PODS® of Medford driver wins third annual PODS® Enterprises Truck Driving Championship

April 17, 2013 - PRLog -- (CLEARWATER, Fla.) – Twenty-four of PODS’® elite drivers from across the country recently traveled to the Florida State Fairgrounds to compete in the third annual PODS® Truck Driving Championship on March 2.

During the competition, the highly-skilled drivers competed in events that are critical to providing great customer service, which included performing complicated deliveries, a written exam, navigating through an obstacle course and a challenge to maneuver PODS® containers into tight spaces using PODS’ patented PODzilla® lift system.

At the end of the day, Jason Juveland, a driver from PODS® of Medford, was victorious. Juveland, who has worked as a PODS driver for seven years, was awarded the prestigious PODS Truck Driving Championship trophy and, more importantly, company bragging rights.

“This was a fun and extremely challenging event. I'm very happy to have won this award and demonstrate the skill level that PODS drives us to achieve,” Juveland said. “All of us drivers at PODS work hard and we take pride in providing exceptional moving and storage services to our customers. It was great to see other drivers from all over the country being recognized as a valuable part of PODS."  

Juveland’s boss, PODS® of Portland General Manager Darryl Wright, said Jason is an outstanding employee and is very proud of his win.  

"Having someone with Jason's experience and knowledge of PODS is a huge benefit to the Portland area as well as the company,” said Darryl Wright, general manager of PODS of Portland. “Many of Jason’s fellow competitors at the event told me that they were glad to see him win the championship."  

Other PODS drivers who competed in his year’s competition were: Alberto Ortiz (Los Angeles), Andrew Feldman (Washington D.C.), Robert Reiff (Greater Cincinnati), Charles Kroll (Philadelphia), Daron Camacho (Central N.J.), David Chafe (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Dave Guinane (Tampa, Fla.), Dontrell Pritchett (Birmingham, Ala.), Gilbert Padilla (San Francisco), James Griffis (Charleston, S.C.), James Rusher (Louisville, Ky.), Jason Partin (Sarasota, Fla.), Jonathan Brown (Raleigh, N.C.), Julian Triguero (Los Angeles), Matthew Hall (San Diego), Paul Bozeman (Baltimore), Robert Armstrong (Seattle), Ronald Nadeau (Boston), Shawn Bussey (Dallas), Shawn Mahoney (Chicago), Thomas Coraggio (Ocala, Fla.), Vernon Peacock (Pensacola, Fla.) and William Jones (Long Island, N.Y.).

“Customer satisfaction is our number one priority at PODS and every dedicated driver goes through extensive training to meet this criteria,” said John B. Koch, President & CEO, PODS Enterprises, Inc. “Our annual truck driving competition is a fun way to bring everyone together so that they can demonstrate their exceptional skills.”  

About PODS Enterprises, Inc.
Founded in 1998, PODS currently provides moving and storage services to a population of more than 250 million consumers and businesses, in 48 U.S. states, Canada, Australia and the UK, through its company-owned and independent franchise network. To date, the PODS network has completed more than 400,000 long-distance relocations, exceeded 2.0 million deliveries and has over 145,000 PODS® containers in service.