Tribal Knowledge + Market Expertise
We’ve brought together a best-in-class team to create our FreightWaves Market Experts Team. Designed to provide SONAR users with dedicated access to some of the best subject matter experts in the freight industry, our Market Experts study freight trends, impacts, movement and data, and provide market insights and strategies exclusively for SONAR users.
Each team member represents a unique set of industry expertise. Collectively, they help to craft a complete picture of what’s happening in and around the freight markets through a multi-lens approach. Combining their deep tribal knowledge and industry experience with data and insights from SONAR, they’re able to deliver valuable and near-time market insights like only FreightWaves can.
The FreightWaves Market Expert Team:
- Publishes daily and monthly commentary, conducts webinars and speaks at key industry events.
- Accessible via a SONAR subscribers-only Slack channel, email and Twitter and can handle any freight market question you can ask.
- Provided at no extra cost to SONAR users and are here to give you a distinct advantage in the market.
Our FreightWaves Daily Watch is a daily briefing email that’s distributed exclusively to licensed SONAR users. Think of it as your SONAR playbook for the day. It’s designed to provide quick-read insights from our Market Experts into what happened in the global economy overnight, what’s happening in the freight market today, and what you need to watch over the next 24 hours. In addition to highlighting what’s happening in the freights markets for that day, our Market Experts share recommended strategies on how this information can be used to your advantage. The Daily Watch playbook email is released 7 days a week at 10:00AM ET.
Meet the Experts
Dean Croke
CHIEF ANALYTICS OFFICER
MARKET EXPERTISE
Telematics • ELD/HoS • Trucking Equipment • Drivers/Driving • Sleep and Sleep Disorders • 24/7 Workplace Schedule Design • Human Performance
Dean Croke
CHIEF ANALYTICS OFFICER
MARKET EXPERTISE
Telematics • ELD/HoS • Trucking Equipment • Drivers/Driving • Sleep and Sleep Disorders • 24/7 Workplace Schedule Design • Human Performance
What makes Dean a Market Expert?
Prior to FreightWaves, Dean lead Data Science teams at Omnitracs Analytics, FleetRisk Advisors and Spireon in addition to heading up Lancer’s long-haul truck insurance business. He has a strong trucking background in trucking operations, vehicle telematics, data science, business intelligence, data analytics, 24/7 workplace scheduling and human physiology.
After pioneering the deployment of the trucking industry’s first predictive models in the mid-2000’s as one of the founders of FleetRisk Advisors, he has developed a specialty in creating operational insights in freight markets using vast data sets and visualization tools to operationalize data. Dean has a Bachelor of Business in Transport and Logistics.
Dean’s trucking experience also extends to his days as an over-the-road driver in his native country Australia where in the process of covering over two million miles, he owned and operated some of the largest “road trains” in the world.
He was also General Manager of the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) where he played a key role in the development of the TruckSafe and Fatigue Management Program – both alternative compliance programs which have been cited in the FMCSA’s recent “Beyond Compliance” initiative.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
Based on his years as a sleep-deprived trucker and student of human physiology from his time studying the subject with a professor at Harvard, Dean helped develop the widely acclaimed “Risk Never Sleeps” sleep management program for commercial drivers – a unique approach to helping truckers get better quality sleep.
What Dean likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Dean truly believes SONAR is one of the most innovate technologies to ever hit the freight market and for the first time, gives fleets and owner-operators a near-term view of the freight market around them. SONAR puts cutting-edge technology, normally reserved for the large and well-resourced fleet, in the hands of fleets of all sizes.
Interesting Facts About Dean
He played football (rugby to Americans!) professionally in Australia before moving to the United States in 2000. Dean also still holds a CDL license and owns “The Grumpy Pete,” a popular Peterbilt show truck that he uses for Make-A-Wish, Touch-A-Truck, charity and fundraising events, truck shows and numerous community outreach events.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
When not traveling or working on his truck, Dean can be seen on his road bike around the suburbs of Boston where he lives with his wife and two teenage boys.
