Jay Thompson

President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Member of the Transportation Council

Council Member Biography

Jay Thompson is the President & General Manager at Transportation Business Associates; a firm providing planning, marketing, energy, carbon reduction, M&A / BK and investment consulting services to financiers; investors; top-name shippers; trucking companies; Intermodal; bus; industry suppliers; and truck, trailer, and engine manufacturers. He has more than 30 years of experience in the transportation industry around the globe and is quoted in industry publications on a variety of issues. Mr. Thompson is a Partner at Platinum Data Products, a transport information technology, RFID Integration Company and also a partner at Master Lease, a trucking lease-financing company. He has owned several niche trucking companies. Mr. Thompson is a Partner in Zenergy Bio Fuel, a full-chain renewable fuel company focused on developing nations. For 13 years and until 1990, Mr. Thompson was General Manager of Sales, Service, and Engineering at Cummins Engine. He is a 1977 graduate of Purdue University. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1990 - present: President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates
1977 - 1990: General Manager, CUMMINS INC.
1976 - 1977: Maintenance - College, TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION LLC
1973 - 1975: Truck Driver - College, GIBSON TRUCKING INC

GLG News^SM Analyses by Jay Thompson(?)

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Truck Order Predictions Pretty Well Laid Out Through 2010

November 19, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Analysis of: Truck orders indicate pre-2010 surge | www.etrucker.com

In the midst of the optimism with the recent surge in truck orders, reality is setting back in that 2010 truck orders will be slow due to the mew emissions rules - again! We have written several articles over the last 6-months about the slow truck sales marketplace leading into the current prebuy.So...

Integrated Fuel Technologies Non-Urea SCR Option Hits A Speed-Bump

November 16, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Analysis of: Cover Story: Pipe Schemes | www.seattleweekly.com

One of the two non-urea Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) developers as noted in GLG articles has legal problems prompting potential major users to steer clear for now. The referenced article by Laura Onstot for the Seattle Weekly is an interesting read including alleged money, fraud, religion, mistresses...

JB Hunt Intermodal Will Do Well For A Couple of BIG Reasons

November 11, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Analysis of: J B Hunt (JBHT) Gets S&P 4 Star Buy Rating But Showing Bearish Technicals | www.marketintelligencecenter.com

After 20-years, Intermodal as pioneered by JB Hunt and United Parcel Service is even more of a bright spot. I share our colleague Mr. Williams’ optimism regarding Intermodal - and that for JB Hunt’s continued success therein. There are idiosyncrasies in the numbers discussed that offers an opportunity...

Class 8 Truck Prebuy Is Coming To An End - 2010 Skepticism Here!

November 6, 2009

Analysis by:Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Analysis of: Class 8 Orders See Sharp Rise From September | www.truckinginfo.com

FTR Associates President Eric Starks shows North America Class 8 October order numbers at 21,792 trucks. This is a rate more triple than we were seeing February through July of this year - ranging 6,000-8,000 per month and double the August and September numbers. My friend Eric knows the numbers better...

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