About us

We specialize in FIRST TOUCH Supply Chain needs, and the role that Tern Services’ Yard Management Services plays in fulfilling our Customers’ objectives.

Our Mission

A Message From Our President – Mari Boyes

It is the mission of Tern Services, Inc. to know our Customer’s supply chain needs and the role that Tern Service’s Yard Management Service plays in fulfilling our Customer’s objectives. Our management team is charged with the responsibility of educating our employees in the knowledge of the important role that each of us plays in the success of our Customer’s.

People - Building A Sustainable Workforce

It is our goal to maintain a high rate of employee retention, far above industry standards, so that our customers are better served with employees who have a greater knowledge of the job. We contribute our retention program success by offering above-average compensation, excellent health benefits, quarterly safety and attendance bonus programs and safe work environments. We also recognize and reward our employees who consistently exhibit personal Integrity of doing things right and the right things when no one is watching. Our recognition in turn fosters employee satisfaction and a deeper sense of personal pride leading to higher employee retention. It’s a WIN – WIN situation.

Values - Integrity Is At Our Core

Our employees, though working in teams, perform responsibilities singularly. We instill in each one to learn our systems, trust our processes, follow their training when no one is watching. There is no room for shortcuts when doing the right things and things right. It takes integrity to do so when no one is watching.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Tern Services, the employee defines our success. The vast experiences brought to our team from all walks of life has made us a stronger company. As a woman majority-owned business, Tern Services has an unwavering commitment to growth through DEI.

Our Team

David Boyes

David brings over 45 years of transportation and supply chain experience to Tern Services, beginning his career in 1972 with Sealand, the pioneer of ocean container shipping. David worked in the Southern Operating Division’s Intermodal Equipment and Warehousing management at New Orleans, LA and Mobile, AL before becoming Senior Account Executive, Pacific and Asian Sales for Connecticut, upstate New York and Western Massachusetts. In 1985, David was co-founded Seamar Intermodal Trucking & Warehousing with terminals and warehouses at Gulf Coast ports. Seamar provided off-site warehousing and supply chain management, serving petrochemical manufacturers in southeast Louisiana. In 2005, David and his wife, Mari, co-founded Euromex of GA, Inc to serve intermodal importers and exporters requiring tri-axle chassis to transport overweight containers between Gulf Coast and South Atlantic ports, and locations throughout the Southeast. From these operations grew a demand to provide spotting services to its customer base. In 2015, David worked with his partners to spin off the spotting functions of Euromex of GA, Inc into a separate and stand-alone entity, Tern Services. In 2017, the customer bases of Euromex of GA were sold so that David could devote his full energies into the growth of Tern Services.

Kevin Hebert

Kevin has served as Chief Operating Officer of Tern Services since 2017 and has nearly 30 years of operations, commercial product, and business development experience in the transportation and logistics supply chain sector. Prior to joining Tern Services, Mr. Hebert served as Director of Global Sales of Connected Vehicles in Toronto, Canada where he led his team to deliver integrated technology solutions as a tool for better fleet management to their customers . Mr. Hebert has held various leadership positions through his career, including Director of Sales and Director of Quality during his 18 years at Capacity Trucks Inc. Additionally Mr. Hebert is a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where he obtained his degree in engineering.

Jim Robinson

James (Jim) Robinson, M.D. is a board certified and nationally recognized neurosurgeon and holds an active position on the board of directors at Tern Services. Dr. Robinson earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. At the renowned Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University he completed a surgical internship, neurosurgical residency, and research fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery. Most recently, Dr. Robinson earned an Executive MBA, finishing first in class, from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Dr. Robinson is a member of many prestigious organizations including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), The Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Georgia Neurosurgical Society (GNS), AANS Section on Tumors, Pituitary Network Association, Society for Neuro-Oncology, and is a Fellow of the American Board of Neurological Surgery