TMC Announces 5 Winners of Silver Spark Plug

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Technology & Maintenance Council honored five people with the Silver Spark Plug, its highest honor, at the start of its annual meeting here Feb. 29.

The winners were: Curtis Cummings, advisor for maintenance support, FedEx Freight in Harrison, Arkansas; Duane Lippincott, senior project manager for UPS Inc. in Atlanta; Alex Moultanovsky, vice president for Automotive Climate Control in Elkhart, Indiana; Randy Tumbarello, maintenance director for Trimac Transportation in Gardena, California; and Richard Winters, fleet manager for Verizon Fleet Operations in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.

“Each year, TMC recognizes professional excellence in our industry with the Silver Spark Plug,” said Carl Kirk, ATA vice president of maintenance, information technology and logistics and TMC's executive director. “These five individuals represent the pinnacle of our field, and we are proud to have them as members of TMC and to honor them with this award.”

“I congratulate these tremendous individuals for their efforts to keep our trucks, and America, moving,” ATA President Bill Graves said. “Their hard work, and the hard work of the millions of Americans employed in our industry, is an example for all of us.”