Kevin Tawil
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Jeff Chambers ended up joining the board and was a wonderful fit.
I think board dynamics are always incredibly important.
And
He got a chance to shine early on because soon after TA investing, we missed our numbers.
And I think the next two quarters, that was really the first time we'd missed our numbers.
And Jeff was as cool as a cucumber.
He may have been sweating behind the scenes, but he was consistent and supportive and we made our way through it.
Everything turned out fine for TA, but he was tested early on, that's for sure.
And Jeff is great.
The story of our names is an amusing one, if anything.
When we bought the company in 1995, we bought Road Rescue Inc.
We were known as, in the marketplace, Mr. Rescue, but it was Road Rescue Inc.
When we bought the Merrimack Group, we merged the two companies together.
It was one holding company, and we came up with the very creative name, Road Rescue Merrimack.
It clearly didn't roll off the tongue.
It was a pretty straightforward process.
Well, we realized that that was not a long-term name.
It's entirely unrelated to TA Investment, but we did need to come up with a name that represented who we are and who we wanted to be.
And we hired a marketing firm and they helped us lead us through a process.
Assurion was the winner of that process.