With over fifty successful and progressive years in the transportation maintenance industry Jim Pinder has embraced a wide range of industry challenges and amassed a broad base of industry experiences. To explain Jim's progress from a family-owned repair shop apprentice to the boardrooms of major OEM's and the Senior Corporate Fleet Director of the largest privately owned temperature control fleet in Canada, Jim credits his trade. Jim is a proud 310 T Truck Coach Certified Technician successfully challenging the certification exam in November 1977 however not obtaining a Red Seal designation, to maintain his position on an industry advisory board Jim rechallenged the certification exam in 2016, thirty-nine years after finishing trade school and receiving the trade Red Seal certification, Jim is now a very proud holder of a Red Seal 310 T Truck Coach Certification. Read More With over fifty successful and progressive years in the transportation maintenance industry Jim Pinder has embraced a wide range of industry challenges and amassed a broad base of industry experiences. To explain Jim's progress from a family-owned repair shop apprentice to the boardrooms of major OEM's and the Senior Corporate Fleet Director of the largest privately owned temperature control fleet in Canada, Jim credits his trade. Jim is a proud 310 T Truck Coach Certified Technician successfully challenging the certification exam in November 1977 however not obtaining a Red Seal designation, to maintain his position on an industry advisory board Jim rechallenged the certification exam in 2016, thirty-nine years after finishing trade school and receiving the trade Red Seal certification, Jim is now a very proud holder of a Red Seal 310 T Truck Coach Certification.

Jim's career built on his trade certification has allowed him to progress through several key positions both on the fleet maintenance and in the maintenance supply stakeholders for the commercial vehicle maintenance industry. Jim held key fleet management position with fleets operating heavy haul flatbeds, dry bulk tankers, temperature-controlled units and liquid propane delivery units as well as traveling North America selling automated lubrication systems for trucks, trailers and heavy equipment.

As a long-term executive member of the Transportation Maintenance & Technology Association (TMTA) Waterloo Region Jim is well aware of the difference in being a member and being active with in an association or a trade, Jim encourages peers and associates to not simply join but to obtain maximum value one must participate and contribute to an association, organisation or trade. Jim has recently been selected for the new position of Education Liaison with in TMTA Waterloo Region and available through the tmta.ca website.

Jim lives in Kitchener with his wife of fifty years Barb while their daughter Jennifer is a special education teacher in the Waterloo County Board of Education and son Luke, daughter in-law Kate, grandchildren Olivia and James live in Roncesvalles, Ontario. Jim is a strong industry supporter focusing on safety and costs efficiencies in commercial equipment maintenance processes being sought internationally as a keynote speaker, panel member or moderator and a constant contributor for trade magazines and podcasts. Read Less