Keynotes
Gary Vaynerchuk
Inventor, Serial Entrepreneur, Five-Time New York Times Bestselling Author, and CEO of VaynerMedia
Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s four locations.
In addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also includes Gallery Media Group, which houses women’s lifestyle brand PureWow and men’s lifestyle brand ONE37pm. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Vaynerchuk also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports, cannabis-focused branding and marketing agency Green Street, and restaurant reservations app Resy.
He is a board/advisory member of the Ad Council and Pencils of Promise and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
Vaynerchuk is a highly sought-after public speaker, a five-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber. He is currently the subject of DailyVee (an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world), as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience (a top 100 global podcast), and host of #AskGaryVee (a business and advice Q&A show that can be found on both YouTube and Facebook). He also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series, Planet of the Apps, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am.
David Rowan
Editor-at-Large and Founding Editor-in-Chief, WIRED (U.K.)
David Rowan is Editor-at-Large and founding Editor-in-chief of WIRED’s U.K. edition. He has keynoted events for banks, governments and Fortune 100 companies, and recent stage interviews have ranged from will.i.am to James Murdoch and David Cameron. He has been a columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Guardian. Rowan is co-founder of FlowJourneys.com, taking amazing people for weekend adventures in the world’s most extraordinary locations.
Brad Stone
Author of “the Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon”
Brad Stone is a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek and the author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, which provides a definitive account of the e-commerce giant and offers keen insights into the history and remarkable growth of a company widely regarded as uniquely innovative, disruptive and often polarizing. Since joining Bloomberg from the New York Times in the fall of 2010, Stone has written more than a dozen cover stories on companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and the Chinese search firm Baidu. He is also the author of Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports. Stone is based in the San Francisco area.
Andrew Clarke
Chief Financial Officer, C.H. Robinson
Clarke was named Chief Financial Officer of C.H. Robinson in June 2015. He previously served as President and CEO of Panther Expedited Services, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corporation; CFO of Forward Air Corporation; and in investment banking and corporate finance roles. He currently serves on the board of Element Fleet Management Corp and previously served on the board for Blount International, Inc., Pacer International, Inc., and Forward Air Corporation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington University in Missouri and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
Shelley Simpson
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, and President of Highway Services, J.B. Hunt
Shelley Simpson began her career at J.B. Hunt in 1994. Since then, she has taken on numerous positions across multiple business units. In 2011, she was appointed Chief Marketing Officer, and her executive leadership role grew to include President of J.B. Hunt’s Truckload business unit in 2014. She was named Chief Commercial Officer in 2017 and was also named President of the newly established Highway Services, which was created to help unify the management of all asset and non-asset J.B. Hunt services. She is devoted to promoting the advancement of women and diversity in the workplace and was honored to receive the Distinguished Woman of the Year award from Women In Trucking in 2016.
Speakers
Allison Robinson
Chief Executive Officer, The Mom Project
After having her son in 2015, Robinson identified how challenging it can be for American mothers to juggle the demands of motherhood with a full-time career and decided to tackle the issue on a national scale. As CEO of The Mom Project, she is responsible for building a better workplace for women while providing innovative talent solutions that help their customers attract and retain the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives that they need to propel their businesses forward. She previously spent 8 years at Procter & Gamble, working on go-to-market strategies for leading household brands.
Ellen Voie
President and CEO, Women In Trucking Association
Ellen Voie is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on gender diversity and inclusion for women working in non-traditional careers in transportation. She has been invited to speak to audiences in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, France, Mexico, and Canada, in addition to being a popular speaker throughout the United States. Founded in March of 2007, the organization was formed to promote the employment of women in the trucking industry, to remove obstacles that might keep them from succeeding, and to celebrate the successes of its members.
