Harvey Beech, Founder/President
Harvey was born in Los Angeles, California in 1978. He spent the first two years of his life there, until his family decided to relocate to Sheridan Arkansas, where he has spent his entire life. “My mother did not want to raise me in Los Angeles, so she made my father move back to Sheridan, AR. I could not be more grateful for my country roots that grew deep at the end of a two-mile gravel road on a 60-acre farm. Country people take pride in their work and are fair and kind to others. I wake up every day believing that I love everybody, and everybody loves me. You cannot beat a man that truly has that in his heart.” Harvey currently resides in Little Rock and will forever call Arkansas home.
Harvey’s parents introduced him to the transportation industry at a very young age. “Drivers used to carry me around the terminal in my diaper.” As Harvey grew, he gradually immersed himself into every aspect of his father’s company. He has a diverse skill set to include Dispatch, Planning, Sales, Recruiting, Maintenance, and Operations Management.
After graduating from University of Arkansas at Little Rock with the highest of honors in 1999, he decided to continue his transportation career working with his father; and over a 20-year period, his experience and logistical knowledge base has been finely tuned. “Everything I learned in college I asked myself how could I apply this to trucking? On my last day of classes I sat down in “the chair” and went to work full time with my father. My father taught me many things in this business and took me down a unique career path that has shaped my career and afforded me the opportunity to try and do something really special in this industry and for this I will be forever grateful.”
Harvey has spent his life surrounded by trucks and drivers; during this time, he has developed a love for the industry and a compassion for the drivers who he has always considered to be the most important asset of a trucking company. He has a clear understanding of what a truck driver needs and the importance of treating them with the respect and honesty that is deserved. His devotion to his driver’s needs has proven to be his greatest attribute. His drivers love him, and they are all extremely loyal to him. “I tell all of my folks that I get up and come to work every day and try to be the best boss they have ever had, and in return I expect them to try and be the best employee I have ever had. If we work together with that in our spirit everything will always work out.”
In 2013, Harvey’s father saw the opportunity to exit from trucking, and keeping with his commitment to the industry Harvey decided he was not ready to stop working in the environment that he has grown to cherish and rely on. In April 2013, Harvey Beech opened the doors to EOS, Inc. and continues to grow a fleet of Solo, Team, Lease Purchase, and Owner Operators.
EOS, Inc. is Harvey’s lifelong dream and he has every intention of continuing the development of a prospering environment, utilizing the core values of Kindness, Respect, Hard Work and Loyalty.
Harvey also holds his family close to his heart and supporting them is his personal, lifelong priority. He foresees a bright future for his children and as every intention of keeping the Beech trucking tradition alive. He is determined to pave the way for the next generation of the Beech family to be a mainstay in the trucking industry. In fact, his oldest child, Allie, is already a mainstay in the office.
