FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Most people think of Proterra as an early player in electric transit buses. That is accurate but incomplete. The company has expanded into battery packs and electric infrastructure. Telling that story is part of the reason it chose to go public via SPAC rather than a more restrictive initial public offering. The path to scaling the business includes partnerships with eight major transportation providers from Daimler Trucks to Komatsu construction equipment. Join Jack Allen, Chairman & CEO at Proterra, and Alan Adler, Detroit Bureau Chief at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Say Cummins and the first thought is, "Oh, they make diesel engines.' That is only apart of the 102-year-old company today. Hydrogen, fuel cells and battery-powered electrification account for a growing part of the company portfolio. The changes mirror transportation's move to alternative fuels. Amy Davis, President of New Power Business at Cummins, joins FreightWaves Founder & CEO Craig Fuller in this keynote address.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Scheid, Co-founder and COO at MyCarrier, joined FreightWaves Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox to discuss how his company aims to bring a parcel-like experience through technology to the LTL industry. MyCarrier has built a freemium model TMS with a very clever distribution model that leverages established relationships between carriers and shippers to connect the two directly. Andrew and Chris discuss the importance of having a single record of truth for auditing and billing, as well as how this free TMS model can level the playing field for small shippers who up until recently, were priced out of the market for quality software products.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this fireside chat, the incomparable Ryan Schreiber (director of engagement at CarrierDirect) is joined by Mustafa Azizi (CEO of Zuum) transportation to chat about the approaches they see toward technology for small and midsized brokers, and how to best position themselves for the industry’s future.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Gomez, Managing Director of Financial & Emerging Markets at FreightWaves, talks with Matt McLelland about his new role at as Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation at Covenant Transport, and how it is indicative of the company culture and a change in the industry. They will discuss the role of technology in sustainability and the collaboration needed to achieve net neutrality.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ziad Ismail, Chief Product Officer at Convoy, talks to JP Hampstead, Director of Passport Research at FreightWaves, about building a large product team at a digital freight brokerage, the products he's most proud of, his view of the state of technology talent in transportation and logistics, and large-scale transformations that the industry faces in the near future.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristi Montgomery, Vice President, Innovation, Research & Development at Kenco Group, joined Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox to discuss warehouse technologies and their impact on warehouse labor. Kristi has spent more than 30 years at Kenco and now leads the Kenco Innovation Lab, a dedicated team of specialists who identify, research, and prototype creative ideas with the potential to impact the supply chain. The two discuss how warehouse technology aims to improve the lives of warehouse workers, while making them more productive and opening the roles up to a wider range of candidates.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Logistics is a service based business, but many 3PLs are now designing and offering products for customers. How can logistics thrive by thinking about becoming tech companies as well as service based logistics companies. Chief Product Officer at Redwood Mike Reed is joined by Vernon O'Donnell, Chief Product Officer at project44.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The entry point for 3PLs selling into the small and medium sized shipper (SMB) market is providing the technology this customer segment is missing. Worldwide Express Chief Operations Officer Joel Clum joins FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill to define this market and the tech solutions needed to capture market share.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Schneider National’s Executive Vice President and CIO discusses the in-cab technologies the company uses to create a safer, less intrusive driving experience for its employees. Devgun also describes how Schneider uses the data from these devices to optimize its capacity and bring better service to its customers. Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices