"John has spent the majority of his career leading sales and marketing in business outsourcing solutions for global companies," said Mr. Tegnelia. "We look forward to his leadership, customer relationship skills, and record of strategic and tactical sales results as we work to drive Ryder's Fleet Management Solutions' future growth. We are pleased to welcome John to Ryder and know he will be a strong addition to the current outstanding leadership, expertise, capabilities, and customer relationships that exist within Ryder's North American Fleet Management Solutions operations."

Mr. Gleason comes to Ryder following an outstanding 25-year career with Automatic Data Processing (ADP), one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions. For the past four years, he served as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales for the $6 billion Employer Services division.

In that role, he had functional responsibility for all sales and sales-related activities for Employer Services, which included 5,500 sales employees, with 40 different product and service solutions and seven separate operating units with $1.2 billion in new annualized sales. He led the sales organization to record results for the past four consecutive years. Previously, Mr. Gleason had direct responsibility for leading the Automotive and Truck Dealer Services Sales Organization of 550 sales employees, as ADP doubled the size of the business unit to over $1 billion in revenue.

Mr. Gleason holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois and earned his CPA while with Coopers and Lybrand following his graduation.

                  About Ryder's Fleet Management Solutions Business

Fleet Management Solutions is Ryder's largest business segment that provides leasing, rental and programmed maintenance of trucks, tractors and trailers to commercial customers.

                                  About Ryder

Ryder provides leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Ryder's stock (NYSE: R) is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Ryder ranks 399th on the Fortune 500. For more information on Ryder System, Inc., visit www.ryder.com.

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SOURCE: Ryder System, Inc.