deborah Lashinski for celebrating 1 year of service May 8.
Lisa Robbins (WCC CRS Inventory/Admin Coordinator) right, receiving her award from Marc Fowler from completing 1 year of service May 15.
New Places
austin adams WCC HE FS Tech II
andrew bowyer Ocala HE FS Tech II
william broughton Tampa Facilities Building Tech A
Kevin burke Orlando ES Entertainment Tech I
andrew carothers Sarasota HE PSSR
cory cason Tampa Dragline Assistant Parts Manager
james collins Tampa LT PSSR
brenda elder-antao WCC Paralegal
nathaniel farber NJ ES Entertainment Tech I
mark foster Palm Bay HE PM Tech
luis friedrich Orlando ES Entertainment Tech II
Carolos Garcia Pompano Dragline FS Tech I
John Hamelink Ocala HE Service Welder I
Joel Hindmarsh WCC HE FS Tech II
Austin Knighten WCC Crane Service Tech III
Gregory Leonard Tampa HE PM Tech
Matthew Lujan Texas ES Entertainment Tech II
Raymond Micale Orlando ES Entertainment Tech II
William Revert Orlando ES Entertainment Tech I
Laura Rhodes Ocala RUP Used Parts Inventory Specialist
Tracy Richards WCC Claims Administrator
Jose Romo Texas ES Entertainment Tech I
Jason Rundle Tampa Marketing Supervisor
Brian Shaffer WCC HE Component Specialist II
Gerald Smith Lake City CRS FS Tech I
Ethan Thompson WCC HE Component Specialist III
Tristan Vickers Orlando Truck Service Tech II
Trent Wainwright Jax CRS Service Tech II
George White Texas ES Entertainment Tech I
NEW FACES
Anthony Bikowski WCC Network Administrator
Trenton Burns Jax Phoenix Service Welder III
Kaelon Ethridge-Lucas Tampa Sitech Elec. Bench Test Trainee
Alejandro Francisco Juan Jax Phoenix Service Welder III
Megan Gajewski Orlando HE Admin Assistant
Michael Johnson Jr. Brooksville CRS Sales Coord
Timothy Lentini Orlando ES Entertainment Tech III
Daniel Martucci Tampa Facilities Floor Tech
Lee Oliver Tampa Facilities Team Leader
Michael Pancari Orlando ES Entertainment Tech II
Dan Patin WCC Assistant HE & Mining General Service Manager
James Pellens Tampa HE Service Tech III
Mark Pierce Orlando HE FS Tech II
Gregory Sagosz Palm Bay CRS Sales Coord
Javier Salas Torrees Orlando Truck Service Tech II
Dakota Scott Orlando Generator Service Tech II
Steven Severance Jax Phoenix Service Welder III
Ronald Roy Jr. WCC PC Support Specialist
In Memoriam
We were stunned and deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Billy Wingate Saturday, July 21. A Florida native, Billy’s first job after graduating high school in 1978 was as a Mechanic Trainee with Rozier Machinery. He moved to positions of increasing responsibility at Rozier, then Ringhaver in 1986 and ultimately as an Assistant General Service Manager at Ring Power after the merger in 2004. Since 2014, Billy served as Surface Mining Division Manager working out of the Tampa location. To those of us who knew Billy well, he brought a spark of life and fun in all of his interactions. He led by example and was diligent in his efforts to exceed the expectations of those appointed over him. A devoted member of the Ring Power team for more than 40 years, Billy was always deeply committed to the success of the company. His friendly character, integrity, and diligence made a significant positive impact on all those who have had the privilege to work with him. Billy was just 58 years of age and is survived by his parents Willie and Lavone, his wife of 40 years Ravanna, sons Billy Jr., James and Royce, and 13 grandchildren. Billy will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.
Reader Challenge:
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Below are two photos. The top photo is an unaltered photo of the north lot at the Tampa branch. The bottom photo has been messed up by Matt the Mad Marketing Man. All you have to do is find all 7 differences between the two photos.
Just email a description or screenshot of the 7 differences to matt.shelley@ringpower.com. All correct entries will be entered into a drawing to win this Cat license plate. Entries must be received by September 4.
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