Drew McElroy
CEO and Co-Founder, Transfix
Drew McElroy is the CEO and co-founder of Transfix, a leading online freight marketplace. Prior to founding Transfix in 2013, he was the President of Priority Distribution Inc. (PDI), a mid-market transportation management and 3PL. He previously served as the President of the New Jersey Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). He earned a bachelor’s degree in management and international business from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Chris Henry
Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (TPP), Truckload Carriers Association
TPP is an exclusive business improvement initiative of the Truckload Carriers Association. As a member of the TPP team, Henry’s primary roles are development and marketing of the inGauge cloud-based benchmarking service and improving industry data standardization. He is a group facilitator within the Best Practice Group Program, currently managing and facilitating three Best Practice Groups within the Dryvan, Refrigerated and Flatbed market segments.
Kathy Fulton
Executive Director, American Logistics Aid Network
Kathy Fulton is Executive Director for American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN). She leads the organization in coordinating information and logistics resources to efficiently deliver humanitarian aid. She serves on national workgroups focused on efficient coordination of activities and logistics during disasters, including those hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining ALAN, Fulton was Senior Manager of Information Technology Services at Saddle Creek Logistics Services, where she managed teams responsible for IT infrastructure implementation and support, corporate systems, and business continuity planning.
Cathy Morrow Roberson
Founder and Head Analyst, Logistics Trends & Insights
Based in Atlanta, Logistics Trends & Insights aims to cut through the content noise and provide customized logistics research and consulting services. Founder and Head Analyst Cathy Morrow Roberson has more than 15 years of experience in the logistics market, including 10 years with UPS Supply Chain and several years with specialized consulting firms. In addition to being quoted in numerous publications, Roberson has published numerous articles in various business and logistics publications.
Matt McLelland
Innovation Strategist, Covenant
Matt McLelland has more than 20 years of experience in IT and brings a fresh perspective to the supply chain industry. He serves as the Innovation Strategist for Covenant Transport, where his team works to ensure a more affordable, safer delivery of products to customers. He previously served as the Innovation Research Manager for Kenco Innovation Labs. During his IT career, McLelland served as Director of Enterprise Systems for Kenco Group and Director of Technology for the Maclellan Foundation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from the University of Georgia.
Randy Mullett
Founder, Mullett Strategies
Mullett is the founder of Mullett Strategies, a consulting practice that is focused on freight transportation, sustainability, security, emerging technologies, and aligning business structures and resources to support strategic goals and outcomes. Previously, he was Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs for XPO Logistics (formerly Con-way Inc.) and spent 26 years in trucking operations, management and sales. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Expert Network on the future of supply chains and logistics and serves on the board of directors for Trucker Tools. He is a graduate of Shepherd University (bachelor’s) and Old Dominion University (MBA).
Benjamin Gordon
Founder and Managing Partner, BG Strategic Advisors
Benjamin Gordon is founder and Managing Partner of BG Strategic Advisors. Prior to BGSA, he founded 3PLex, the Internet solution enabling third-party logistics companies to automate their business. Prior to that, he advised transportation and logistics clients at Mercer Management Consulting. He also worked in his family’s transportation business, AMI, where he helped the company expand its logistics operations.Gordon is founder and chairman of GesherCity and has served on the boards of several non-profit groups. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his bachelor’s degree from Yale.
Blythe Brumleve
Founder, Digital Dispatch and Brumleve Brands
In 2008, Brumleve worked as a blogger when she received an opportunity to work in logistics as an executive assistant. Knowing about her blogging side hustle, the executive team allowed her to take responsibility of the company’s digital marketing initiatives. After the company closed five years later, she held stints as Editor in Chief of a local magazine and radio/TV broadcaster in North Florida, and her team earned several awards, including several ADDY®’s. She later founded Digital Dispatch in 2018, where she and her team oversee digital marketing and web development projects for their clients. Using turnkey and custom-built solutions, Digital Dispatch provides the transportation industry with inbound marketing strategies, online employee/driver recruiting solutions, streamlined communications, goal-oriented marketing analytics, and other software tools.
