The Freight Project Podcast

On today’s The Freight Project Podcast episode, I welcome Charles Walker, VP of Logistics Business Development for Aurora Global Solutions.

Charles will talk about his love of logistics, which was first felt during his long career working in logistics and supply chain in 1984 when he joined the US Army.

Charles will talk about what he’s learned from the military side of logistics and how he’s applying that today as a practitioner in the civilian world at Aurora Global solutions. This is a must-listen episode for those who want to learn a lot of wisdom and love logistics themselves.

On today’s The Freight Project Podcast episode, I welcome Jaron Klopstein, VP of Motus Logistics, a reseller of Cerasis technology and solution. On the episode, Jaron will discuss the case study, which won Cerasis and Motus the SMC3/Logistics Management Alliance Award for 2020, of two Cerasis customers Jaron was able to help solve problems for through the ideation of a collaborative technology solution including not only Cerasis but another freight technology provider.

On today’s The Freight Project Podcast episode, I welcome Sarah Barnes. Sarah is a longtime practitioner in the supply chain with strong ties to the industry originating in a family business focusing on the space. Sarah has worked at a 3PL, launching an innovative podcast there before venturing out on her own. She’s on the podcast today to share her knowledge about the increase in content marketing in the supply chain. She’ll share her deep insights of not only providing clients these services but how to stand out above the noise.

While you are here, make sure you check out Sarah’s leading industry platform, which includes many media assets, including her own podcast, over at “Let’s Talk Supply Chain!”

I hope you enjoy this exciting episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!”

On today’s The Freight Project Podcast episode, I welcome Miles Varghese, CEO & Co-Founder of the freight forwarding management platform, CargoLogik. In the episode, Miles and I will discuss the current state of the freight forwarding industry and how more forwarders are using SaaS-based management platforms to compete & bring efficiencies to their business.

On today’s "The Freight Project Podcast" episode, I welcome back, for a fourth time, Kevin Hill, Co-Founder & President of CarrierLists & Director of Research at FreightWaves. Kevin and Adam Robinson will talk about where are things going in the world of freight by discussing activity in the industry and how the market will impact shipping rates for 2020.

On today’s “The Freight Project Podcast,” I welcome Matt Motsick, CEO of RPA Labs, a full-service robotics process automation, AKA, RPA, solution for the logistics industry, developing software bots to automate processes, documents, and emails.

On today’s “The Freight Project Podcast,” I welcome Irina Rosca who brings to us a wealth of experience & knowledge. Irina is a true supply chain thought leader. Concurrently, she is the ounder sustainSCM, the Director of Supply Chain and Customer Success Operations at Helix OpCo, and host of “Supply Chain Minute Let’s Talk Supply Chain” YouTube Series. That’s why Irina is the perfect guest to talk about how supply chain leaders can utilize some best practices to improve inventory forecasting to get to a more optimized network.

On today’s “The Freight Project Podcast,” I welcome Toni Careccio of Edison Partners, a 33-year-old growth equity firm based out of Princeton NJ that invests in growth-stage Enterprise Solutions, FinTech, and Healthcare IT companies, and Toni’s focus is on logistics industry investments. Toni comes from a long line of family members who have worked in the logistics industry, and you could say it is in her blood!
On the episode, Toni will share her unique perspective from the outside looking in as she looks out for logistics industry investments, but she brings something else to that eagle eye: she’s worked on a logistics technology solution herself, having helped found a company in the ELD space.

On today’s “The Freight Project Podcast,” I welcome Benjamin Gordon of Cambridge Capital, a capital investment firm with a focus on logistics & logistics technology. Ben is a long time veteran of the logistics industry, having first worked for a company that developed a TMS for 3PLs.

In the episode, Ben will share his thoughts on the state of logistics technology investments and the market in general that he has gleaned in investments made by his firm and in his conversations with logistics technology leaders, especially at his recent conference held on January 22nd to January 24th of 2020. Now, at the time of this recording, this conference had not yet occurred but has now completed. Look out for the BGSA supply chain conference in 2021!

On today’s “The Freight Project Podcast,” I welcome Jeremy Curran President and Founder at Easy Logistics Management, helping freight shippers that align with his passions. Jeremy uses technology for efficiency in his business as a freight solutions company to not only improve his own business but to help shippers who are considering e-commerce channels to continue with excellent LTL shipping practices just as they have in more traditional shipping channels.

In the episode, Jeremy and I will continue to expand upon the use of technology, primarily e-commerce, as a way for shippers to improve & gain new market share.