On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Michael Colin, founder and CEO of MVMNT. They’ll go on a career journey filled with dynamic pivots that has led to MVMNT building TMS 2.0. 

Colin found his way into freight while working at a brokerage in Chicago, where he worked his way up from entry-level operations to director. His experiences as a broker led him to pursue his own venture in freight, initially following the mold of a digital broker before pivoting to develop a next-generation freight management software solution. 

MVMNT is now 2 years old, venture-backed and focused on changing the transportation industry by building the next generation of transportation management systems.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with President & Founder of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh. They’ll walk through hell and back to recount the trials and tribulations Singh has fought through to build his company.  

Omar is a teacher by training and a trucker by trade.  He has a graduate degree from Georgetown University, has studied at Oxford University, and mentors entrepreneurs at Stanford University.  He drove trucks for years to pay for college, taught public school for Teach for America, then drove over the road as an owner operator for 3 years before founding a medium sized trucking company in 2003 and operating it until the end of 2010.  He became a broker in 2011 and founded Surge as an independent brokerage late in 2016.  

Since 2016 Surge has become one of the fastest growing digital brokerages in the industry providing real-time API pricing capabilities with TMS partners including: Blue Yonder, BluJay, Oracle, Mercury Gate, Kuebix.  Omar sits on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, writes about industry related topics and speaks regularly at industry conferences for BluJay, Gartner, and CSCMP. 

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Trucker Tools CEO and founder Prasad Gollapalli 

On this episode we’ll go on a career journey with Gollapalli and learn how he and his team are helping over 3,300 trucking companies crush DOT compliance daily. Truck Tools has built a leading site that provides load visibility, predictive freight matching, and trip planning solutions for the transportation industry.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Rich Mohr, VP of fleet solutions at ChargePoint. Mohr brings more than 25 years of fleet, product and technology experience to his role. At Ryder System, he rose through the ranks to serve as the company’s chief technology officer and VP of new products for its fleet management solutions operation.

On this episode we’ll go on a career journey with Mohr and learn about the rapidly evolving needs of fleets, how EV charging works, what the regulatory environment is like, and what the present and future are for the technology. 

Since 2007, ChargePoint has focused solely on offering the best electric vehicle charging experience for everyone involved in the shift to electric mobility.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Flexe vp of product and engineering Anthony Girolamo. 

Girolamo leads the product and engineering organization, and his teams are responsible for the development of the Flexe Logistics Platform and the capabilities that set Flexe apart. 

Prior to joining Flexe, Anthony spent 9 years at Amazon as a senior technical leader of Amazon Fulfillment Technologies and Supply Chain Optimization Technologies. He also held senior software engineering positions at Microsoft, and received both his BSE and MSE in Computer Science at the University of Michigan.

Flexe solves the hardest omnichannel logistics problems for the world’s largest retailers and brands. Integrating technology, open logistics networks, and elastic economic models allows Flexe customers to move fast, at scale, and with precision. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Flexe brings deep logistics expertise and enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, same-day delivery, and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with project44 CEO and founder Jett McCandless to talk about his career journey and the project44 brand story. From humble beginnings to historic growth and all the hurdles along the way, this is one you won’t want to miss. 

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Loadsmart co-founder and co-CEO Felipe Capella. Find out how this Brazilian-born entrepreneur has helped build a FreightTech company that’s raised over $146 million.

Felipe is an amateur photographer, plays guitar, piano and Brazilian cavaquinho, has been to 47 countries and was granted the Extraordinary Ability in Business visa from the US Immigration Department. He is always ready to discuss and learn from behavioral and evolutionary psychology, economics and development, history and art (but not the modern one).

Random fact: his UPenn colleagues granted him the Funniest Person award, and voted him to a first-place-draw as Best Cook and Most Likely to Appear on the Cover of Times Magazine.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Uber Freight head of operations and co-founder Bill Driegert. You’ll learn about Driegert’s career journey, the story of how Uber Freight came to be, how the company has grown and pivoted, and what the future holds for the platform.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with H.D. White Logistics CEO Hope White. Hear how Hope has built her business, fought through the shipping crisis, and overcome racism to become a supply chain community leader.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Optimal Dynamics founders Daniel and Warren Powell to talk about their multigenerational journey in freight and passion for AI. 

The mission of Optimal Dynamics is to be the decision layer of logistics in order to help companies automate and optimize their operations.

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On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Port X Logistics founder Brian Kempisty to talk about the drayage market, building a company and establishing an aspirational freight brand.

BK spent most of his childhood working on a farm and raising dairy cows. It was evident early on that he had a tremendously competitive spirit, as he wanted to win every cattle show he entered. Once in college, he became laser-focused on business and started several companies in his 20s. Port X, its people and its customers are his true passion.

When he does take a moment away from Port X, he likes to challenge himself on the rivers and in the mountains. Nature helps prepare him to overcome any obstacle.

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