Who He Roots For
Being a New Englander, he’s naturally a Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
Trucking companies are being transformed into more profitable and data-driven businesses through the introduction of innovative technology.
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+1 (978) 760 9659
dcroke@freightwaves.me
@FreightWavesME
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Zach Strickland
DIRECTOR, FREIGHT MARKET INTELLIGENCE
MARKET EXPERTISE
Pricing • Financial Analysis • LTL/TL • Data Organization & Analytics
Zach Strickland
DIRECTOR, FREIGHT MARKET INTELLIGENCE
MARKET EXPERTISE
Pricing • Financial Analysis • LTL/TL • Data Organization & Analytics
What makes Zach a Market Expert?
Prior to starting at FreightWaves, Zach received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His first experience in transportation was 13 years ago in expedited truckload. He then moved on to engineering, pricing, and finally financial analysis at a nationwide LTL carrier.
Zach spent a majority of his career dealing with data and translating it into something both manageable and actionable, whether it is for his own use or for others. He developed dashboards for executive management as well as daily operational management.
Along with his main areas of focus, he has worked in many departments, giving him knowledge of multiple facets of transportation in the areas of billing, receivables, payables, purchased transportation, customer service, claims management, accounting, and information technology. He has also worked closely with operations and has developed designs for freight networks.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
Zach has earned the esteemed title of “The Sultan of SONAR” through his tireless involvement and un-ending knowledge of our SONAR platform.
What Zach likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Zach loves SONAR’s wide open view of the general market. Having worked in positions that required him to have knowledge of the general market in a severely fragmented industry where that level of information is scarce, he knows how valuable the data in SONAR is to anyone involved in transportation.
Interesting Facts About Zach
Zach is an avid outdoor enthusiast and is training to race in an Xterra, an event involving trail running, an outdoor swim, and mountain biking.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
When Zach is not at FreightWaves, he is chasing his 5-year old son and 9-year old daughter around in their various activities. When he gets a minute, he loves to mountain bike, golf, and fly fish in the mountains.
Who He Roots For
Growing up in Nashville, TN, he watched the Chicago Cubs on WGN and suffered along with the rest of the fan base until 2016. Being a graduate of the University of Tennessee, he is also a Vol for Life.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
Transportation is being pulled out of the dark ages, as many inside and out are willing to make the appropriate investment in technological improvement as well as developing effective data tools.
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615-497-1355
zstrickland@freightwaves.me
@FWSvltan
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Nick Austin
DIRECTOR OF WEATHER ANALYTICS & SENIOR METEOROLOGIST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Weather Analysis • Weather Forecasting
Nick Austin
DIRECTOR OF WEATHER ANALYTICS & SENIOR METEOROLOGIST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Weather Analysis • Weather Forecasting
What makes Nick a Market Expert?
In his nearly two decades of weather forecasting experience, Nick worked on air at WBBJ-TV and WRCB-TV, including time spent doing weather analysis and field reporting. He received his Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology. Nick is also a member of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
As a member of the weather team at WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tennessee, Nick was nominated for a Mid-South Emmy for live coverage of a major tornado outbreak in 2008. As part of the weather team at WRCB-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Nick shared the Chattanooga Times-Free Press Best of the Best award for “Best Weather Team” for eight consecutive years. Nick earned his National Weather Association Broadcasting Seal in 2005.
What Nick likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Nick is amazed by the sheer amount of near-real time pertinent data connecting everyone with interests in freight and trucking.
Interesting Facts About Nick
Nick returned to college in his late 20s to pursue a meteorology degree, turning his side interest into a career.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
When not visiting friends in nearby cities or family back home in the Philadelphia area, Nick enjoys exercise, listening to music, and playing team trivia with fellow knowledge seekers.
