FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

The rise and fall of special purpose acquisition companies has been swift and brutal for some of the young companies enticed to go public before they were ready for the harsh realities of life under Wall Street scrutiny. Understanding what happened with SPACs means understand SPACs from the beginning. Vince Cubbage of Tortoise Acquisition, which has sponsored two SPACs and is lining up a third, brings his perspectives as the Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit keynote speaker.Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves LIVE on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tabachnik previously served as CEO of BIIS Logistics, a digital freight brokerage company and COO of Distribuidora Tamex, an electric supply distribution company. He holds a civil engineering degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and is currently an EMBA candidate at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone wants to know how quickly they are going to get paid. From suppliers to carriers, it’s all about days to pay. Kevin O’Meara shares his outlook on the future of supply chain payments and how shippers can best navigate the future. Freight broker/3PL expert Mary O’Connell of FreightWaves and Shaw Industries Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Kevin O’Meara, join together in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shashank Panchangam offers solutions to supply chain problems through fintech products utilized in digital transformations. Panchangam is the chief product officer at Crowley Solutions, joined by FreightWaves Reporter Grace Sharkey.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will new payment offerings change a truck driver’s job? FreightWaves and Uber Freight discuss why more firms are offering payment platforms for drivers, and the most promising technologies in payments. Jerry Tolochko, strategy and planning at Uber Freight, and Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, join together in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A discussion on consumer expectations for e-commerce and direct-to-consumer shipping. Mark Lavelle, CEO of X Delivery, a shipping company offering national courier and delivery for e-commerce brands in the U.S, is joined by CEO of PYMNTS, Karen Webster.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Payments are always about timing. It’s the cash conversion metrics that keep the logistics industry running. It’s where taking lessons from other industries is important to develop the next generation of liquidity and velocity of payments in the supply chain. Max Services President Jake Dettmer interviews Semafor’s Head of Technology Mark Wilkie.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J.B. Hunt and U.S. Bank are working together to provide a better payments solution for Hunt customers. Jeff Pape of U.S. Bank sits down with Amy Horn of J.B. Hunt to discuss the changing market for payments solutions. Amy Horn, director of intermodal pricing at J.B. Hunt, is interviewed by Jeff Pape, general manager of transportation, corporate payment and treasury at U.S. Bank. Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital ledger technology is among the innovations leading a fintech revolution. DLT uses independent computers (nodes) to record, share and synchronize transactions. In the freight business, DLT can be used to speed payment processing by creating more transparency in the process and reducing or even eliminating disputes. Mark Brousseau, product marketing consultant, Transcard, and Paulo Fernandes, enterprise partnerships, global trade, Mastercard Worldwide are joined by FreightWaves Reporter Kaylee Nix.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shep Hickey of Bryzos and Karen Webster of PYMNTS join together in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices