NEW YORK – Bus Parts Warehouse (www.buspartswarehouse.com), an operating company of CoBe Capital, has announced Charlie Bruce is representing the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bruce replaces David Guy, who is retiring.
“With Charlie’s 30+ years of experience in transportation and distribution, as well as sales and operations, he will take Bus Parts Warehouse to the next level,” said Neal Cohen, Founder and Managing Partner for CoBe Capital. “We simply could not ask for a better person to expand and grow this company.”
Mr. Bruce remains as Founder and Senior Partner of Transportation Advisory Group, a New York based student transportation consulting firm, which will additionally support the growth efforts of Bus Parts Warehouse.
Prior to forming Transportation Advisory Group, Mr. Bruce served as the Chief Operating Officer for both First Student Inc. and Durham School Services, which rank, respectively, as the two largest school bus contractors in North America. Before focusing on the safe and efficient transportation of students, Mr. Bruce held various senior roles within the truck transportation, logistics and distribution industries.
About Bus Parts Warehouse
As a leading national bus parts distributor, Bus Parts Warehouse supplies replacement parts, product upgrades, and special needs products for the school transportation industry. Bus Parts Warehouse sells to customers across the United States through its outside sales, customer service teams and in-house parts specialists to help customers locate hard-to-find parts. For more information on Bus Parts Warehouse, please visit buspartswarehouse.com.
About CoBe Capital
CoBe Capital, a global private investment firm with a permanent capital base and operations in North America and Europe, delivers M&A solutions to meet the specific needs of corporate sellers looking to divest non-core operations. CoBe Capital owns and operates a diversified portfolio of companies that design, manufacture and market innovative products and services. CoBe Capital was founded by Neal Cohen in 1994. For more information on CoBe Capital, please visit cobecapital.com.
