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Gaithersburg, Md. – March 12, 2007
– Mercury Associates, Inc., the largest independent fleet
management consulting company in North America, today announced
several new client engagements as it celebrated the start of its
fifth year in business.
Recent contracts for fleet-related consulting, market research, and
management training services include projects for Spencer Trask
Ventures, New York; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; the National
Renewable Energy Labs, Boulder, CO; the cities of Houston and
Colorado Springs; the states of New York and Virginia; the
University of Massachusetts; and Shell Canada, Slovak Telecom, and
Singapore-based Asia Business Forum.
Incorporated by Paul Lauria, Randy Owen and Brad Kelley in February
2002, Mercury has grown to include more than 25 fleet management
professionals located throughout the United States and international
partnerships with firms in Europe, the Caribbean, and the
Asia-Pacific region.
“Our fifth anniversary is truly a milestone for everyone at Mercury
Associates to celebrate,” commented Lauria, the company’s president.
“We have achieved a remarkable level of success thanks to our
consultants’ hard work and dedication to the highest standards of
professionalism. I want to thank all of them for what they have
enabled us to accomplish over the past five years.”
Mercury’s consultants include fleet industry experts in public
sector, military, and corporate fleet management; fleet financing;
facility planning and design; and employee travel and relocation.
Several of the firm’s employees have held senior elected positions
in prominent professional associations, and three have received the
Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Fleet
Administrators (NAFA), the industry’s oldest and most widely
recognized professional and trade association.
The company’s consultants have also contributed technical guidance,
quality assurance, research, and best management practice
development services to internationally recognized groups such as
NAFA and the American Public Works Association and prestigious
research organizations such as the RAND Corporation and the National
Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board.
Mercury’s mission as an independent, employee-owned firm is to
provide objective and unbiased consulting services that improve
fleet performance and fleet management effectiveness and reduce
employee mobility costs for businesses and government agencies. The
firm has secured contracts with more than 130 client organizations
since mid-2002.
“We are looking forward to our next five years. During that time we
expect to expand our international work and help our clients deal
with a number of significant managerial and operational issues,”
commented Lauria. “Industry trends ranging from globalization and
global warming to the increased use of telematics devices and
strategic sourcing methods are already confronting the fleet
industry with new challenges and opportunities. We look forward to
helping our clients tackle them.”
Mercury Associates is a U.S. Department of Defense- and U.S. Small
Business Administration- certified small business enterprise.
Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., the firm has full-time
consultants located throughout the U.S. For more information, visit
www.mercury-assoc.com.
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