Who He Roots For
Hailing from the Philadelphia area, Nick watches the Super Bowl LII champion Eagles whenever possible. As far as college football, Nick mostly follows the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
How much weather is connected to transportation rates and movement of goods of all kinds. Weather affects agriculture and crops, especially large-scale events. Combining weather analytics with SONAR data gives our clients the edge they need. Weather affects the economy, the economy affects trucking and freight.
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423-653-9168
naustin@freightwaves.me
@FreightWeather
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John Kingston
EXECUTIVE EDITOR & OIL MARKET ANALYST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Crude Oil and Product Markets • Government Energy Policy • Futures Trading • Equity Markets for Energy, Truck, and Rail Companies • Blockchain and Commodities
John Kingston
OIL MARKET ANALYST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Crude Oil and Product Markets • Government Energy Policy • Futures Trading • Equity Markets for Energy, Truck, and Rail Companies • Blockchain and Commodities
What makes John a Market Expert?
John has an almost 40-year career covering commodities, most of the time at S&P Global Platts. He created the Dated Brent benchmark, now the world’s most important crude oil marker. He was Director of Oil, Director of News, the editor in chief of Platts Oilgram News and the “talking head” for Platts on numerous media outlets, including CNBC, Fox Business and Canada’s BNN. He covered metals before joining Platts and then spent a year running Platts’ metals business as well.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
He was awarded the International Association of Energy Economics Award for Excellence in Written Journalism in 2015. In 2010, he won two Corporate Achievement Awards from McGraw-Hill, an extremely rare accomplishment, one for steering coverage of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and the other for the launch of a public affairs television show, Platts Energy Week.
What John likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
That there has never been anything like that. Moving over to the transport sector, it’s astounding that something like this never existed previously.
Interesting Facts About John
When he joined FreightWaves, freight rates rose significantly. This marked a distinct difference from when he started covering metals markets in early 1981 and they collapsed, and then started covering oil in 1985 and oil prices collapsed. And as he was leaving Platts for a corporate role with S&P Global in late 2014, oil markets collapsed again. He feels a lot better that he didn’t kill the freight markets too. (But he is also a firm believer that for an unbiased observer of a market like FreightWaves, a rising market is not “good” and a falling market is not “bad.” For every long there’s a short and companies such as FreightWaves need to be neutral in the endless standoff between the two sides.)
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Golf, cycling, active in my Lutheran Church, our first puppy that never gives us a moment’s rest. first grandchild on the way.
Who He Roots For
New York Islanders (season ticket holder), New York Jets (season ticket holder), Detroit Tigers (too far away to be a season ticket holder), New York Mets (hate it when they play the Tigers), Crystal Palace FC.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
That a market that has not had a large amount of transparency is on the verge of having a great deal of it. Also, that an industry where the leverage in the employee-employer relationship is starting to swing toward employees, as the baby boom ages and the surplus labor it has produced begins to disappear. It’s going to fundamentally change the industry.
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516-458-6539
jkingston@freightwaves.me
@JohnHKingston
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Donny Gilbert
MARKET EXPERT
MARKET EXPERTISE
Fueling Dept FTL Carriers • Driver Payrolls • Brokerage Customer Service • Brokerage Operations • Pricing Analyst for Brokerage Ops
Donny Gilbert
MARKET EXPERT
MARKET EXPERTISE
Fueling Dept FTL Carriers • Driver Payrolls • Brokerage Customer Service • Brokerage Operations • Pricing Analyst for Brokerage Ops
What makes Donny a Market Expert?
Over 15 years experience in logistics working with one of Tennessee’s largest FTL carriers in both the assets and brokerage divisions.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
BA in Accounting from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
What Donny likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
The amount of technology that has been shared to put together a tool that informs everyone how the freight markets have been changing. Plus, the info is never more than 24-hours old.
Interesting Facts About Donny
Absolutely loves diesel trucks. Will relocate one day out West in Montana, Utah, or Colorado.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
On a normal day off of work, you will find me on a farm taking care of the many animals my wife and I have rescued, or sliding down a ski slope in Colorado.
