Meet Your Janesville, WI Moving Team

Tim LIghtner

Franchisee | CEO

In 1993, Tim opened the franchise with two movers and one truck. He booked the moves himself and worked on the truck nights and weekends, all while working a regular full-time job. Things were a little different back then compared to today. He had to take orders by the phone, didn’t use a computer only hand-written notebooks, and his drivers would use a payphone to check in between moves!
Back then he thought if he could make it to three trucks in five years, he would have arrived. As of today, Tim is proud to say his franchise now runs over 25 trucks and a staff of more than 80 people during the summer! He continues to set goals for his company and always continues to focus on giving back to his community, industry, and evolving his staff. He enjoys watching our team develop and advance with the company.
Along with being a franchise owner, Tim volunteers his time to the International Franchise Association and has served as a panelist at an annual meeting of franchisors.
Outside of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®, Tim enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, going biking, and hunting in the Northwoods.

For more than 20 years, Lisa has been an essential part of the Madison office. She works closely with operations, finance, sales, and marketing teams to keep us on track and on goal. She thrives in this role and is a driving force in the success of the franchise.

"I enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK," said Lisa. "It's my honor and privilege to help move people forward each and every day."

A dynamic leader and mentor, Lisa challenges her teams to be their best and finds joy in watching them grow and succeed.

When Matthew first started at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, he was new to the technical aspects of the job—dealing with transportation and selling over the phone was a whole new world. But his extensive retail management experience means that he was right at home motivating large teams toward shared goals.

Matthew knows that businesses can’t exist without people. He describes his primary role as general manager as “taking care of people” and helping them develop and become successful.

“You might not understand what this career is all about yet, but it’s about much more than work. We’ll train you for the work,” Matthew said. “If you take the time to learn more about the organization and the people, you will see our diversity. As part of that, you will grow—whether by gaining new friends or developing news skills. Each person on the team brings something special to the table.”

As sales director for all locations within our franchise group, Heather collaborates across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that budgets, project management, and growth are on track across the system.

A talented project manager for business moves, Heather enjoys building positive relationships with clients while skillfully guiding them down the path of their move. She first started out as a move consultant at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, where she loved working with customers and hit top sales for the system her first year. Soon, she moved to an in-home consultant role, then on to sales manager and director.

Heather has completed all the Frontline Foundations training available through the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK corporate franchise group. She is a CMC (certified moving consultant) through the American Moving & Storage Association and a certified PMP (project management professional) through Cornell University.

“Back in the early days of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison, Tim Lightner, the founder, kept some of his trucks on a lot of my father’s business in Oregon, Wisconsin,” Tyna said. “Dad would help make sure the trucks were up and running on cold mornings. I remember him mentioning this ‘young guy’ starting up ‘that TWO MEN AND A TRUCK moving deal.’ Now I work here—life is a funny thing!”

In her operations role, Tyna is responsible for helping our teams move forward with excellence every day. In a sense, she’s passing on a gift she received from her grandmother. “My grandmother was THE person who ALWAYS believed in me and helped me move forward in life,” she said. “I believe she is still with me and watching over me.”

Tyna says she's sometimes described as intense and then laughingly adds," I prefer 'passionate'!” In addition, she truly does not like the spotlight. “I like to do things for others without them knowing it,” she says.

So far her favorite thing about working at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is the people.

Becca has been part of the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Madison team since 2008. She is originally from Kaukauna, WI and moved to Madison in 1999 to study music education at UW Madison. While in school, Becca was a member of the UW Marching Band.
She is always cheerful and helpful with our customers, in fact, many of them comment frequently about her positive attitude! TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is her second family. She likes the customers and the people she works with. She feels grateful daily for the help she provides to our employees and for exceeding our customer expectations. Becca understands the stress that comes with moving and knowing that she helps move people forward is a blessing to have her on our team.
Outside of scheduling moves, Becca loves spending time with her family. She also enjoys gardening, going fishing, flying kites, nature walks and taking photos of sunsets, sunrises, storms, and clouds. She also likes in-home projects such as painting, reorganizing and remodeling.

“It always feels good to know I’ve done my job well,” Sacha said. “It helps me remember why I’m here.”

In her role as a move consultant, Sacha helps set up moves, explains the move process, and troubleshoots possible issues to secure her clients the most economical, seamless, and stress-free move possible.

Sacha says the biggest lessons she has learned at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK are to “be ready to work with a wide range of personalities and to have the detail-oriented mindset of a team player.” She also says not to take “no’s” from people personally but to instead “focus on the people who thank you for helping them through a stressful time.”

Sacha appreciates the flexibility that TWO MEN AND A TRUCK allows for her to be there for her kids, which is very important to her. She also says the people she works with—from supervisors, office mates, and crews—are a good combination of healthy competition and support.

“I get to go to work every day with some of my best friends,” she said with a smile.

Nadia is our franchise group controller, managing the finance teams for all of our locations.

Since beginning with TWO MEN IN A TRUCK in July 2016, Nadia says her favorite part of the company is the positive environment. Her favorite TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® core value is “Be your best and have fun.” Nadia's coworkers say she especially embodies this core value, bringing her big smile, sense of humor, and ability to find a silver lining to every situation.

Nadia has a knack for making numbers accessible and understandable to all and is constantly improving and upgrading franchise processes to increase simplicity and transparency. Known for her kind heart, analytical problem-solving, and desire to grow and learn as much as she can every day, Nadia is a vital part of our executive leadership team.

Janesville Team Members

Tim LIghtner

Lisa Paley Franchisee | President

Matthew Leider General Manager

Heather Lund Sales Director

Tyna Lund Office Manager

Becca Sibilsky Moving Consultant

Sacha Thatcher Move Consultant

Nadia Tremblay Controller

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