Charley Dehoney
CEO, Manning’s Truck Brokerage
Charley Dehoney is a growth-focused executive, consultant, advisor, and investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of transportation technology. He’s helped create revenue systems that have supported hundreds of millions of dollars in growth for the teams and businesses that he has helped to build. Most recently, he joined Manning’s Truck Brokerage as CEO. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with his beautiful wife and three strapping young sons.
Michael Randle
The Randle Report
Michael Randle has been featured or quoted in more than 900 different media properties around the world and was described by Fred Barnes of Fox News and The Weekly Standard as an expert on the Southern economy. He founded his first business publication, The Birmingham Business Journal, in 1983 at the age of 27. He later sold the publication and started Southern Business & Development in 1992 at age 36. Randle launched SB-D.com and SouthernAutoCorridor.com in the last 20 years, as well as RandleReport.com in November of 2010.
Sandeep Kar
Chief Strategy Officer, Fleet Complete
Kar works closely with global OEMs and suppliers in developing strategic partnerships that enable companies to grow faster by effectively leveraging advanced technologies and globalized operating conditions. He brings mission-critical corporate strategy analytics and insights to senior leadership of global commercial vehicle market participants and opens doors to accelerated revenue growth. Kar routinely speaks at industry events and is regularly quoted by media on issues of strategic importance to the commercial vehicle industry. He also serves on advisory boards for many innovative companies, helping them find economies of scope and scale.
Greg Price
CEO and Co-Founder, Shipwell
While a consultant at McKinsey & Co, Price guided Fortune 100 companies to create and execute ambitious initiatives that led to more than $500 million in savings and earnings. He leveraged advanced analytics and machine learning to drive impact and answered questions crucial to running a world-class supply chains across CPG, retail, oil and gas, and manufacturing. He started Shipwell to apply his background to the transportation market and bring automation, visibility, and artificial intelligence to decisioning. He previously spent 7 years at MIT’s Lincoln Labs, creating hardware, software, and algorithms for the US Department of Defense and holds master’s degrees in engineering and business from MIT.
Trent Broberg
General Manager and Vice President of Customer Success, Truckstop.com
Trent Broberg is a trucking fan and logistics technology nerd who despises two things: wasting time and wasting money—in that order. He started his career with Swift Transportation, riding in a truck and working the dispatch window wondering, as many of us do, which how he got into this business. From there, he transitioned to DB Schenker and learned about the complexity of shipping regulated goods from the U.S. to the U.A.E. while leading MarCom for the Americas region. In his current role at Truckstop.com, he drives his passion for technology designed to connect the industry and strive for complete customer delight.
T. Ryan Rogers
Chief Transformation Officer, Covenant
As Chief Transformation Officer, Rogers holds responsibility for technology, continuous improvement, mergers and acquisitions, innovation, and strategic planning across seven individual business units within Covenant. He comes most recently from Amazon, where he served as a transportation executive, leading procurement and carrier development. Prior to Amazon, he served in multiple roles at U.S. Xpress Enterprises, including Corporate Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer. He currently serves as a mentor at Dynamo, is a member of the Chattanooga Technology Council, is a Leadership Chattanooga graduate, and was named in the “Top 20 Under 40” in Chatter magazine in 2015. He earned his MBA and undergraduate degrees from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga.
Kenneth L. Evans, Jr.
Founder and CEO, Konexial
Ken Evans is the founder of Konexial, a FreightTech 100 technology provider of real-time fleet management and hours-of-service compliance for truck carriers of all sizes. Prior to founding Konexial, Evans spent 25 years managing logistics for Eastman, Littelfuse, Celanese, Koch Industries, and Spirit Aerosystems. While at Koch, Evans started a holding company and four logistics startup companies as an intrapreneur: Koch Rail, KBX Marine, KBX Logistics, and KBX International. Before joining Koch, he gained 20 years of chemical industry supply chain experience with Celanese and Eastman Chemical and was responsible for global logistics for both companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in logistics and transportation from the University of Tennessee and an MBA from East Tennessee State University.
