The Fleet Success Show

What happens when one fleet director is asked to unite four divisions that have never worked together? Live from Connect 2026, Marc Canton talks with Luke Conway, Fleet Director for Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County in Indianapolis, about building a fleet department from scratch. Luke’s fleet covers a county hospital, EMS, public health, and a brand-new police department: about 450...

Almost every organization runs a personally owned vehicle (POV) program, even the ones that say they don’t. Someone drives to a conference. An inspector drives to a job site. A department decides it would rather not park a branded vehicle out front. Before long, there’s a fleet on the road that nobody is managing. In this episode of The Fleet Success Show, host Marc Canton, VP of Fleet Strategy at...

Bob explains how the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) impacts state fleets, why hybrid vehicles receive different compliance treatment than certain alternative fuel vehicles, and why state fleet leaders are advocating for change. They also explore the hidden costs of alternative fuel adoption, the importance of total cost of ownership, and how telematics can strengthen driver accountability, improve fuel...

Marc, Nathan, and Scott explore why fleet metrics need context, how something as seemingly straightforward as PM compliance can tell different stories depending on how it’s measured, and why availability remains such an important indicator of operational performance. But the conversation goes beyond KPIs. Nathan makes the case that strong relationships with user departments, finance, HR, risk, and...

The role of the fleet manager is changing fast. Today’s fleet leaders aren’t just expected to understand vehicles and maintenance—they’re being asked to lead people, analyze data, adopt new technology, manage risk, communicate with stakeholders, and increasingly, understand how to put AI to work. In this episode of The Fleet Success Show , RTA’s Marc Canton sits down with Vadim Rodin, Director of...

Vehicles are getting smarter, but what does that mean for the people driving and managing them? In Episode 248 of **The Fleet Success Show**, Marc Canton and Tony Yankovic talk about new and emerging vehicle technology, including fingerprint and retinal recognition, driver monitoring, connected diagnostics, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and remote vehicle controls. They look at both sides of t...

In this episode of The Fleet Success Show , Marc, RTA’s VP of Fleet Strategy, puts Nathan’s 25 years of fleet experience to the test with a provocative question: Should one of fleet’s biggest internal customers also be its boss? Nathan spent years managing a city fleet that reported through Public Works. He had strong leadership and a positive working relationship—but still experienced some of the...

The answer can have significant implications for vehicle replacement planning, residual value, total cost of ownership, warranty coverage, fleet availability, and long-term capital planning . Marc Canton is joined by Sara Burnam, Scott Conlon, Drew Morrow, and Jake Johnson to examine the issue from public-sector, consulting, heavy-duty, emergency-management, and fleet-operations perspectives. The...

In this episode of The Fleet Success Show , RTA Fleet’s Marc Canton and Marc Knight break down fleet cost allocation, chargebacks, and billing, and explain why these financial practices are about much more than moving money between accounts. A properly structured fleet chargeback system helps recover the full cost of operating the fleet, including costs that are easy to overlook. Fuel, for example...

What happens when a guy who wanted to be a city planner ends up running a food distributor's delivery trucks, gets mentored by two of the most influential minds in fleet consulting, and spends the next three decades building the software that public fleets run on? You get this episode. Marc Canton sits down with Marc Knight, who works on RTA's product, roadmap, and enterprise team, for a career-sp...

Should every fleet maintenance work order end with an inspection? Yes—but that doesn’t mean every vehicle needs a full preventive maintenance inspection every time it enters the shop. In Episode 243 of The Fleet Success Show , host Marc Canton talks with Drew Morrow, Fleet Success Manager at RTA Fleet , about why an appropriate inspection should be part of every fleet work order—and how documented...

Every motor pool eventually hits the same wall: you either buy enough vehicles to cover your busiest day, or you accept that some days you'll come up short. On this episode of The Fleet Success Show, host Marc Canton (VP of Product and Consulting at RTA Fleet) sits down with Sebastian Reszka, who leads public sector sales at Uber, to talk about a third option: using Uber for Business as a flex lay...

Fleet may be a small world, but Utah shows just how powerful that network can become. In this episode of The Fleet Success Show , Marc Canton is joined by Steve Saltzgiver and Nathan Schafer to look back at decades of fleet management in Utah and the systems, relationships, and leadership that helped shape the state’s fleet community. Steve shares the story of his time with the State of Utah, incl...

