Our History

Vanguard Services, Inc. was founded in 1958 with its corporate headquarters located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Vanguard's principal business since 1958 has been that of leasing over-the-road truck drivers to major corporations nationwide.

The company has grown from one office location with just a handful of employees to a nationwide full service corporation with offices located in several key regions throughout the United States.

Being in business spanning six decades has given Vanguard a rich history.

50 Facts for Fifty Years

1958: August 25, Indiana Stevedoring, Inc. formed by Mr. Ronald Renner, Ms. Margaret Masse to "engage in the business of furnishing labor and the services of labor" and "to hire workers and contract for services."
1962: June 26, Indiana Stevedoring, Inc. sold to Robert D. Malarney
1966: Company establishes its presence in the southeast with an office in Atlanta that later moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 1977
1973: Corporate name change to Pacemaker Driver Service, Inc.
1978: Dixie Driver Service merged into Pacemaker Driver Service, Inc. Southwestern Professional Truck Driver Services, Inc. merged into Pacemaker Driver Service, Inc.
1980: Southwest area office opens in Arlington, Texas, and Northeast area office opens in the Philadelphia area later that same year
1981: Separate area office opens in Indianapolis
1984: Pacemaker Services Group, Inc., formed.
1986: Pacemaker Driver Service, Inc. merges into Pacemaker Services Group, Inc.
1988: Vanguard Services, Inc. Incorporated by James W. Malarney and Ronald D. Creager.
1989: Vanguard Services, Inc. assumes administration of services to Pacemaker clients.
1991: Drivers Incorporated purchased by Vanguard Services, Inc.
1993: Vanguard Training Services (Driver Training School) Division of Vanguard Services, Inc began operation. V.O. Freight Services, Inc., a for-hire carrier owned by Vanguard started.
1996: Pacemaker Services Group, Inc. merges into Vanguard Services, Inc.
2003: Vanguard Services, (Canada), Inc. Incorporated and begins business as Vanguard's international business unit. In April Nashville office begins operation.
2004: CrossStone, LLC., (On-demand driver staffing) incorporated by Michael R. Malarney and John M. Creager
2006: Vanguard purchases CrossStone, LLC.