Experience

Meadow Lark Companies
• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Carrier Operations Director

  • Jun 2023 - Present


Lipsey Logistics

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Carrier Sales Representative

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2023

  -Conducted due diligence to qualify carriers for onboarding to mitigate risk and prevent fraud -Provided pricing and market insight to our business analyst for use in spot bids and RFPs. -Worked with FEMA on several emergency responses to provide expedited water deliveries to Hurricane affected areas. -Negotiated rates with carriers and served as the liaison between our shippers and our carriers. -Consistently exceeded key performance indicators such as margin and load count. -Prospected nationwide network of motor carriers to identify dedicated opportunities -Utilized systems such as Mcleod, DAT, Macropoint, 4 Kites, and Carrier 411. -Assisted in the training of newly hired employees - Worked closely with our track and trace team to reduce service deviations and improve on time delivery -Communicated information on over the road shipments to customers and made them immediately aware of any in-transit issues. Show less



U.S. Xpress Logistics

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Carrier Representative II

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

  -Solicited outside carriers to contract with US Xpress Logistics to move our clients's shipments -Responsible for ensuring Us Xpress outsourced their freight to only DOT compliant carriers -Provided a RFP to our carrier base on regular intervals to ensure we received competitive pricing -Tracked and traced our client's shipments to ensure our clients received excellent service -Responsible for developing a new carrier base for an account that was awarded 15 million in new business that has been operated mostly on a transactional basis previously. Show less



Total Quality Logistics

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logistics Account Executive

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

  -Targeted new customers and further developed existing accounts - Responsible for pricing lanes for solicitation to our carrier base - Engaged in completeing bid packages for large clients -Responsible for resolving claims and salvage of our clients product -Transported LTL,FTL,HAZMAT,and Refrigerated for our clients -Targeted new customers and further developed existing accounts - Responsible for pricing lanes for solicitation to our carrier base - Engaged in completeing bid packages for large clients -Responsible for resolving claims and salvage of our clients product -Transported LTL,FTL,HAZMAT,and Refrigerated for our clients



C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Intern

  • May 2009 - Sep 2009

  -Learned to recognize distribution patterns and understand the economics of the transport industry -Worked with shippers and receivers to coordinate their freight movement -Utilized quick decision making, and good negotiating skills to insure our client’s shipments were delivered on time at the lowest possible cost -Learned about the various types of documentation necessary for shipping goods -Learned to recognize distribution patterns and understand the economics of the transport industry -Worked with shippers and receivers to coordinate their freight movement -Utilized quick decision making, and good negotiating skills to insure our client’s shipments were delivered on time at the lowest possible cost -Learned about the various types of documentation necessary for shipping goods