Marc Canton

A fleet-industry veteran and former fleet leader with more than 25 years of experience.

Get to Know Marc

Experienced Fleet Leaders & Logistics Expert

Marc has more than two decades of experience with university transportation, logistics, and government fleet management, and spent several years working as the Transportation Director and Fleet Manager at Fordham University. He currently heads up product design at RTA, building the FMIS of the future.

Areas of Expertise

An experienced fleet leader, Marc is knowledgeable in a variety of fleet topics. Some of his particular areas of interest include:

EV Feasibility Assessment: Can You Meet the Mandate?

Is your fleet ready for the EV transition? Marc will discuss the following topics during this session:

Techniques to Test EV Implementation Mandates or Goals
How to Utilize Traditional Fleet Management Skills When Working with EVs

EV Transition Planning: How to Prepare and Implement EV Transition in Your Fleet

Before adding EVs to your fleet, it's essential to determine which electric vehicles to add, and put the right infrastructure in place. Marc focuses on the following tips for fleets:

Evaluate Candidates for EV Replacement through Utilization Assessment and Asset Specification Assessment.
Identify Infrastructure Needs to Support a New EV Fleet.
Calculate the Capital Costs Associated with the Transition and Potential Operational Cost Savings.

Pooling: How to Leverage Pools to Help with Supply Shortages and Improve Resource Efficiency and Utilization

During this session, Marc will discuss how fleets should utilize motor pools, including:

Keys to a Successful Motor Equipment Pool Operation
How to implement a pool and improve pool operations
Estimating ROI of Pool Implementation

Telling Your Story (Before Someone Else Tells it For You)

Marc is passionate about data, helping fleets utilize it to make data-driven decisions and tell their story better. Some items he will touch on during this session are:

Getting in Front of Fleet's Story
Report Types and Cadences that Help a Fleet Succeed
Leveraging Data to Tell your Story
Highlighting the People: Engaging Stakeholders to Help Tell the Story

Fleet Replacement Planning: How to Develop and Implement a Strategic Fleet Replacement Plan That Will Help You Win the Resource Battle

Marc helps fleets determine when they should replace fleet vehicles, and how to use data to make the decisions. Some topics he covers include:

Life Cycle Analysis and Replacement Parameters
Replacement Cost Benchmarking
Strategic Prioritization: Make it Feasible for Finance and Fleet
Funding Replacements: Cash vs Reserve Fund vs Loan vs Lease

The Most Powerful Tool to Control and Reduce Fleet Costs: ABCs of Cost Allocation and Chargeback

Too many fleets are leaving money on the table. Marc discusses how to control fleet costs and navigate chargebacks and cost allocations. He will discuss:

Fix Understated Labor Rates and Fleet Service Markups
Avoid Cross-Subsidization
Make Costs Clear to all Stakeholders
Benchmark Fleet Costs

Utilization Management 101

Marc helps fleets determine if they are overusing or underusing any vehicles, and how to use data to measure utilization. He covers:

Key Policies and Practices for Utilization Management
Identifying and Applying Appropriate Utilization Metrics by Use Case
Calculate Minimum Use Thresholds
Identify Low-Use Assets
What Next?

"Tell your story with numbers. Learn how to translate operations into finance by leveraging data and adding cost components to your story every step of the way." -- Marc Canton

Key Previous Speaking Engagements

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