Aftermarket Veteran Joins Wade & Partners

Flowers to Complement Fleet Marketing Capabilities

Elgin, Il (March 1, 2010): Wade & Partners, the heavy duty marketing consulting firm, has announced the addition of another aftermarket veteran to their experienced lineup.

Lew Flowers has more than 35 years of experience in fleet maintenance management and HD fleet operations training. He is widely regarded for his operations review facilitations, which focus on the elimination of waste and its associated costs in fleets of all sizes.

Flowers comes to Wade and Partners from HD America were he was Business Development Manager. Flowers has been Manager of Vehicle Maintenance for the Oklahoma District of the US Postal Service.  He has held several positions with ATA’s Technology and Maintenance Council including General Chairman.  He also has been awarded the TMC Silver Spark Plug and the Peggy Fisher Study Group Leadership Award.  In 2007 Lew received CCJ’s Career Leadership Award. 

Additionally, Flowers’ involvement with TMC and the development of the ATA-VMRS system has put him at the forefront of the push for systems upgrades and support for heavy truck maintenance.

“I am personally thrilled to have the chance to work even more closely with Lew” said Bill Wade, Managing Partner. “His talents and experience are a perfect fit with the expertise offered by our other partners. I don’t think other firms can offer anywhere near the specialized advice and integrated support at all levels and channels within the heavy truck parts and service market”.

Flowers will continue to operate from his home office location in Oklahoma City. Direct contact is:

Lew Flowers   405-623-7572   lewflowers@cox.net

Wade&Partners specializes in management services for parts aftermarkets worldwide, assisting with aftermarket issues such as entry-level training, unexpected growth opportunities, strategic development, due diligence, startup or turnaround counsel, brand building and restoration.

Details on the company’s areas of expertise, recent publications and articles can be found at www.wade-partners.com.