Grant Crawford
President, Emerge
Grant Crawford leads the Emerge team of logistic industry experts as President. He brings three decades of experience, going back to when FedEx Ground was just a startup. As FedEx grew to become a household name, he held several positions across the U.S., including Service Center Manager, Managing Director of Operations, and Vice President of International Operations (FedEx Freight), which included the company’s expansion into Canada. From there, he moved on to become President of Roadrunner Freight and then Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer for Synter Resource Group, where he remains the current Vice Chairman.
David Roush
President, KSM Transport Advisors
David Roush is President of KSM Transport Advisors, where his focus includes clients’ freight networks, financial management, operational metrics, and optimization strategies. He also has experience in providing M&A services to his clients. His industry experience spans more than 20 years of real-world analysis and implementation. Prior to joining KSMTA, Roush served as President and owner of a truckload carrier consulting practice that specialized in helping clients manage and optimize their revenue streams. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and his master’s degree in finance and marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He also earned the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation by the Institute of Management Consultants.
Bill Driegert
Director, Uber Freight
Bill Driegert is the Director of Uber Freight, an app that seamlessly connects trucking companies with loads to haul. Prior to joining Uber, he served as Chief Operations Officer at Pillow Homes. He also spent time at Amazon as Director of Planning and Innovation, with oversight of new initiatives in final-mile delivery and truckload. He was a founding team member of Coyote Logistics (acquired by UPS) and the company’s Chief Innovation Officer. He started his career building racecars in Vermont before joining PepsiCo to start a more glamorous career in logistics. He lives in Tiburon, California, with his wife and two children, and in his limited free-time, he still enjoys mountain biking and tinkering on old cars and motorcycles.
Geoff Turner
President and CEO, Choptank Transport
Geoff Turner is the President and CEO of Choptank Transport, a third-party logistics provider based in Preston, Maryland. During his tenure at Choptank, the company has grown to six regional locations with more than 350 employees, handling more than 150,000 shipments per year. Choptank started as a premier perishable services provider but has since expanded into a full-service, multimodal provider. In addition to the company’s exceptional growth, it has developed its own proprietary Orbit and MOAB software platforms. Turner earned his undergraduate degree in business from University of Maryland–College Park and his MBA from Salisbury University. He has been a Transportation Intermediaries Association board member since 2005 and currently is chairing the TIA’s Shipper Council.
Martin Lew
Founder and CEO, Commtrex
Martin Lew is the CEO and Founder of Commtrex, the largest and most trusted electronic marketplace for rail shippers to directly connect with freight car owners/lessors, railroads, storage locations, transloaders, rail service providers, and industry data. Prior to Commtrex, he was the Head of Sales and Origination (Americas and Europe) for Mabanaft Coal Trading, Vice President and Lead Originator at J.P. Morgan on the Coal and Environmental Markets Desk, Associate in the North American Coal and Emissions Group at Bear Stearns, and CEO/Co-Founder of Equate Systems. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School and a bachelor of arts degree with majors in political science and communications from the University of Southern California.
Matt Hunckler
CEO, Powderkeg
Matt Hunckler is an entrepreneur, international speaker, podcast host, and CEO of Powderkeg, a digital community of more than 10,000 tech entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals building innovative companies across America. Hunckler is a voice for tech entrepreneurs around the world, regularly contributing to publications like Forbes, Inc., and Huffington Post. He is frequently interviewed for TV, radio, podcasts, and docuseries to share his unique perspective on technology and startups. He has led successful teams with his own ventures, as well as Inc. 500 companies and venture-funded tech startups. He was named an “Entrepreneur to Watch” by Under 30 CEO and an “IBJ Forty Under 40” Honoree for his entrepreneurial endeavors.