Is AI really coming for fleet technicians? Or is it about to make them more valuable than ever? Recorded live from the Government Fleet Expo (GFX) in Long Beach, California, Marc Canton and Facundo Tassara have an unscripted conversation covering the biggest trends shaping the future of fleet management. From artificial intelligence and robotics to technician shortages, fleet analytics, benchmarki...

What happens when a longtime fleet leader admits they were completely wrong about electric vehicles? In Episode 239 of The Fleet Success Show, Facundo Tassara sits down with Jen Brown, Facilities and Fleet Section Director for the City of Flagstaff, to discuss one of the biggest mindset shifts happening in public fleet today. After spending decades believing EVs weren't the future of fleet managem...

What does it take to manage one of the most unique fleet operations in government? In this episode of the Fleet Success Show, host Marc Canton sits down with Jeffrey Dickman, Equipment Shop Supervisor for the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry, to discuss the realities of maintaining a prison fleet with the help of inmate mechanics. Jeff oversees maintenance operations at...

After more than 40 years in fleet management, Patti Earley has seen just about everything: from managing a statewide fleet consolidation to leading fleet fuel operations for Florida Power & Light (FPL) through hurricane response and emergency operations. In this episode of The Fleet Success Show, Women in Fleet Series, Patti shares the lessons she's learned throughout her career, why stepping outs...

Artificial intelligence is changing fleet management faster than most organizations realize. But can AI—and eventually humanoid robots—actually solve the fleet technician shortage? In this episode of The Fleet Success Show , host Marc Canton sits down with Jacob Turley, VP of Innovation at RTA Fleet , live from the Government Fleet Expo (GFX), to explore what AI means for public sector and enterpr...

Artificial intelligence is changing fleet management faster than almost any technology in recent memory. From answering questions about preventive maintenance compliance to analyzing technician productivity and generating reports in seconds, AI is helping fleet professionals spend less time searching for data and more time making informed decisions. In Part 2 of this conversation, Josh Turley, CEO...

The episode covers the arms race happening between major AI companies, the difference between using AI as a search engine versus a true work partner, and why fleet managers who refuse to engage are putting themselves at real risk. Josh breaks down practical advice for three distinct groups: those who haven't started yet, those who are dabbling, and power users ready to go deeper. He also shares ho...

What does it actually take to deploy new technology in a public fleet before anyone else is doing it? In this episode of the Fleet Success Show, host Facundo Tassara sits down with Al Curtis, Fleet Director for Cobb County, Georgia, one of the most innovative public fleet operations in the country. Al has spent over 22 years at Cobb County building a culture of bold, thoughtful experimentation, fr...

What does it actually take to break into a male-dominated industry, get passed over because of excuses, and still rise to manage a fleet of nearly 3,800 assets? Shae Davies, Fleet Manager for the City of Aurora, Colorado, joins host Facundo Tassara for the debut episode of the Women in Fleet series on the Fleet Success Show. Shae has nearly 30 years in public fleet, starting as an apprentice mecha...

What does fleet management look like when your "shop" spans the entire globe? In this episode of the Fleet Success Show, host Marc Canton sits down with Chief Master Sergeant Adam Walker of the U.S. Air Force at the NAFA Institute and Expo 2026. Adam oversees vehicle management operations across 175 Air Force bases, 100,000 vehicles, and 5,500 military and civilian personnel. His team's mission: k...

Most fleets already have telematics installed. The problem is, most of the data is wrong, incomplete, or being used the wrong way. In this episode of the Fleet Success Show, Fleet Hall of Famer Steve Saltzgiver sits down with Lucas Schorer, Founder & CEO of Kestrel Insights, to expose the hidden operational blind spots quietly costing fleets productivity, efficiency, and millions in preventable mi...

Government fleets are under more pressure than ever—and most people don’t realize what’s actually happening behind the scenes. In this episode of the Fleet Success Show, Marc Canton sits down with Nichole Osinski (Executive Editor of Government Fleet) to break down the biggest challenges fleets are facing in 2026, from technician shortages and aging vehicles to leadership gaps and political pressu...