COMPANY
INFORMATION
This area contains a brief history of Vanguard Moving and Storage
as well as profiles for the company employees.
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Vanguard Moving and Storage
History...
Started
in 1977 by Peter E. Ozols and Sons, operating as an agent for American
Red Ball Van Lines, Vanguard Moving and Storage switched van lines to
National Van Lines, Inc. in 1999. In 2004 Vanguard Moving and Storage
was bought by David Anton Inc. To this day Vanguard continues to be one
of the top booking agents in the Northeast for National Van Lines.
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 David Anton, Owner &
Operator
David
Anton was born and raised in Chappaqua, New York. David is
very proud to have bought Vanguard Moving & Storage at the
age of 25. His goal is to perform honest, fair and quality
moves for customers all over the sate of Connecticut. At the
age of 10 he started working on trucks with his father.
Three years later he started working for a small moving
company based in Westchester County New York. He fell in
love with the moving industry and set goals to one day own
his own company. He felt the only way to truly have
knowledge of the profession was to do it hands on. At the
age of 18 he started driving straight trucks moving vans for
North American Van Lines. Two years later he was driving
tractor-trailers. While Dave attended Horace Greeley High
school (Chappaqua, NY), North Carolina Wesleyan (Rocky
Mount, NC), Western New England College (Springfield, MA)
and Western Connecticut University (Danbury, CT) he worked
every summer in the moving industry. He then switched over
to Paul Arpin Van Lines and drove tractor-trailers for
another three years with them. Dave Anton then bought
Vanguard Moving & Storage and became president in May of
2004. He started by himself and has quickly grown Vanguard
to a nine-truck, two-trailer and thirty-employee operation. He would like to
see Vanguard Moving & Storage continue to grow as long as
they continue to do quality work for all of their customers. |
 Michael Carney,
Sales & Marketing
Michael Carney is originally from Yonkers, New York. He has
been in sales for over 40 years. Michael was brought to
Vanguard Moving & Storage to help bring experience in both
the corporate and sales aspects of the company. With his
knowledge and ability he has taken over acquiring National
Accounts and Corporate Moves. He will surely help Vanguard
Moving & Storage grow. |
Bob Knapp, VP of Local
Operations
Bob was born in Stamford, Connecticut and has been
in the industry for over 30 years. After college and discovering that his only
true profession was in the moving industry as a result of growing up in a family
of movers, became a driver for Atlas Van Lines. With over 1,000,000 miles of
safe driving and part of Atlas Van Lines Prime Fleet for over 15 years and after
receiving many awards for having a low claim point ratio he decided that he
would like to enter the administrative side of the industry. He left Atlas Van
Lines and came to work for Vanguard Moving and Storage in 2005 as a local
driver. Immediately recognizing Bob’s talents as a mover he became a crew
foreman and was assigned to handle the more difficult moves that required focus
on detail. In June of 2007 we promoted Bob to Vice President of Operations for
our Norwalk Division of Vanguard. Within a couple of months Bob implemented a
safety training program for the drivers and helpers, along with a training
program to increase the professionalism of our company employees. Bob’s
expertise does not limit himself to merely dispatching the drivers and crews to
their assignments each day, but details an outline for the drivers and crews to
focus on the relocation needs for all of our customers.
We are extremely happy to have Bob as part of our executive staff of
professionals and as a potential customer so will you.
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Stephen Gardner, VP of Long
Distance Operations
Stephen grew up In Middlebury, CT and
graduated from Pomperaug High School in Southbury, CT. After high school,
Stephen joined the Connecticut Army National Guard and served with both engineer
and infantry divisions for eight years. During his time with the army, Stephen
attended classes at Western CT State University and also worked full time. He
started working as a warehousemen for a local lock company and quickly got
promoted to warehouse manager and finally production manager. After years of
management experience, Stephen decided to take on a job as an operations manager
for a local Allied Van Lines agent. With years of experience in operations,
Stephen would like to make Vanguard Moving and Storage the #1 long distance
hauler for National Van Lines, Inc.
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Amira Bennett,
Business Manager
Profile to be added soon...
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 Beryl
Anton, Administrative Assistant
Profile to be added soon...
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Arline
Gassner, Customer Service and Claims
Profile to be added soon... |
 Vanguard Employees,
Drivers and Movers
Vanguard Moving & Storage consists of 35 employees.
Many of the employees have been recruited by Dave Anton from
his years in the industry; other employees have joined on
and have been trained by David Anton and senior staff. The
drivers at Vanguard Moving & Storage have an average of 13
years experience and are 100% Department Of Transportation
compliant. The helpers at Vanguard Moving & Storage have an
average of 5 years experience. Dave himself or Senior
Members of his Staff train any new employees at Vanguard.
Vanguard has a very low turnover ratio, which is something
we are very proud of. |
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