Renee Krug
CEO, GlobalTranz
As GlobalTranz’s Chief Executive Officer, Renee Krug brings tremendous leadership skills, domain knowledge, and more than 30 years of multi-disciplinary experience that drive the overall strategy and direction of the company. She is an action-oriented executive who drives meaningful initiatives that create success. Prior to becoming CEO, she served as the company’s CFO and helped drive GlobalTranz’s record growth and position as a market-leading transportation management solutions and technology. Before joining GlobalTranz, she was CFO of Clear Channel Outdoor and Vice President of Finance at Swift Transportation. Earlier in her career, she held a variety of leadership roles at Honeywell in technology, operations, sales, and Six Sigma process improvement.
Matthew Tillman
Founder and CEO, Haven
Matthew Tillman is the CEO and founder of Haven. Prior to launching Haven, he held executive roles at several finance and advertising companies, specializing in artificial intelligence. Haven was founded in 2014 to help large shippers automate logistics, collaborate with partners, and gain visibility throughout their supply chain. Haven is venture-backed and has offices in Singapore and San Francisco. Connect with us at https://www.haveninc.com to learn more.
Lidia Yan
CEO and Co-Founder, NEXT Trucking
Lidia Yan is changing the way shippers and carriers connect in order to meet today’s growing transportation demands. As the CEO and Co-Founder of NEXT Trucking, Yan runs the world’s first trucker-centric, tech-enabled marketplace that efficiently matches freight with available truck capacity, easing the logistics bottleneck. With smart-matching and predictive load technologies, the NEXT platform provides enhanced supply chain visibility for shippers, as well as a better experience for truckers, who gain more control over their schedules, routes, and rates. Prior to founding NEXT Trucking in 2015, she served as a marketing executive at Newegg, where she managed a $22 million marketing budget while keeping the cost of overall sales under 1 percent. Before Newegg, she founded 9luxe, a leading flash sale site in China.
Anthony Levandowski
CEO and Co-Founder, Pronto
Anthony Levandowski is a pioneer and leading innovator in the autonomous vehicle industry. His teams have made numerous technological achievements, including the first (and thus far only) unmanned autonomous drive on California roads, the first (and still longest) commercial delivery by an autonomous truck, and—most recently with Pronto—the first disengage free cross-country drive. Prior to Pronto, he oversaw Uber’s autonomous vehicle program and spent almost nine years at Google, creating the foundation for the autonomous vehicle program (now Waymo). At the University of California–Berkeley, he led a team of classmates in building Ghostrider, an autonomous motorcycle that competed in the DARPA Grand Challenge, which resides in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. He also worked on the key enabling technology behind Google Street View and the creation and launch of Uber Freight.
Donald Broughton
Founder, Broughton Capital
Anthony Levandowski is a pioneer and leading innovator in the autonomous vehicle industry. His teams have made numerous technological achievements, including the first (and thus far only) unmanned autonomous drive on California roads, the first (and still longest) commercial delivery by an autonomous truck, and—most recently with Pronto—the first disengage free cross-country drive. Prior to Pronto, he oversaw Uber’s autonomous vehicle program and spent almost nine years at Google, creating the foundation for the autonomous vehicle program (now Waymo). At the University of California–Berkeley, he led a team of classmates in building Ghostrider, an autonomous motorcycle that competed in the DARPA Grand Challenge, which resides in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. He also worked on the key enabling technology behind Google Street View and the creation and launch of Uber Freight.
Patrick Draut
Founder, Senior Vice President of Business Intelligence, K&L Freight Management
Spending a majority of his career in the financial services and healthcare sectors, Draut saw an opportunity within the logistics and supply chain management industry to improve upon systems and processes using data insights. After spending two years working with K&L’s brokerage, he identified the freight futures marketplace as his next stop. He is the Director of Strategy and Principal at K-Ratio (a subsidiary of K&L Freight Management), a registered CTA located in Chicago. He earned his MBA from Northeastern University.
Brad Hollister
CEO, SwanLeap
SwanLeap is the nation’s fastest growing private company. Under Hollister’s leadership, SwanLeap delivered unprecedented 75,660.8 percent revenue growth over the past three years, catapulting the five-year old software company to the top spot on the Inc. 5000 for 2018.
