Dr. Chris Caplice
Chief Scientist, DAT Senior Research Scientist, MIT
DAT
Dr. Chris Caplice serves as Chief Scientist for DAT Freight & Analytics where he leads the development and deployment of shipper facing solutions.
Chris concurrently serves as the Executive Director for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation & Logistics where he created and co-directs the MIT FreightLab. Chris has published extensively in academic and business journals on the topic of freight transportation and procurement. He was named the Silver Family Research Fellow and awarded the CSCMP Distinguished Service Award in 2016.
Dr. Caplice holds a Ph.D. from MIT in Transportation and Logistics Systems, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
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Chief Scientist, DAT Senior Research Scientist, MIT
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Ken Adamo
Chief of Analytics
DAT
Ken Adamo serves as Chief of Analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics, where he is responsible for driving new product development, customer engagement, and industry analysis. Prior to joining DAT, Adamo led pricing and decision science teams at FedEx Logistics. During his tenure in the industry he built innovative pricing and forecasting models, leveraging internal and external data sources to improve internal decision-making and increase profitability.
Ken has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and extensively in trade publications as a leading voice on freight market trends. He leads a team of market experts who study every facet of the logistics industry to bring the best available insight to customers. Prior to his career in logistics, Adamo worked in pricing and analytics at a deregulated energy provider. He earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Akron and lives in Northeast Ohio with his wife and three children.
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Chief of Analytics
DAT
Dean Croke
Principal Analyst
DAT
Dean Croke is DAT’s principal industry analyst, bringing 35 years of experience in the fields of data science, supply chain management, risk management and human performance.
Prior to joining DAT, Dean was a founder at FleetRisk Advisors (purchased by Qualcomm and now called Omnitracs Analytics), which pioneered the development of reporting and data analytics tools for fleet managers. Dean has held senior leadership roles at FreightWaves, Lancer Insurance and Spireon, where he helped create telematics products for customers in trucking, passenger automotive and insurance.
Originally from a family-owned trucking business in Australia, Dean is a CDL holder and an active owner-operator. He owns a 379 Peterbilt show truck known as “The Grumpy Pete”, which even has its own Instagram page.
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Principal Analyst
DAT
Sarita Benjamin
Sr. Director, Product
DAT
Sarita is responsible for the Freight Management services at DAT. She is an Innovative and results oriented product leader with over 15 years of experience that actively collaborates across the organization creating product strategies, roadmaps and plans focused on supporting the business strategy.
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Sr. Director, Product
DAT
J-Ann Tio
Chief Strategy Officer
Arrive Logistics
J-Ann Tio is the Chief Strategy Officer at Arrive Logistics. With more than a decade of industry experience across multiple brokerage departments including carrier sales, learning and development, business operations, technology, and strategy, she has developed a reputation for being a versatile and passionate leader, earning respect and accolades for her strategic expertise and commitment to championing women in logistics.
Tio joined Arrive Logistics in December of 2020 and quickly became a key player on the executive team and in the organization as Chief Strategy Officer. She has since played an integral role in crafting the organization’s strategic vision, bringing in innovative technologies and best-in-class service experience that deliver results for Arrive’s customers. Tio also devotes herself to advancing the company’s award-winning culture and developing the next generation of Arrive leaders through mentoring and professional development.
She earned a degree in Food Industry Management and currently resides in Austin, Texas.
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Chief Strategy Officer
Arrive Logistics
Lee Klaskow
Senior Analyst—Transportation & Logistics
Bloomberg Intelligence
Lee A. Klaskow is a senior global transportation & logistics analyst and sector head for Bloomberg Intelligence, a division of Bloomberg LP.
Lee has been analyzing the freight markets for decision makers since 2006. His current coverage spans global marine shipping, air freight and logistics sectors as well as the North American trucking and railroad industries. In addition to his industry work, Lee provides coverage on 20 freight transportation and logistics companies. He is focused on providing differentiated research through channel checks and collaborating with colleagues in adjacent industries. Lee is an articulate public speaker and frequent contributor on Bloomberg television and radio as well as other media outlets. He also speaks at industry conferences as well as company and academic events.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was a senior analyst at Longbow Research and Prudential Equity Group, where he covered freight transportation and logistics companies. Lee was ranked four stars by StarMine for EPS accuracy and recommendation performance prior to joining Bloomberg.
He has also worked at Prudential Equity Group as an industrial associate prior to being promoted to senior analyst. He helped originate and execute global equity transactions for both ABN Amro Rothschild and J.P. Morgan. Lee began his career at McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei analyzing and reporting on the primary equity markets.
He earned his bachelor of science degree in finance and management from Ithaca College, and his master’s in business from Fordham University.
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Senior Analyst—Transportation & Logistics
Bloomberg Intelligence
Tom Curee
Executive Vice President
Kingsgate Logistics
Tom Curee is the Executive Vice President at Kingsgate Logistics and serves as Vice-Chairman for the TIA Technology Committee. He has spent over 16 years in the transportation industry, working with both brokerages and carriers. He has a reputation for innovating and bringing unique solutions to the transportation industry.
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Executive Vice President
Kingsgate Logistics
Joe Vitiritto
Chief Executive Officer
PAM Transport
Various Management Roles in the Truck Load Industry
Specialties: Truck Load Freight; Six Sigma, HPWP (High Performance Work Place) Facilitator
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Chief Executive Officer
PAM Transport
Inam Iyoob
Director of Data Operations
DAT
Develop Freight Market Intelligence solutions using machine learning and data visualization techniques.
