A.W. Ahern (“Andy”) is Chief Executive Officer and founder of the firm. He has four children and is originally from Chicago, Illinois. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Business Education from Southern Illinois University and is an accredited member of the National Bureau of Certified Consultants and the Institute of Management Consultants. He holds the appellation of CPCM and CMC. Andy was recognized in the 1997-1998 American Directory of “Who’s Who in Executive Businesses” and received the Business Man of the Year Award in 2002. He recently was a recipient of the National Leadership Award presented by President George W. Bush, and is also a recipient of the Ronald Reagan Award.

Andy has accumulated extensive experience in the following:

• Transportation Mergers/Acquisitions/divestitures;
• Restructuring motor carrier operations;
• Pre and post-petition bankruptcy work;
• Corporate insurance programs.

He has appeared on CNN Television, KTAR Radio, served as a Chairman of the Un-Secured Creditors Committee of Intrenet, Inc. bankruptcy proceedings, and he has had numerous articles written about him in numerous periodicals.

He has also successfully rehabilitated some of the larger trucking companies throughout the United States, and at one time was the main speaker for a special ethics program at Pepperdine University. That program gained recognition from:

• 60 Minutes
• Business Week
• Los Angeles Times
• Las Vegas Review

Andy is also a convicted felon, and spent fifteen months in a federal prison in Las Vegas, Nevada. He speaks frequently to corporations about operating in the “gray zone” and the vulnerability that entrepreneurs have if they become a target of the Federal Government. His lectures provide a stark reality to the complexity of today’s business environment and the ease in which values can be compromised. He is a much sought after speaker and lecturer, and believes that his incarceration period was a valuable learning experience and tool for his business expertise.

Ahern & Associates, Ltd. was founded in 1987, and continues to be one of the most professional and progressive transportation consulting companies in the United States.

Mr. Ahern attributes the company’s success and growth to one absolute philosophy, “caring”.

You should take time to visit with Andy Ahern and his firm.

This could be the most important meeting in your life.