Kenneth Eggen

About Kenneth Eggen

I serve as an embedded executive partner for trucking companies in distress—stabilizing operations, rebuilding discipline, and restoring profitable performance across the entire enterprise.Executive-Level FocusI bring 35+ years of trucking experience, from shop floor to Chief Operating Officer, overseeing “cradle to grave” management of thousands of vehicles and full P&L-impacting decisions. My work now centers on small and mid-size carriers that need COO-level leadership to regain control of operations, safety, maintenance, and asset strategy. Turnaround and StabilizationI’m typically called in when numbers stop making sense—margins erode, maintenance and insurance costs climb, customers are frustrated, and internal teams are losing clarity. In those moments, I function as an embedded COO-level operator, not a slide-deck consultant: I diagnose the operation, reset priorities, and help leaders execute a practical turnaround plan. Whole-Company Operating SystemTurnarounds succeed when every function is aligned around a clear operating system:Operations: Dispatch discipline, service commitments, and driver utilization so freight moves on time and profitably. Maintenance: PM compliance, uptime, cost per mile, spec’ing, lifecycle management, and vendor strategy to keep equipment productive. Safety/Risk: Compliance, claims reduction, coaching, and culture—turning safety from a cost center into a competitive advantage. Finance: Linking KPIs and daily decisions to P&L, cash flow, and capital planning so leadership can see cause-and-effect in real time. My role is to bring these pieces together into a simple, repeatable rhythm leaders and frontline teams can actually run. Embedded Leadership StyleI work on-site, in the field, and in the boardroom—reviewing data with executives in the morning and walking the shop, dispatch floor, and driver room in the afternoon. I write the processes, train leaders and front-line teams, and stay engaged long enough to ensure they execute under real-world pressure. Credibility in the IndustryMy leadership and turnaround work have been shaped by contributions to fleets such as J.B. Hunt, Stevens Transport, Roadrunner, Jones Logistics, and Southwestern Motor Transport, and others. I’ve been active in the Technology & Maintenance Council for over two decades and have been featured as a subject matter expert in Transport Topics, CCJ, and Fleet Maintenance Magazine.If your trucking company needs executive-level, hands-on leadership to stabilize performance and build a durable operating system, that’s where I plug in.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   J.D. And Billy Hines Trucking, Inc. Hti

   Jul 2025 — Present · Prescott, AR, US

   As Chief Operating Officer at Hines Trucking, I’m responsible for turning the CEO\'s strategy into disciplined, day‑to‑day execution across freight, drivers, maintenance, and cash flow. I oversee operations, maintenance, and administrative functions with one goal: safe, legal, on‑time, and profitable miles every single week.Over three decades in trucking and fleet maintenance, I’ve led teams that improved PM compliance, tightened parts control, increased equipment uptime, and reduced cost per mile through rigorous maintenance planning and total asset lifecycle management. At Hines Trucking, that includes responsibility for a fleet of 100+ power units and several hundred trailers across multiple shops, ensuring technicians, dispatch, and leadership are aligned around the same metrics and standards.​My leadership style is hands‑on and numbers‑driven: I live in the KPIs but stay close to the yard, the shop, and the drivers. I build clear playbooks, insist on accountability, and stabilize distressed or underperforming operations by restoring financial control, maintenance discipline, and line‑of‑sight between the P&L and daily decisions.