Joseph Coughlin

A Road of Eagles Joseph Coughlin

Publisher Marketing: A Road of Eagles is a fast paced action thriller that takes the reader into the cutthroat world of the high rollers and hard men of the Trucking Industry who can make or break a company with the stroke of a pen. It is a story of a fascinating character, KYLE TRAYNOR, a man of scruples and integrity, capable of getting down in the gutter and slugging it out. DERON CARTER, the antagonist and antithesis of Traynor, is a hired gun, a man without scruples willing to do anything to attain his devious plan. The story introduces Traynor as a young, idealistic veteran, who after the war finds himself floundering, unsure of what he wants in life. Traynor stumbles into the trucking industry by chance, taking a position with ALLIED TRANSPORT. For Traynor this is only a stop gap position until he gets his life together. Starting as a dockworker Traynor quickly advances under the tutelage of WILLIE BLOOM. Moving into a road driver's position, Traynor discovers he has found his niche and rapidly ascends the corporate ladder taken under the wing of BEN LIEBMAN, Vice President of Operations. In Traynor Ben Liebman spots a quick study and Traynor begins his rise at Allied Transport. Drawn into the inner circle of Allied Transport, Traynor finds out quickly that Allied is made up of more than just men and machines moving freight from coast to coast. He finds a world of hard men, making hard decisions. It is also a mysterious world of cunning and devious men where only the strong and vicious survive. The supportive characters that help build this story include men like SAUL LEHMAN, the man who founded and built Allied Transport. SAUL LEHMAN JR., his son was destined to inherit the company. Contributor Bio:  Coughlin, Joseph Dr. Joseph F. Coughlin serves as both Director of the USDOT Region I University Transportation Centers Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as Director of the MIT AgeLab. Dr. Coughlin conducts research and teaches transportation policy with special emphasis on the implications and needs of an aging population. His scholarly work on the transportation policy and mobility needs of the elderly has appeared in a wide variety of public policy, gerontology, management and transportation journals. He frequently presents at conferences for transportation researchers and practitioners. In 2005, Dr. Coughlin was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on Aging. He is a member of the National Research Council Transportation Research Board's Advisory Committee on the Safe Mobility of Older Persons. Dr. Coughlin also consults to the auto industry and serves on Daimler's Technology Advisory Group. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Coughlin was Director of Transportation Research for EG&G, a Fortune 500 science and technology firm, where he directed a $50 million transportation research and analysis program sponsored by the federal government and was an author or contributor to numerous technical reports.