Tanya Williams Joins Davey Coach as Chief Financial Officer
SEDALIA, COLO. January 16, 2023—Davey Coach Sales, LLC, a leading dealer of new and used mid-sized shuttle bus and specialty transportation vehicles for over 30 years, announced today the appointment of Tanya Williams, MBA, CPA as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 28, 2022. The announcement comes at a time of considerable growth and talent acquisition for the company, which has locations in Denver, Indiana, and California.
Williams,
former Vice President of Accounting and Finance at Black Forest Engineering,
brings to the new role more than 35 years of experience within the financial
field delivering impactful results to both investors and stakeholders. “Tanya
joins our team as the new CFO, adding welcome experience as both an
entrepreneur as well as an educator,” commented Davey Coach President Josh
Davey. “With some of the other organizational growth and change we’ve had
recently, we are blessed and excited to have someone with her background on our
team at this timeline in the company’s story.”
In
addition to an entrepreneurial mindset, Williams also offers a diversity of
career experience as a key asset. “I have spent my entire career purposefully
not focusing on any one industry, so when I think about what excites me the
most about this new position, it is learning the industry and applying
best-in-class practices from adjacent industries to the growth potential within
this company,” said Williams.
Davey
Coach is Williams’ second portfolio company within Progress Equity Partners to
date, having previously served as CFO, and later Chief Executive Officer, at
Diversified Machine Systems, LLC during her nearly nine-year tenure. Said
Williams, “I enjoy being in the private equity sector where companies are
planning their next stage of growth and need structure, tools and processes to
realize that growth. That’s what I bring to the table.”
About Davey Coach Sales
Representing
more than 15 manufacturers, Davey Coach Sales, LLC has been one of the leading
dealers of new and used buses in North America since 1992. Davey Coach Sales
has been consistently awarded Top Distributor honors by customers and
manufacturers alike for 20 years. As a leader in the Specialized Transportation
Vehicle Industry, Davey Coach’s emphasis on quality and customer satisfaction
continues to stimulate growth into the year 2023 and beyond.
Davey Coach
Sales, LLC is a portfolio company of Progress Equity Partners, a Denver-based
private equity investment firm. The principals of Progress Equity are
relationship-driven long-term investors who have been partnering with owners
and management teams to build industry-leading companies since 1993
(https://www.progressequity.com).