Graham Parker
CEO, Kontainers
Graham Parker is a serial entrepreneur, founding his first freight-forwarding company at age 22 and going on to grow it to a $20 million company over the next decade. Parker is CoFounder and CEO of award-winning enterprise SAAS company Kontainers, which counts five top 20 global shipping brands as clients and has offices in New York and Dublin.
Jason Palmer
Chief Operating Officer, SmartDrive Systems
Jason Palmer is Chief Operating Officer of SmartDrive Systems. Palmer brings more than 25 years of leadership in delivering products to market for fast-growing technology companies such as Qualcomm, Now Software, Epicor and WebTrends. In his career, he has also worked with many of the leaders in large-scale analytics initiatives, including Microsoft, Yahoo!, The New York Times and Knight Transportation. He has been with SmartDrive for more than 10 years, leading the development and delivery of SmartDrive’s market-leading, video-based safety programs and analytics. He is a graduate of Oregon State University with degrees in marketing and economics.
Shoaib Makani
CEO and Co-Founder, KeepTruckin
KeepTruckin co-founder and CEO, Shoaib has extensive experience in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He leverages this experience to guide our overall business strategy. Prior to founding KeepTruckin, Shoaib worked at Khosla Venture, where he led investments in consumer and enterprise technology companies including Instacart, Everlane, Yammer, and HackerRank. Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Shoaib led business development for Google’s mobile advertising business in Asia and Latin America. He holds a BSc in Economics from The London School of Economics..
Brian Yormak
Managing Partner, Story Ventures
Brian Yormak is a Managing Partner at Story Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund working with companies at the intersection of data and machine intelligence. At Story, Yormack invests in founders focused on the integration of hardware and software, as well as new forms of data capture and processing with a specific focus on transportation and logistics. Prior to founding Story, he worked as an investor at Fontinalis Partners, a Detroit-based venture capital fund started by Bill Ford (executive chairman of Ford Motor). At Fontinalis, he specialized in the impact data is having on logistics and transportation businesses. Prior to working at Fontinalis, he worked as an investment banker at Societe Generale. Yormack earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Venture for America Fellow.
Danny Gomez
Senior Director of Energy Markets, Nodal Exchange
Danny Gomez has been with Nodal Exchange since 2008 and is part of the team that launched the exchange in 2009 and the clearinghouse in 2015. As Senior Director of Energy Markets, Gomez focuses on building Nodal Exchange’s trading community and leads clearing member relations. Prior to Nodal Exchange, he worked for four years at Expro Group as their Global Market Analyst. Gomez holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Texas A&M University.
Doug Waggoner
CEO, Echo Global Logistics
Waggoner has built Echo into a publicly traded, nearly $2 billion provider of technology-enabled transportation management. Before Echo, Waggoner founded SelecTrans, LLC, grew revenue and improved efficiency as CEO of USF Bestway, and served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing at USF Corporation. He also held leadership positions at Daylight Transport and YRC Freight.
Elizabeth Fretheim
Head of Business Development, Nikola Motor Company
Elizabeth Fretheim is the Head of Business Development for Nikola Motor Company where she works with fleets to help them transition to a zero-emission future with hydrogen fuel cell and all-electric vehicles. Prior to Nikola, Elizabeth was the Senior Director of Sustainability for Walmart where she led sustainability for the supply chain division with over 200 distribution centers and the third largest private trucking fleet in the United States. Before joining Walmart, Elizabeth lived in Calgary, Canada, where she worked in business development for technology, facility management, and power generation companies. Her experience spans the spectrum of operational sustainability including alternative energy, efficiency, autonomous vehicles, building design and technologies, packaging, water, waste and recycling, and supplier engagement. Elizabeth lead Walmart’s achievement of doubling their fleet efficiency from 2005-2015 which saved the company $1 billion annually and for which they won Green Fleet of the Year in 2017. In 2016, she was one of Fleet Owner magazine’s Dozen Outstanding Women in Trucking and in one of three finalists for the 2nd Annual Distinguished Women in Logistics award. Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary and gained an interest and appreciation for sustainability through her work in the remote Northern regions of Canada with the Aboriginal people.
