Vesna Brajkovic

Senior Reporter

Milwaukee, WI

Business reporter and editor.

Vesna Brajkovic

Senior Reporter

Milwaukee, WI

Business reporter and editor.

Cargo Transporters helps drivers get COVID-19 vaccine
Cargo Transporters is working directly with the Catawba Valley Health System this month to get its drivers and employees the COVID-19 vaccine, including making sure their drivers are routed so they can get their second vaccination four weeks later. “As soon as vaccines were even being spoken of and approved, we had that on our radar,” Hedrick said.
Heavy Duty Trucking
Fleet Lifestyle Business Trade Publication Trucking
4 factors affecting driver pay in 2021
The National Transportation Institute has found that four factors are interacting to cause the pay for commercial truck drivers to move up and down.
Heavy Duty Trucking
Trade Publication Trucking Lifestyle Fleet Online Exculsive Business
BR&L President Cary cites ways to succeed in railroading
Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. (BR&L) President Jo Ann Cary has spent most of her professional life leading companies within male-dominated industries. Prior to joining rail and overhead crane equipment supplier and service provider BR&L in 1995, Cary held various positions in the telephone and utility industry for 16 years.
ProgressiveRailroading.com
Trade Publication Railroads Lifestyle Profile Online Exculsive
Rail industry constituents recognize the need to develop more diverse workforces
When a more senior member of a short-line association committee noticed newcomer Judy Petry, then controller and now president of Farmrail System Inc., in his usual seat at a committee meeting, he didn’t skip a beat. “That’s my chair,” he said. Petry began to stand to pick a new seat before her friend and fellow committee member, the late Maggie Silver, rested her gentle hand on Petry’s to keep her seated.
Progressive Railroading
Trade Publication Railroads Profile Lifestyle
Women in rail: CP Chair Courville talks workforce diversity
When the Canadian Pacific board of directors elected Isabelle Courville as chair in May, they also wrote her name in the rail industry history books.
Progressive Railroading
Profile Railroads Trade Publication Lifestyle
Union Pacific aims to address barriers for women in rail
Women made up 5 percent of Union Pacific Railroad’s nearly 42,000-employee workforce in 2018, according to the Class I’s annual “Building America Report.”. Believing a diverse workplace is a better workplace, UP leaders say they’re committed to boosting that percentage. As part of that commitment, they’re working to identify the barriers that prevent women from considering rail (and UP) as a career option.
Progressive Railroading
Railroads Profile Trade Publication Lifestyle
Transit agencies develop multimodal mobile apps in response to on-demand call
In a time when on-demand transportation options such as ride-hailing mobile applications Uber and Lyft have become synonymous with convenience, many transit agencies could be left fighting that competition. Instead, a number of them are adapting to fit into the emerging landscape.
Progressive Railroading
Lifestyle Passenger Rail Technology Transit Business Trade Publication
Big-Time Boxes: Michael Capozzio, Snap-on
Before Michael Capozzio settled on his 127” long Snap-on Epiq setup, his wife referred to him as a member of the ‘Toolbox of the Month Club.’. Capozzio worked out of just about every brand of toolbox sold.
PTEN magazine
Trade Publication Business Profile Lifestyle Vehicle Maintenance Automotive
Valley Metro brings live theater to light rail
Passenger? Commuter? Theatergoer? It’s one in the same for the light-rail riders of Valley Metro in Arizona.
ProgressiveRailroading.com
Trade Publication Passenger Rail Lifestyle Profile Online Exculsive
Big-Time Boxes: John Wyatt, Homak
At the time John Wyatt had a full set of tools, with enough extras to fill a whole toolbox and then some. That's when he accepted a contract to work in the United States Special Operations Command in Afghanistan for two one-year deployments.
PTEN magazine
Automotive Trade Publication Lifestyle Profile Vehicle Maintenance
A natural at sales
(Cover story) A Chicagoland based Cornwell Tool dealer finds support and motivation from close-knit family units. At 8 AM Cornwell Tools dealer Vito Abbinante said his goal was to sell a toolbox, and he had a specific customer in mind. By 9 AM he collected $1,500.
Professional Distributor magazine
Photos Sales Vehicle Maintenance Technical Automotive Trade Publication Business Profile Lifestyle
Big-Time Boxes: Scott Fillius, Mac Tools
This 8' long setup features a tool cart dedicated to electronics and diagnostics.
PTEN magazine
Trade Publication Lifestyle Automotive Profile
Big-Time Boxes: Chris Barnes, Matco Tools
Chris Barnes customized his 76” wide, 25” deep Matco setup, from the drawer configuration to its lighting display.
PTEN magazine
Trade Publication Profile Automotive Lifestyle
An eye on industry
Texas distributor Bob Flynn navigates looming steel tariffs and overcomes industry changes.
Professional Distributor
Business Lifestyle Trade Publication Sales Profile
Cowboy boots, blue jeans and business-savvy
As a self-titled ‘garage girl’ who’s clearly big on business, but never ‘all-business,’ Mac Tools mobile distributor Carrie Lake has found her stride in being herself.
Professional Distributor
Business Sales Lifestyle Profile Trade Publication
Growing through a recession
Independent distributor Matt Sledge takes over local route, hires a second dealer and looks to expand.
Professional Distributor
Lifestyle Profile Trade Publication Business

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I'm an business reporter and editor currently covering the oil and gas sector for a business news outlet.

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