Ken left a successful career as an IT Tech Leader with IBM to keep his father’s legacy alive and lead the fuel oil company. Ken has expanded their services and territory while staying true to patriarch Jethro’s dedication to customer satisfaction and retention through exceptional and trustworthy service.
What started with simply a man and a truck now boasts a fleet of trucks and numerous employees delivering over 1.1 million gallons of fuel annually to residential and corporate customers.
They now serve Baltimore City and parts of Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel counties. As the business grew, Ken’s wife Vanessa and daughters Brittany and Kendra came on board to assist with day-to-day operations.
Ken, a Christian minister, mentors under privileged inner-city youth keeping them on track with educational and job training programs and is active with the Maryland Washington Minority Contractors Association and the Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Distributors Association.
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