It's Not a Job If You Love It

Rachel Konar was Aardvark’s very first employee and her contribution to the growth and success of Aardvark is second only to our founder and owner, Larry Borden. Initially hired as a Program Manager, she was responsible for managing the daily operations and logistics of multiple tours, and it was in that role that she was able to hone her skills in client relationship management, hiring, training, DOT compliance, budget management, and more. Through several years of hard work, dedication, and proven success, Rachel was promoted to the role of VP of Tour Operations, where she now leads a team of Program Managers who develop, implement, execute and analyze the success of all client programs – spanning more than 5,000 events per year.

Rachel’s career growth and success closely parallels the style and trajectory of Aardvark itself. Smart, scrappy, always improving and relentlessly focused on delivering for the customer every day.

Javon Franklyn, a native of Jamaica, came to Aardvark through a local temp agency in the late summer of 2017. A very soft-spoken, under the radar individual, it took us a few weeks to realize that Javon was much more than a typical temp. Throughout the fall, Javon became an increasingly integral member of both the production team and our Aardvark team as whole. When the temp assignment expired in late 2017 we brought Javon in on a full time basis in the role of production coordinator. We gradually challenged Javon with projects of greater complexity and accountability including taking over full responsibility for our incoming and outgoing shipping function. Fast forward to today, and in addition to his ongoing role as a Production Coordinator and management of our shipping functions, Javon has been tasked with leading the implementation and daily operation of our new state of the art warehouse management system.

In a company that is growing as quickly as Aardvark, there is limitless opportunity for dedicated, hard working, intelligent and ambitious individuals like Javon.

John Keaton began his career with Aardvark in 2014 driving a luxury motorcoach on the Lady Gaga Tour. From the start, we knew it was a perfect fit as John’s approach to the job personifies the Aardvark core value “What’s right for the customer above all else.” Our customers love the effort, care, planning and positivity John brings into everything he does. When the Gaga tour completed, we shifted him to our North Face Tour, then Coke, then Home Depot, then T-Mobile. Now four years after that first assignment, John has moved from driving assignments to the HQ position of Fleet Coordinator, assisting drivers across all of our programs nationwide with training support, coaching, operational assistance and more. John’s career path is emblematic of the Aardvark approach to people management: hard work, performance and commitment are rewarded with greater responsibility, opportunity and compensation.