With over two decades of experience owning small businesses, St. Louis resident Stephen McGoff is confident he’ll triple revenue at his Metro East EMT in the next year – regardless of the fickle economy. McGoff previously owned seven auto service franchises throughout St. Louis with his father, Paul. Together they managed 50,000 customers and generated nearly $6 million in sales annually. Yet in 2006, the two decided they were ready for a change and sold it all. Paul, 75, attempted to retire ...

The growth rate of the elderly population in the U.S. has greatly surpassed the growth rate of the population as a whole, making non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) more vital than ever. Express Medical Transporters (EMT) has been a leading provider of NEMT services for almost 15 years and finds demand steadily growing. With its recent integration of Trip Tracer™ – a logistics management system produced by Datatrac Corporation® – EMT will be well-equipped to meet this demand through ...

St. Louis-based Express Medical Transporters is making its debut in the Memphis market with a franchisee who is a veteran of the industry. Bob McBride, president of State Systems, Inc., a local safety device engineering firm, will own the franchise, his second foray into the non-emergency and handicapped transport business. McBride and his son, Justin, also own Wheelchair Getaways, a 5-year-old business that rents wheelchair accessible vehicles for short trips. That company, McBride says, is ...

Starting a business in the recent economic climate is a daunting task. Fortunately for local resident Sue Perszyk, her business – EMT, Express Medical Transporters – not only has survived the economic downturn but is thriving. In 2008, Perszyk left her 20-plus year corporate executive career in global sourcing and procurement to fulfill her desire to become an entrepreneur. With gas prices soaring at $4 gallon and the stock market crashing, Perszyk worried that the timing may not be the ...

On Halloween in 1995, Bernie Squitieri started down the road of entrepreneurial success with a simple promise to his son: he would be home in time to take him trick-or-treating. Upon arriving at his job at a St. Louis Bread Company he found out he was actually scheduled to work an evening shift. He had asked for the night off so he handed his manager the keys and thanked him for the opportunity. That night, he walked down the street trick-or-treating, asking himself, ‘What did I just do?’ Squitieri ...

EMT USA opens new division dedicated to Student Transportation. Clayton MO, based EMT USA has opened a new school division. This new, Student Transportation Division will be dedicated to providing all routed and individual transportation for more than 40 local school districts involved in the Homeless Student Transportation Program as well as Special Needs children and the VICC program. With a state of the art phone system, computerized GPS dispatching software, GPS mapping capabilities and ...

Metropolitan Taxicab Commission St Louis, Missouri 100 N Tucker Blvd, Ste 110 ? St Louis, Missouri 63101 Phone (314) 241 7600 ? Fax (314) 241 7603 ? www.stl-taxi.com November 17, 2008 Cesar H. Padilla Interim Executive Director Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission 2007 W Kennedy Blvd Tamps, Florida 33606 Dear Mr. Padilla: I am writing this letter in support of Express Medical Transporters application for Non-emergency Medical Transportation operating authority ...

Bernie Squitieri started off in the taxi business, imagining driving kids to school or riders to the mall, not shuttling the elderly to doctor’s appointments. But when he moved his business to Arnold, MO that’s exactly what he was doing. About this same time, Missouri implemented a managed health care program and federal Medicaid regulations mandated that the state provide transportation for eligible recipients to and from health providers. Squitieri saw an opportunity. He launched Express ...