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Executive Moves: Transplace and LSO

TMS provider brings on chief technology officer; regional parcel carrier hires final-mile president and sales leader.

   Transportation management services and logistics technology provider Transplace has hired Jim French as chief technology officer.
   Former CTO Mike Dieter will transition to the role of chief information officer.
   French (pictured above) previously served as CTO at MoneyGram International. He also has held IT leadership positions in the travel technology sector, including at Sabre.
   Regional parcel carrier Lone Star Overnight (LSO) has hired Terry Douglas as president of the final-mile division and Dennis Jones as vice president of sales for the parcel division.
   Douglas most recently was executive vice president of Mclean Power Systems. He also has worked with private equity firms and led organizations through growth opportunities.
   Jones joins LSO after a 36-year career with UPS, for which he built and managed sales teams both domestically and internationally. 

Kim Link Wills

Senior Editor Kim Link-Wills has written about everything from agriculture as a reporter for Illinois Agri-News to zoology as editor of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. Her work has garnered awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Magazine Association of the Southeast. Prior to serving as managing editor of American Shipper, Kim spent more than four years with XPO Logistics.