Who He Roots For
Georgia Football
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
Regulation changes and the effects they have on the markets.
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423-260-4836
dgilbert@freightwaves.me
@DonnyGilbert4
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Tom Mallon
MARKET EXPERT
MARKET EXPERTISE
Futures Markets • Futures Trading • Commodities & Energy Markets • Commodities & Energy Market Data
Tom Mallon
MARKET EXPERT
MARKET EXPERTISE
Futures Markets • Futures Trading • Commodities & Energy Markets • Commodities & Energy Market Data
What makes Tom a Market Expert?
Tom has 30 years in the capital markets, commodities futures and commodities market data industries. Tom spent the first half of his career at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), now a part of the CME Group, one of the world’s preeminent exchanges for the trading of energy and precious metals. At NYMEX, Tom held executive positions in strategy, electronic market development and international business development. After NYMEX, Tom ran commodities-related market data businesses at Thomson Reuters (now Refinitiv) and Interactive Data Corporation (now part of the IntercontinentalExchange). Immediately prior to joining FreightWaves, Tom was responsible for strategy at GlobalView (acquired by Drilling Information), one of the largest providers of end-to-end SaaS market data solutions to the physical energy trading markets. Tom earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Scranton and an MBA in Finance from Hofstra University.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
Tom oversaw the initiative which led to the launch of NYMEX ACCESS, NYMEX’s first ever electronic trading platform for overnight electronic trading of energy and precious metals futures; led a team of NYMEX executives which helped launch the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in partnership with Germany’s Deutsche Borse; and helped launch the first ever Trucking Freight Futures in 2019.
What Tom likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Having run commodities market data businesses, SONAR has the broadest and deepest sets of fundamental, commodities and pricing data for the global trucking and transportation industries in an intuitive and easy to use SaaS platform.
Interesting Facts About Tom
Growing up on Long Island, Tom fell in love with the sport of lacrosse and still is a rabid fan! Tom was a part of the first ever varsity lacrosse team at St. Anthony’s High School, which is now a top HS programs nationally. Tom also was a founding member of the University of Scranton’s lacrosse club which is now a DIII program.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Tom and his wife Mary live on Long Island and have two adult children. Tom enjoys golf and Mary loves the beaches.
Who He Roots For
As a life-long Long Islander, Tom roots for the NY Jets, NY Mets and the NY Islanders. Tom also follows the Babson College Men’s and Bryant University Women’s Lacrosse programs.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
As a relative newcomer to the freight industry, Tom is fascinated by how rapidly the digitization of data and the application of technology is changing the industry. For Tom, the launch of Trucking Freight Futures on March 29, 2019 and the profound benefits these new risk management tools have to help companies manage volatility in spot freight rates is the most exciting thing in freight!
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+1-516-448-5685
tmallon@freightwaves.com
@FreightFutures
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Jesse Cohen
AIR CARGO
MARKET EXPERTISE
Domestic & International Air Cargo • Pricing • Economic Analysis • Data Management & Analytics
Jesse Cohen
AIR CARGO
MARKET EXPERTISE
Domestic & International Air Cargo • Pricing • Economic Analysis • Data Management & Analytics
What makes Jesse a Market Expert?
Jesse has over 30 years of broad global experience on both the airline and forwarding sides of the air cargo business.
He started his career in Houston in Business Development for 2 different freight forwarders, gaining exposure to both air and ocean freight for large project and general cargo. He then relocated to Chicago to join United Cargo, starting out as a Cargo Capacity Analyst and moving on to more senior commercial, pricing, regional sales and product management roles. He was promoted to a key leadership role as Managing Director-Cargo Pricing and Revenue Management, where he oversaw a 25-person team responsible for coordinating with sales and operations to optimize the revenue from this $1B business at United. His specific responsibility areas included pricing, revenue planning, capacity management, RM systems and business analysis.
