摘要: |
In 1998, Todd Fuller and Gary Poirrier were looking to take their careers in a new direction. They didn't know each other-yet-but through the course of their work at a bank in Baton Rouge, La., they both knew David Fennelly, founder of Associated Terminals, now the largest stevedore and terminal operator on the Lower Mississippi River. That connection to Fennelly led both Fuller and Poirrier to join Associated Terminals in 1998. Twenty-five years later, they remain, with Fuller serving as president of the company and Poirrier as chairman. "David Fennelly happened to be one of my early clients," Poirrier said of his seven years in commercial lending. Fennelly and Dan Barker, a veteran of the barge industry, started Associated Terminals in 1990 as a brokerage firm connecting shippers to terminals and stevedores. But by the mid-1990s, Fennelly wanted to expand the company's scope. |