Continual Improvement
‘Professional tourist’ from the land down under sets her sights over and above.
By James Jaillet
When Australia native Jeanette Simpson immigrated to the United States in 1999, she had a background in banking she wanted to employ in a business of her own.
The same year, she earned a CDL and started work as a company driver for Keystone Freight Corp. That was partly to become a “professional tourist,” she says, but also to advance her career.
“I wanted to see the country, and what better way to see it,” she says. “But I could also see the potential in trucking from a business aspect.”
In 2001, she bought a truck and leased to Keystone, but moved to Landstar in 2002. In 2007, she bought a 1999 Freightliner Century, which she still drives.