Eric Rempel
Chief Innovation Officer, Redwood Logistics
Joining Redwood in 2004 as its Chief Technology Officer, Rempel played a key role in the creation of a Redwood’s proprietary TMS. He led its design by integrating powerful transportation automation into customer supply chains. Rempel became Redwood Logistics’ Chief Innovation Officer in 2017. He founded 3PLogic in 2009, (now Redwood Supply Chain Solutions, or SCS), whose technology was the catalyst for RedwoodConnectSM , a supply-chain integration platform.
Grant Goodale
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Convoy
Goodale is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer for Convoy, whose software creates smarter routes that efficiently batch shipments for the drivers, helping their businesses thrive, saving on transportation costs and curtailing environmental waste. Prior to Convoy, Grant worked at Amazon, founded/served as CEO of Massively Fun, and held senior positions at multiple startups including Reactivity and Context Optional.
James Kuklinski
Growth Investor, Spark Capital
James Kuklinski joined Spark Capital in 2018 and is based in the New York office. Prior to joining Spark, he was an associate at Allen & Company, a New York-based investment bank, where he focused on internet, enterprise software, media companies and sports franchises. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics. Prior to Penn, he performed as Gavroche in the Broadway production and National Tour of Les Miserables, among other acting credits.
Jason Chernock
Director of Programs and Partnerships, MedShare
Jason Chernock serves as Director of Programs and Partnerships for MedShare, a global humanitarian aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world. Within this role he focuses on building partnerships with the healthcare industry to advance the mission of MedShare and overseas the organization’s national gift-in-kind strategy. Jason joined MedShare in 2014, and has 17 years of experience working for non-profit, community and economic development organizations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
John Engstrom
Vice President of Investment Banking–Stifel Financial Corp.
John Engstrom is an Associate in Stifel’s Transportation and Logistics Investment Banking Group. John has gained experience across a broad range of industry segments within transportation, including truckload, LTL, logistics, brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing, railroad, domestic maritime, freight technology, passenger transportation, and parcel. Prior to joining Stifel John worked in management consulting at Oliver Wyman.
Kim Larsen
Vice President of Data Science, KeepTruckin
Kim Larsen is a hands-on leader with 17 years of experience solving a wide array of analytical problems—including forecasting, targeting, as well as optimizing top-of-funnel levers. At Uber, he ran a team that optimized a multi-billion dollar marketing budget and built machine learning systems focused on user behavior prediction. Most recently, he has been at ThirdLove, an online retailer, running all things data (ML, insights, and data engineering.)
John Larkin
Managing Director of Investment Banking, Transportation & Logistics, Stifel
John Larkin has been with Stifel since 2005 and heads Stifel’s investment banking, transportation and logistics areas. Previously, he led Legg Mason’s entry into the transportation markets. At Stifel, he has received recognition from Institutional Investor, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and StarMine for his expertise as an analyst.
Marcus Shaw
CEO, The Company Lab (Co.LAB)
Marcus Shaw is the CEO of CO.LAB, which supports entrepreneurial growth in southeast Tennessee by working with entrepreneurs to refine their business models, test their ideas with customers, pursue capital and partnerships, and connect with a community of mentors, peers and business experts. CO.LAB also works to create environments that inspire entrepreneurial activity, open doors within the business community and promote job creation. He is the former Senior Director of Business Development and partnerships for Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps build diversity and leadership pipelines for corporate institutions, nonprofits and government agencies. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morehouse College and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Scott Sussich
DTN, LLC
Sussich was founding partner/Co-President of Energy Management Institute (EMI), which was acquired by DTN in April 2018. He also has worked with energy producers, distributors and retailers, as well as fleet and facility operators in the oil, gas and power industries. Sussich has testified in the U.S. Senate on fuel pricing; assisted the IRS in fuel tax evasion investigations; and been an industry authority for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and CNN.
