John E Dolce

John B. Dolce is an active fleet manager, consultant, author, and industrial instructor with more than 40 years of experience in car, truck, transit, mining, and equipment maintenance and operations. His background includes public and private fleets ranging from 100 to 18,000 vehicles with 24-hour, seven-day multishop and multistate operating locations. He has helped thousands of management individuals and companies in the public and private sectors to implement cost efficiencies nationally and internationally during the last 20 years. Mr. Dolce earned an A.A.S. in Auto and Diesel Technology from the State University of New York, Farmingdale, Long Island. He also earned a B.S. and an M.A. in Industrial Management, both from New York University, New York City Since 1966, he has worked as Operations Manager-Truck Training School for Rentar Educational Corporation in Long Island City, New York; Assistant Chief Engineer-Fleet for Royal Globe Insurance Co. in New York City; Director of Personnel, Safety, and Security for Wooster Express, Inc. in Windsor, Connecticut; Fleet Manager of 3,000 vehicles at the U.S. Postal Service in Newark, New Jersey; Fleet Manager of 5,500 vehicles for General Public Utilities in Parsippany, New Jersey; Vice President of Transit Maintenance for 400 transit buses for Liberty Lines, Inc. in Yonkers, New York; Vice President of Mail Contractors of America of 2,400 vehicles; Project Director for Baker Engineering; and Fleet Director of 1,000 vehicles for Essex County, New Jersey. In addition to his current role as an active fleet manager and a private consultant, Mr. Dolce teaches seminars in fleet management nationally and internationally for George Washington University, the University of Washington at Seattle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, World of Concrete, Waste Expo, World of Asphalt, Con Expo, International Construction Utility Electric Expo (ICUE), and SAE International. He also teaches fleet management in the undergraduate and graduate programs at thLe City University and State University of New York. Mr. Dolce is a Trustee of the Equipment Managers Council of America and is active with the International Best Practice Network. He is a member of SAE International, serving on the SAE Truck and Bus Committee. Other books authored by Mr. Dolce include Fleet Management (available from Mr. Dolce) and Fleet Manager Guide to Vehicle Specification and Procurement, published by SAE International.