Truckload and LTL service procurement strategy, process, execution and evaluation.
Supply chain design by identifying the right supply chain strategy based on freight characteristics and business rules. Redesign entails using OR methods for product/customer sourcing, optimal site selection for distribution centers, warehouses, pool points and cross- docks, optimizing freight flows, developing routing guides and mode selection policies, dedicated fleet design and multi stop routing.
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Director of Data Operations
DAT
David Spencer
Director of Business Intelligence
Arrive Logistics
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Director of Business Intelligence
Arrive Logistics
Nicole Glenn
Founder & CEO
Candor Expedite
Nicole Glenn has logistics in her DNA. She’s held several operational roles where she learned the challenges that shippers and carriers face each day. After successfully moving into sales, she became president of K&L Freight Management and then head of Cherry Logistics Corp. More than twenty years in the transportation industry gave Nicole the expertise to start Candor Expedite in 2017 and it quickly become one of the top transportation companies in the industry, known for hot shot ground, time sensitive shipments and white glove delivery. Nicole was named one of the Top Women-Owned Businesses by Women in Trucking and a 2021 Enterprising Women of the Year Champion. She is also a founder of The Ladies Leadership Coalition, a podcast that profiles successful women in business.
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Founder & CEO
Candor Expedite
Jason Frederick
VP of Operations
Miller Transfer
Jason Frederick – Miller Transfer VP of Operations, Maintenance and Safety
Over 30 years working in the transportation industry ranging from LTL, Expedite, Flat-bed and
Specialized Heavy-Haul. During those years held various positions in sales, operations, safety and
executive leadership.
Started career with Roadway Express in 1992, worked 23 years with FedEx Freight / FedEx Custom
Critical and the past 3 years with Miller Transfer. Transportation expertise in moving high end consumer
goods, pharmaceuticals, data centers, control buildings, power transformers and other various
shipments. Largest shipment moved was over 200 feet long, 13 feet wide, 16 feet high and 200,000
pounds.
Married for 30 years to wife Melissa and have 5 wonderful children (3 boys and twin girls) ranging from 20 years old to 27 years old.
Board member for the Boys & Girls Club Northeast Ohio
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VP of Operations
Miller Transfer
Jaime Salazar
Group Product Manager
DAT Freight & Analytics
Group Product Manager with extensive experience discovering and delivering technology-powered products that are valuable, usable, and feasible. Leveraging over 14 years of software engineering experience.
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Group Product Manager
DAT Freight & Analytics
Andrew Smith
VP Sales and Operations
Circle Logistics
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VP Sales and Operations
Circle Logistics
Justin Sachs
Director of Products
Schneider
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Director of Products
Schneider
Tamir Dov
Product Manager
DAT
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Product Manager
DAT
Scott Friesen
EVP, Strategic Analytics
Echo Logistics
My goal is to make the world better through data-driven decisions.
Specialties: Analytics, Consumer Insights, Lean Six Sigma problem solving and process improvement, Strategy/Business Development and Marketing, Negotiation, Sales.
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EVP, Strategic Analytics
Echo Logistics
Alex Perry
Analytics Manager
DAT
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Analytics Manager
DAT
Don Everhart
Chief Technology Officer
FreightVana
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Chief Technology Officer
FreightVana
Cole Hytjan
Product Manager
DAT
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Product Manager
DAT
Robert Rouse
Product Manager, Mobile
DAT Freight & Analytics
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Product Manager, Mobile
DAT Freight & Analytics
Chamaine Jeffers
CEO
CDL 4 LIFE
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CEO
CDL 4 LIFE
Colin McChesney
Manager - Business Analytics
Axle Logistics
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Manager - Business Analytics
Axle Logistics
Claude Pumilia
President and CEO
DAT
As CEO, Claude is responsible for DAT’s strategy and execution. Under his leadership, the DAT network delivers the largest aggregated source of available truck load capacity in North America and more than 226 million freight load postings annually to over 93,500 carriers, transportation intermediaries and shippers. Claude has 25 years of executive leadership and experience delivering innovation and profitable growth in the technology industry.
https://www.dat.com
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President and CEO
DAT
Nadya Duke Boone
Vice President and Chief Product Officer
DAT
Nadya Duke Boone is Vice President and Chief Product Officer for DAT Freight & Analytics, the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. She is responsible for defining and building great products for freight carriers, brokers, and shippers, leading the Product Management, Data Science and User Experience Design functions.
https://www.dat.com
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Vice President and Chief Product Officer
DAT
Michael Rogers
Futurist-in-Residence of The New York Times
Michael Rogers is a best-selling author, technology pioneer and futurist, who most recently
served as futurist-in-residence for The New York Times. He has worked with companies ranging
from FedEx, Boeing and NBC Universal to Microsoft, Pfizer and Siemens, focusing on how
companies can think about the future in useful ways. He speaks to audiences worldwide and is
a regular guest on radio and television.
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Futurist-in-Residence of The New York Times
Terry Bradshaw
NFL Legend
The only NFL player with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Bradshaw continues to defy an easy pigeonhole. Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers), two-time Super Bowl MVP and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. Multi-Emmy and award-winning broadcaster for FOX on Fox NFL Sunday. Enduringly popular actor, gospel/country singer, motivational speaker, New York Times best-selling author, breeder of championship quarter horses.
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NFL Legend
