Instructors

Prior to trucking I was a paramedic for 30 years. After driving for another trucking company I joined Leonard’s Express in 2018.

In 2020 I joined Canandaigua Driving School as a Driving Instructor. I appreciate the chance to transfer some of my knowledge and training to tomorrow’s CDL drivers.

My wife and I love to travel. On September 11, 2001 we watched the attack on TV and decided we wanted to do something different. We were both working in factories at the time. I had dreamed of driving a truck since I was little on road trips with my family. When our youngest daughter graduated high school, we enrolled in the truck driving school of one of the larger carriers. We team drove all over the country once we graduated. I enjoy sharing my knowledge so I decided to become a trainer. I trained for that company as I grew and leased my own truck on with them. After my lease was up I went on to a couple smaller companies, with every stop I trained new drivers until I bought another truck and leased it on with Landstar. I did well enough to by another truck and become a small fleet owner, another dream of mine. Finding good drivers became so difficult that I closed my company and went to work for Leonards Express as a driver and a trainer. Now I’ve moved back thru the educational chain and teach people how to be good drivers. I get great satisfaction watching people learn new skills, and truck driving can be a life changing experience.