Two Men movers' summer jobs leads to Omaha franchise ownership

Two men with a lot of trucks are now running the Two Men and a Truck franchise in Omaha.

Justin Tangeman, 29, and Tyler Whalen, 26, took over the business on May 5. They aim to double annual revenue from $3 million to $6 million and grow its staff from 35 to 100 over the next five years, Tangeman said.

Eileen Marrison, who has owned the Lincoln and Omaha franchises for several years, sold the Omaha location in preparation for retirement. She remains owner of the Lincoln business.

July 1 will mark the company's 20th year in Omaha.

Neither of the men thought a moving job would turn into a career. When the pair graduated from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, colleges at the height of the economic downturn, good jobs were hard to come by.

"Most employers didn't really care that you had a college degree, they wanted to see your resume and your years of experience," said Whalen, who graduated in 2010.

He was hired at Two Men and a Truck in Cedar Rapids as a mover by Tangeman, who had started with the company when he graduated in 2008. Whalen thought it would be good enough to get through the summer. A summer turned into a year. And a year turned into a promotion for a sales position in the office.

Tangeman followed a similar track with the company.

"I took the job thinking it would just pay the bills for now, while I was looking for a career," Tangeman said. He eventually became general manager of the Cedar Rapids location and purchased a portion of the company's Tulsa, Oklahoma, franchise in 2012. He later recruited Whalen to be general manager there. Both are from small towns in eastern Iowa, so the Omaha business was a draw.

"Our corporate office knew that Justin and myself were really eager to buy a location and get us closer to our families," Whalen said.

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