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the position as the company’s president and CEO;<br />
he is accompanied by his wife, Vivian, who is the<br />
company’s vice president. From a single location<br />
in Wellsville with just a few trucks, Sharp has<br />
grown to nearly 200 trucks. The carrier has offices<br />
in Salt Lake City; Twin Falls, Idaho; Wendall,<br />
Idaho; and Seattle.<br />
Prior to taking the reins, Zan Sharp drove trucks<br />
for the company before moving into operations.<br />
Once he acquired the company, Sharp instituted his<br />
philosophy of, “We’ll do it,” a creed that emphasizes<br />
the carrier’s flexibility in serving its customers.<br />
Boydstun has been with Sharp Transportation<br />
for more than two decades.<br />
“I had been a driver and worked in operations<br />
with other companies, and Zan was looking for a<br />
change within his organization,” he said. “I came<br />
on in May 2002, and I’ve been here ever since —<br />
kind of wearing every hat in the building between<br />
dispatcher, planner, customer service, and sales.<br />
I recently moved over to safety. I guess I’ve worn<br />
all the hats.”<br />
Sharp operates on McLeod software, communicating<br />
though Omnitracs units in the trucks.<br />
Drivers can access the system through their<br />
smartphones, inputting immediate information<br />
instead of waiting to get back to their truck.<br />
Warehousing operations at Sharp’s sister company,<br />
Truman Truck Lines, help keep the freight<br />
flowing. Imported goods are transferred from<br />
Opposite page: Headquartered in Wellsville,<br />
Utah, Sharp Transportation was founded by John<br />
T. Sharp in 1970. His son, Zan Sharp, is now the<br />
company’s president and CEO; Zan’s wife, Vivian,<br />
serves as vice president.<br />
This page, top: As a company, Sharp works<br />
to honor the nation’s military. The carrier is a<br />
proud supporter of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial<br />
Fund’s The Wall That Heals program.<br />
This page, right: Sharp Transportation also<br />
takes part in Wreaths Across America , an<br />
initiative that works to place evergreen wreaths<br />
on the graves of military veterans.<br />
the port to warehouse facilities, where freight is<br />
reloaded into Sharp trailers for delivery to their<br />
destination. Truman also provides warehousing<br />
for multiple companies in the PNW and assists<br />
customers in reworking loads and cross docking.<br />
In other operations, orders are picked to customer<br />
request and then loaded on a truck and delivered.<br />
The company is a proud participant in “The Wall<br />
that Heals,” a traveling exhibit that brings a replica<br />
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,<br />
D.C. to communities across the country.<br />
“We’ve been participating in that since 2019,”<br />
Boydstun said. “We’ve had a couple of trucks that<br />
we’ve had specially wrapped for that purpose,<br />
which we reserve for our veteran drivers.”<br />
Sharp also contributes trucks and drivers to<br />
the “Wreaths Across America” program, hauling<br />
wreaths to veteran cemeteries in the west as well<br />
as making the final delivery to Arlington National<br />
Cemetery.<br />
Boydstun is proud of the continual growth at<br />
Sharp Transport.<br />
“When I came to work for Sharp, we had around<br />
six people in the office and now we’ve probably<br />
got 30 to 35 including accounting, our safety and<br />
operations teams and driver recruiting,” he said.<br />
By providing excellent customer service and<br />
ensuring that drivers are successful, Sharp<br />
Transportation ensures continued growth well<br />
into the future.<br />
Leadership Team<br />
Zan Sharp<br />
President and CEO<br />
Vivian Sharp<br />
Vice President<br />
Mike Presley<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
Kevin Boydstun<br />
Safety Manager<br />
By the Numbers<br />
DRIVERS<br />
180<br />
TRUCKS<br />
190<br />
Zan and Vivian Sharp<br />
TRAILERS<br />
500<br />
TOTAL EMPLOYEES<br />
248<br />
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