After leaving United, Jesse gained valuable field commercial management experience with two non-US flag airlines, Etihad Cargo and SilkWay West Airlines. He led the Americas regional commercial teams for both carriers and got significant exposure to freighter aircraft. Jesse’s overall air cargo experience covers North America, Pacific, European, Latin American, Middle East, and Central/South Asia markets.
Jesse has a Master’s in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
Jesse takes pride in having led many successful major change management initiatives during his career. Examples include working with the local sales team in Japan to restructure their sales program and customer base, restructuring of a courier product, developing the first efficient truck feeder programs for United hubs, championing the post-2009 recession revenue and pricing recovery, and overseeing the merger integration of United and Continental Airlines Cargo teams and programs.
What Jesse likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
SONAR is industry leading, and dramatically improves the rational management of the transportation business. The commitment to excellence that FreightWaves is making to the product and ensuring that it provides value to customers. The future potential of the product as a tool to improve so many businesses that touch freight transportation is really exciting!
Interesting Facts About Jesse
Jesse got totally hooked on country music when he and his wife stopped at the Grand Ole Opry when moving from Washington, D.C. to Houston after graduate school.
He’s a passionate volleyball player, mountain biker, and hiker.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Jesse is fortunate to have two grown sons with their families both living only 15 minutes away. He has 4 very active grandchildren – all 3 years old or younger – who keep him busy on weekends.
Jesse and his wife love taking summer vacations in the mountains for hiking and biking. During the rest of the year, he stays active trail riding in Chicago area (when the weather is above 50 degrees) and playing volleyball.
Who He Roots For
All Chicago pro sport teams (both Cubs and White Sox!), and in college basketball, Kansas and Indiana U.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
The increased use of data and data management processes to manage the business in more and more companies. The growth of e-commerce for air cargo in particular to help create new opportunity and stabilize the business. The increased recognition we have to collaborate and work together across modes and suppliers, and between government and industry to drive improvement and profitability.
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224-423-0052
jcohen@freightwaves.me
@FreightWavesAIR
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Henry Byers
INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING & MARITIME
MARKET EXPERTISE
Ocean Containerized Freight • FCL/LCL • International Trade Data • Ocean Contract & Spot Pricing • Market Analytics • Forecasting • Routings & Capacity Utilization
Henry Byers
INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING & MARITIME
MARKET EXPERTISE
Ocean Containerized Freight • FCL/LCL • International Trade Data • Ocean Contract & Spot Pricing • Market Analytics • Forecasting • Routings & Capacity Utilization
What makes Henry a Market Expert?
Prior to joining FreightWaves, Henry has spent most of his career working for domestic and international 3PLs right here in the heart of Freight Alley, in Chattanooga, TN. His experience includes leadership roles within multiple 3PLs that each possessed different operating models in the domestic and international markets. Working within these varying 3PL models allowed him to see and understand the strengths and pitfalls of each, and where there is still opportunity for improvement within each industry.
Most recently, he spent over 3 ½ years in international freight forwarding where he held leadership roles in business development, pricing, procurement, and analytics. During this time, he focused intently on researching, analyzing, and reporting on the air and ocean freight markets, which included him traveling abroad to meet and negotiate with ocean carriers and foreign partners.
His unique experience within both the domestic and international freight markets provides him with a comprehensive understanding of how the data made available in SONAR can best be utilized by shippers, carriers, and 3PLs/4PLs to help navigate the complexities of global and domestic supply chains.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
While working in international freight forwarding, he was voted “Impact Person of the Year” twice by his peers for his efforts in business development, pricing, and business intelligence.
In his earlier years, while obtaining his degree in International Business at Emory & Henry College, he was a starter for the Varsity Men’s Soccer Team and was voted captain his Junior and Senior years. He was also an Academic All-Conference player during each of these years.
