Paul Lauria
President

Over the last 21 years, Paul has provided fleet consulting and management training services to hundreds of state and local government, investor-owned utility, and corporate fleet operations touching on virtually every facet of fleet management. His particular areas of expertise include program evaluation, strategic business planning, cost of service analysis, charge-back rate development, and replacement planning and financing. Before co-founding Mercury, Paul was a Vice President of Maximus, Inc., a publicly held consulting firm, where he served as national director of fleet management consulting services. Prior to joining Maximus in 1992, he was a Senior Manager in the Transportation Consulting Group of Ernst & Young, and a management analyst with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. He holds a Master’s Degree in Transportation Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Paul is located in our Gaithersburg, Maryland, Mercury's corporate headquarters.

Randy Owen, CAFM
Senior Vice President

Randy has 17 years of experience as a fleet manager and fleet management consultant. Located in our Charlotte, North Carolina office, he is a nationally recognized expert in public-sector fleet management best practices and in fleet management outsourcing and managed competition. His areas of expertise also include best practices assessments, vehicle and equipment utilization analysis and right sizing, and performance measurement and benchmarking. Before co-founding Mercury Associates, he was a Senior Manager in Maximus, Inc. Prior to this, he served as the fleet manager for the City of Charlotte and for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. He is a Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM) and holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Brad Kelley
Vice President

Brad has 10 years of experience in the fleet management profession. He is the director of Mercury’s Houston, Texas - based application hosting and information technology consulting services. He has assisted a number of prominent organizations with information technology projects including the implementation of stand-alone and web-based fleet management information systems; assessments of the performance and use of existing fleet systems; the implementation of platform and network upgrades; the conduct of fit-gap analyses of commercial off-the-shelf ERP systems (e.g. SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Hansen and IFAS) and EAM systems (e.g. MRO Maximo, FleetWave; M5) and the design and development of specialized analytical and management reporting tools for fleet managers. Before co-founding Mercury Associates, he was a Manager in the Maximus, Inc. Fleet Group. Prior to this, he was Assistant Director of the Vehicle and Equipment Fleet Management Department of Sarasota County, Florida. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University.