Shelley Simpson

Knight-Swift President and CEO David Jackson stepped down Tuesday after a nearly 24-year tenure at the company that saw many mergers and acquisitions, including an expansion into the LTL market.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced the promotion of 28-year company veteran Shelley Simpson to president on Wednesday.

Nuevo cargo para una veterana de la compañía con 28 años
de experiencia

The executive envisions a “connected ecosystem” where all capacity and shipments move simultaneously and in real time.

La eficiencia de la red debe ser impulsada por la colaboración, dice el ejecutivo en el evento Future of Supply Chain de FreightWaves

Shelley Simpson of J.B. Hunt will be the industry keynote speaker at The Future of Supply Chain.

The servitization of the trucking industry means there is a need for carriers to have better transparency of their available equipment in order to add new revenue streams.

J.B. Hunt’s 360 digital freight-matching platform will play a core role in helping the company and its customers thrive in a historically challenging environment, Simpson says.

J.B. Hunt has been recognized for its five-year, $500 million technology investment, but how it got to that point is now equally well known.

J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson joins the show to talk about leadership, electric fleets, 9/11, more. Plus a full breakdown of the Nikola report.

Digital freight matching has pushed the industry to adapt.

Industry Keynote with Shelley Simpson, Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer and President of Highway Services, J.B. Hunt, followed by a Live Q&A with Emily Szink, EVP of Content, FreightWaves

FreightWaves LIVE @HOME kicked off its three-day virtual event with keynote addresses from J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson, Revolution’s Ron Klain, and Echo Global Logistic’s Doug Waggoner among many others.

Industry experience, continual innovation drive J.B. Hunt 360 technology platform

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with Shelley Simpson, Chief Commercial Officer of J.B. Hunt.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with J.B. Hunt Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson.

“We actually don’t think we can do it ourselves. There won’t be one winner inside this space. We have to transform our shippers, brokers and carriers. We have to move forward together for everyone to benefit.” — Shelley Simpson on the power of collaboration, cooperation and bridging markets.

It’s the What the Truck?!? power hour of freight from #FWLive Chicago, featuring an all-star cast. Dooner and Chad interview J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson, project44’s Jett McCandless, SAP’s Franz Hero […]

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J.B. Hunt wants to make freight marketplaces more efficient by making information more transparent.

Simpson talks about legacy transportation companies adapting to change.

Keynotes will include Gary Vaynerchuk, David Rowan, Andrew Clarke, Shelley Simpson, and Brad Jacobs.