What Henry likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Henry was able to be a part of Beta-testing for SONAR, and he says that from the first time he used it, he knew then that it was going to be a major innovation for the freight industry. He loves the way SONAR connects millions of data points in real-time across all facets of the freight industry enabling its users to gain insights into industry trends that will help them make intelligent, informed, and strategic decisions for their companies.
Interesting Facts About Henry
Henry is an avid traveler, and loves seeing and experiencing different cultures around the world. In his college years during his summer break, he studied abroad in Mexico and in China, and speaks Spanish and a little bit of Mandarin Chinese.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Outside of work, Henry enjoy being outside and spending time with his wife and three dogs in the mountains of Chattanooga. He loves exercising and enjoys playing soccer, mountain biking, and snowboarding (whenever he can find snow).
Who He Roots For
Originally from North Carolina, Henry is a huge Duke Basketball fan. Since he married into an all Tennessee Vols family, and North Carolina is mostly a basketball state, he now claims the Vols as his college football team. His NFL team of choice is the Carolina Panthers, and since he is a huge soccer fan, he pulls for Manchester United in the English Premiere League.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
He believes it is the most exciting time to be involved in the freight industry. Coming to FreighWaves directly from international freight forwarding, he says that he has seen and experienced first-hand how large the gap is becoming between forward-thinking, progressive companies battling for the most innovative and effective technologies, and companies that are moving slow to adapt to new technology believing the industry will not change as quickly as some think.
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828-429-5307
hbyers@freightwaves.me
@WHenryByers
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Anthony Smith
MARKET EXPERT & ECONOMIST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Economic Analysis • Housing and Construction • Trend Forecast • Technology Evaluation
Anthony Smith
MARKET EXPERT & ECONOMIST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Economic Analysis • Housing and Construction • Trend Forecast • Technology Evaluation
What makes Anthony a Market Expert?
Before FreightWaves, Anthony received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics from New Mexico State University. Anthony started his career off in tech as a Commercialization Associate where he identified and evaluated emerging technologies and innovations.
Anthony transitioned to a Corporate Economist & Consultant where he advised CXO leaders and Fortune 500 companies on economic analysis, industry trends and internal strategy. Anthony’s clients varied from construction, trucking, industrial, software, manufacturing and retail industries.
Anthony most recently worked in-house as a Corporate Economist for a building products company. He led analysis around M&A, pricing sensitivity, competitive intelligence and annual sales forecast for the executive team.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
While operating as an in-house Economist, Anthony built an internal forecast framework that predicted annual sales results within a 98% margin of accuracy.
What Anthony likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
The platform packs vast amounts of detailed data and analytical features that allow instant analyses that would typically take days or weeks to source and compile (not including the proprietary datasets). It brings everything together seamlessly to enable you to see up to the day information.
Interesting Facts About Anthony
Anthony was a scholarship athlete at New Mexico State University. He was a member of the Football team and one of the smallest defensive linemen in Division 1A his freshman year. Anthony also obsesses over new music releases from a wide range of genres every Friday and a fragrance collection that’s way too large.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
When Anthony isn’t spending time with family, he is binging audiobooks, traveling, at the gym, playing flag football, rugby, longboarding or any other activities to avoid running on the treadmill.
Who He Roots For
Anthony is an Aggie through and through. He roots for New Mexico State University no matter the odds.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
The freight industry is creating a world where goods are available immediately. The immense technology entering the space is creating a safer, faster, and more efficient industry.
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480-430-6930
asmith@freightwaves.me
@FreightACS
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Kevin Hill
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
MARKET EXPERTISE
Truckload Freight • Email/Phone Surveys • Market Research • Mexico Cross-Border • FMCSA Data • Freight Brokerage• Market Indexes
Kevin Hill
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
MARKET EXPERTISE
Truckload Freight • Email/Phone Surveys • Market Research • Mexico Cross-Border • FMCSA Data • Freight Brokerage• Market Indexes
What makes Kevin a Market Expert?
