McLeod Software has announced that Barry Pottle, the first vice chairman and incoming 2006 chairman of the Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA), will serve as the keynote speaker at its 15th annual Users’ Conference, Sept. 21-24, 2005,

at the Birmingham Sheraton Convention Center in Birmingham, Ala.
Pottle will speak on the challenges facing the trucking industry and the efforts the TCA is taking to meet those challenges at the Opening General Session on Thursday, Sept. 22.
“We are honored that Barry will be speaking at our 2005 Users’ Conference,” said Tom McLeod, president of McLeod Software. “Barry has been very active in building the membership of the TCA, an organization that we see as vital to the health of the truckload carrier industry.”
Pottle began his career in 1978, working as an owner-operator in his family’s business. After driving for five years, he became vice president of Pottle’s Transportation, managing the maintenance department and overseeing the operations department. In 1989, Barry, along with two private investors, purchased Pottle’s Transportation from Barry’s father, Clifton Pottle. In April of 1994, he bought his investors’ interest in the company. In 1996, he purchased an additional trucking company, adding 20 trucks to increase the Pottle fleet to 150 tractors. Today, Pottle's Transportation is one of Maine’s largest carriers and the recipient of the 2004 National Fleet Safety Award.
Pottle has served as a past chairman of the Maine Motor Transport Assn. (MMTA). He currently serves on the MMTA’s as the state vice president of the American Trucking Assns. (ATA).
Now in its 15th year, McLeod’s Users’ Conference attracts more than 400 attendees from across North America. The event features free training and support on McLeod’s software products, leadership and management sessions, panel and roundtable discussions, as well as a trucking technology and services tradeshow.
For more information on attending the 2005 Users’ Conference, visit www.mcleodsoftware.