PEOPLE
THIEN
ELLISON
COATES-RYAN
HENDERSON
SPRATTE
WOOFTER
SALAZ
Tyler Technologies announced in January that Ted Thien is the new senior vice president of the Ver- satrans student transpor- tation suite of routing and transportation manage- ment solutions. A graduate of Bucknell University, Thien replaces James Guzewich, who retired as the group’s president after a 10-year career with Tyler Versatrans to pursue other interests. Thien's past experiences in computer software were with CMA
Consulting Services and FulFill-Net Solutions, Inc. Chris Ellison took over
as transportation manag- er at the Eugene (Ore.) School District in Febru- ary. He was formerly the director of transportation for Greater Albany Public Schools. Ellison is also a past president of the Ore- gon Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) and is a fervent supporter of his alma mater, the Univer- sity of Oregon Ducks. National Express Cor-
poration of Warrenville, Ill., announced that Linda Coates-Ryan complet- ed training to become a certified safety and health manager. She is a past chairman of the safety council of COSTA (Con- necticut School Transpor- tation Association) and a past member of the Gov- ernor’s Council on School Bus Safety. Five of the six stu-
dent transporters who most recently completed NAPT’s Special Needs
Training Program hail from Colorado, including four from Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Thornton near Denver. Those Adams 12 employees are: Bob Spratte, Leonard Wooft- er, Velma Henderson and Anjie Williams. They are joined by William Salaz from Adams School Dis- trict 14 in Commerce. The sixth recent SNT recipient is Robert Hare, a safety officer with District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties in Irmo, S.C.
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