Direct accountability
There is no open marketplace or anonymous broker chain. For any future approved trip, one company remains accountable and the signed agreement names the assigned driver before pickup.
About
Meet Dan Ketelsen, founder and owner of SelectDrive.
Dan Ketelsen spent three decades in an elevated hospitality role with a Fortune 100 company, where client care isn't an afterthought, it's the entire job. He is bringing that standard to SelectDrive's planned vehicle driveaway model.
30+ years Fortune 100 hospitality
Perfect driving record
Des Moines, Iowa
The founder
Dan Ketelsen built this from 30 years in hospitality.
A husband and father of two daughters, Dan is originally from Iowa and has been back home for many years. He's a professional musician who spent three decades with a Fortune 100 company in an elevated hospitality role, where client care isn't an afterthought, it's the entire job.
Dan founded SelectDrive LLC to build an owner-operated alternative to an anonymous broker chain. He is the planned primary driver and direct customer contact. Quote and planning requests are open, but no trip starts until required authority is active and the vehicle, driver, insurance, and signed agreement are approved.
- 30+ years Fortune 100 hospitality experience
- Driver and insurer approval required before every future trip
- Personally reviews premium and complex route requests
- Direct communication, no broker chain
Why it's different
Three principles the SelectDrive model is built on.
Hospitality mindset
Dan's career was built in elevated hospitality driving for a Fortune 100 company, where anticipating client needs and exceeding expectations is the baseline, not the exception. That culture guides the planned SelectDrive process.
Trust-first approach
Handing over your keys requires trust. Dan is SelectDrive's owner, planned primary driver, and primary customer contact. Any approved trip must name the driver and state the tracking and condition-documentation terms before pickup.
How it works
From quote request to an approved trip.
01
Get a quote
Ask Pilot for a preliminary estimate or submit the contact form. Share your route, vehicle, and timing. The planning model uses $450 daily driver pay billed in half-day increments, with a one-day minimum, and itemizes gas fuel where applicable, tolls, lodging, insurance surcharge, and assigned-driver positioning travel. Electric charging is billed at documented actual cost with receipts.
02
Complete every approval
A deposit alone does not authorize a trip. Required operating authority, insurance, the vehicle, assigned driver, attestations, and signed trip agreement must all be approved before pickup.
03
Follow the written trip plan
If a trip is approved, follow the communication plan in the signed agreement. When private tracking is enabled, use the supplied link and complete the agreed handoff records.
Coverage and care
Professional standards. Documented every mile.
Any future approved trip must be backed by the applicable operating and insurance documents, a named driver, signed terms, and a defined communication plan.
- Current insurance and operating details available to review before service
- Condition documentation when included in the confirmed booking
- Private trip tracking when enabled for the booking
- The trip-update plan stated in the confirmed booking
- SelectDrive LLC, 4300 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
Get started
Ready to move your vehicle?
Ask Pilot for a preliminary estimate or submit a form for human follow-up. Pilot can be wrong or stale; the written quote and confirmed booking control.