Kevin has over seven years in freight brokerage and developing business intelligence tools for the logistics industry.
Kevin’s first career was in archeology. He spent three years in the field on digs around the U.S., as well as plenty of time in the lab analyzing artifacts. After this, he spent eight years in New York working in publishing. In this role, he published sponsored survey-based market research reports covering mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and the capital markets.
He then moved back to his home state of Oklahoma to pursue an MBA degree at the University of Oklahoma which he completed in 2012.
He then entered the logistics industry shortly after this as a freight broker. His specialty was in cross-border Mexico freight. During this time he relocated to Laredo, TX for eight months to learn first hand the processes and procedures of moving freight across the Southern border.
As a freight broker, he realized the power of information for sourcing truck capacity. This led him to create CarrierLists, a database of carriers with the data freight brokers need to source trucks. With a team of researchers calling carriers daily the database now contains trailer types, preferred lanes, and updated contact information for tens of thousands of trucking companies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
In 2016 Kevin took the plunge into entrepreneurship. During this journey, he has and continues to learn many lessons about data collection, sales, marketing, and how to wear a number of other hats at the same time.
What Kevin likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
SONAR is the platform that I always wanted when I was brokering freight. Most of the time as broker, carrier, or shipper you are making decisions without any information. This includes pricing, estimating capacity, and anticipating day-to-day changes in specific markets. SONAR now enables all market participants to access near-time information for not only trucking, but for all modes of transportation including air, ocean, intermodal, and rail.
Interesting Facts About Kevin
Kevin has an undergraduate degree in Archeology. He spent three years going from dig to dig across the U.S. on archeological expeditions.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Kevin spends his time golfing, traveling, reading and trying out new restaurants and foods. He also continues to work on the CarrierLists database.
Who He Roots For
Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma Thunder, New York Mets, Dallas Cowboys, and the Cleveland Browns.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
The tsunami of data that is pouring into trucking and logistics now. This is quickly changing how the industry operates. Companies from the smallest to the largest now have access to information that only the largest of the large companies had access to in the past.
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646-731-4735
khill@freightwaves.com
@KevinHillCL
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Seth Holm
SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Freight and Transportation Research • Consumer and Technology Research • Business and Stock Market Analysis • Financial Modeling • Macroeconomic Analysis • Technology Trends in Transportation
Seth Holm
SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Freight and Transportation Research • Consumer and Technology Research • Business and Stock Market Analysis • Financial Modeling • Macroeconomic Analysis • Technology Trends in Transportation
What makes Seth a Market Expert?
Seth has 13 years of experience in financial markets as a research analyst. While new to the freight markets, he has an extensive history of analyzing companies, industries and global financial markets in-depth to produce research, allocate capital and make investment decisions.
He started his career in Atlanta at Edge Capital, a high net worth wealth advisory firm, boutique investment bank, and asset manager. Seth served as an analyst for the firm’s long-short equity fund and long-only dividend growth strategies, as well as a research associate for Edge Advisors Manager Due Diligence team. He performed traditional bottom-up financial research and financial modeling of both long and short opportunities across an all-cap, global strategy. For Edge Advisors, Seth helped a team of research professionals allocate portfolios to global passive and active strategies, performing deep due diligence across asset classes, geographies, and investment managers. In his four years at Edge, Seth helped the Edge team grow overall assets under management into the billions of dollars from its founding in 2006.
After leaving Edge Capital, Seth joined Concourse Capital Management, a long-short equity fund based in Atlanta where he spent nine years as a research analyst and stock trader. While there, he specialized in consumer and tech, media and telecom (TMT) equities. Seth’s normal day-to-day activities included fundamental research, building financial models, attending conferences, and meeting with company management teams and sell-side analyst teams to source investment opportunities on both the long and short side. He has extensive experience helping to manage and trade long-short portfolios in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Seth has a B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia in Athens and is a CFA candidate. He is also Series 65 licensed.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
Seth has a history of operating in entrepreneurial environments and enjoys the process of building a company from the ground up and making an impact on its growth. He helped to grow two financial firms from their founding into successful organizations managing substantial client assets. He hopes to help do the same at FreightWaves. He has a passion for learning, research and analysis of companies and industries to uncover new and exciting developments, detect inflection points and to produce unique research that no one else is producing.