Sarah Ruffcorn
Chief Operations Officer, Trinity Logistics
Sarah Ruffcorn has spent 17 years with Trinity Logistics in several roles. In her current role as COO, she leads the operations and sales teams to include five Regional Service Center logistics offices throughout the country, the LTL division, the Advanced Services division, and the Managed Services division. She currently serves as the co-chair of TIA’s Women in Logistics Committee and is a member of the TIA Technology Committee. She was awarded the 2015 Delaware Business Times Best 40 under 40 award for being one of the region’s “best and brightest young professionals” and nominated as a top 5 finalist for the 2019 “Distinguished Woman in Logistics” award. She graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
Scott Shechtman
Nasdaq Head of New Markets and President of Longitude
Scott Shechtman is Head of New Markets in Nasdaq’s Market Technology business. In this role, he is responsible for strategy and business development in enabling Nasdaq’s marketplace technology offerings to operate in new segments beyond capital markets, including but not limited to insurance, shipping, logistics, sports wagering and healthcare. He is also President of Longitude, Nasdaq’s pari-mutel pool-betting technology that uses advanced mathematical principles and cutting-edge computing techniques to facilitate innovation in the sports wagering industry. He has patents granted and pending for a variety of pari-mutuel wagering frameworks for sports betting. Prior to joining Longitude in 2010, Shechtman was in Markets and Banking Strategy at Citigroup and has held a variety of other positions within the financial services industry. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Shawn Graves
Vice President of Transportation–Integrated Capacity Solutions, J.B. Hunt 360
Shawn Graves has been an integral part of the growth at J.B. Hunt Transport for 20 years. He started with the company as a manager trainee, where he developed his knowledge of the industry while operating in all four of the company’s business units. His expertise in the enterprise as a whole moved him into Dedicated Contract Services, where he was responsible for the team that implemented all 90 Final Mile Services locations. Graves currently holds the position of Vice President of Transportation inside the Integrated Capacity Solutions division. He is currently responsible for everything less than truckload inside the organization and a member of the J.B. Hunt 360 leadership team. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from John Brown University.
Thiago Olsen
Managing Director of Engage Ventures
Thiago is a physicist, entrepreneur, early-stage technology investor and is the Managing Director of Engage Ventures, an independent venture fund and growth program established by 10 Fortune 1000 brands. Thiago is also a Venture Partner at Tech Square Ventures, a seed & early-stage venture fund that invests in the cloud, internet of things, and university spinouts.
Thom Albrecht
CFO, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President, Celadon Group
Thom Albrecht, CFA, has been involved with transportation since 1988. In October 2017, he joined Celadon Group, an Indianapolis-based truckload and logistics company. Previously, he ran his own consulting firm, Sword & Sea Transport Advisors LLC, and spent 28 years on Wall Street at four firms covering truckload, LTL, intermodal and equipment companies, including 12 years as a Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets. He has helped raise capital for numerous companies, was a seven-time Wall Street Journal All Star, and was recognized eight times as best analyst in his sector among regional/boutique firms by Institutional Investor magazine. Albrecht holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a finance major from the University of Central Missouri.
Timothy Almack
Partner, Katz, Sapper & Miller
Tim Almack is a partner in Katz, Sapper & Miller’s Audit and Assurance Services Group. He has been with the firm since 1983 and in public accounting since 1976. As the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Transportation Services Group, Almack audits and reviews financial statements and advises numerous trucking clients in accounting, reporting, internal controls, mergers and acquisitions, analysis of cash flow, lease versus buy, equipment utilization, performance measurements, cost reduction strategies, and other operational matters. He frequently speaks at trucking seminars and has written articles related to improving the profitability of trucking companies. He is the co-founder of the Trucking Owners Business Roundtable that is co-sponsored by Katz, Sapper & Miller, KSM Transport Advisors, LLC, and the law firm of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary.
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