What Seth likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
As a research analyst, Seth learned about the importance of data and information and the edge it can provide anyone in a business environment if one knows how to properly analyze and interpret it. As a tech analyst, he understands the value of software, innovation and disruption. SONAR gives participants in the freight markets unique and valuable data that cannot be found anywhere else and reminds him of Bloomberg and FactSet in the early days but without competition. As a research tool, SONAR gives the Freight Intel team access to proprietary information on the freight markets that sets us apart.
Interesting Facts About Seth
Seth loves to cook and listen to podcasts on business, investing, and sports. He loves spending his free time hunting for the next huge winners in the stock market. He’s also a passionate runner, reader, and golfer.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Seth has a wife and two year old daughter and lives on Lookout Mountain. Seth and his family spend most weekends at their family’s lakehouse on Lake Burton in Georgia, at Georgia football games, or at the pool or on the golf course.
Who He Roots For
Seth is first and foremost a huge Georgia Bulldogs football fan. He is patiently waiting for the Dawgs to win their first national championship since 1980. He also enjoys watching professional golf and the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
The freight industry reminds Seth of the Internet in its infancy back in the early 1990s. The industry attracted him because it is enormous, vital to the economy and on the cusp of a digital revolution being led by firms like FreightWaves.
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404-840-2064
sholm@freightwaves.com
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Alexandria Quevedo
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Sustainability in Transportation • Carbon Reducion Technologies • Climate Policy
Alexandria Quevedo
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYST
MARKET EXPERTISE
Sustainability in Transportation • Carbon Reducion Technologies • Climate Policy
What makes Alexandria a Market Expert?
Alexandria has an academic background in Environmental Economics. She spent 3 years researching domestic environmental policy, international climate policy, sustainability efforts across industries, and green power generation.
Prior to becoming a Market Expert, Alexandria spent a year as a data scientist for FreightWaves. She learned about the transportation industry through the data she handled and the knowledge of the others around her. The combination of her work and her academic background gave Alexandria the tools she needed to be a Market Expert.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
Alexandria graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a distinction in Economics.
What Alexandria likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Alexandria finds the near real-time data to be fascinating along with the variation in data. She is also interested in the ability to view different industries together and build out the relationships between them.
Interesting Facts About Alexandria
Alexandria is an avid dog lover, and she has an Austrialian Shepherd at home named Luna. She also played soccer for most of her life, and was a goalkeeper.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Alexandria enjoys going to concerts outside of FreightWaves. She also spends lots of time outside playing with her dog, and is otherwise reading books.
Who She Roots For
NY Giants, NY Yankees, and US Women’s Soccer
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
Alexandria finds the shift towards more sustainable practices, and efforts made to reduce emissions incredibly exciting, as will as the rapid innovation that comes with this.
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+1 (910) 783 4188
aquevedo@freightwaves.com
@AlexandriaQuev1
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David Faulkenberry
MARKET EXPERT, FINAL MILE
MARKET EXPERTISE
First-to-Final Mile Network Development • Heavy Goods & White-Glove Services • Rating, Pricing & Accessorial Development • Carrier Operations Management • Routing, Scheduling, & Dispatch Systems • Carrier Mobile App Development • Customer Care and Operations Support • Strategic Planning & Market Segmentation
David Faulkenberry
MARKET EXPERT, FINAL MILE
MARKET EXPERTISE
First-to-Final Mile Network Development • Heavy Goods & White-Glove Services • Rating, Pricing & Accessorial Development • Carrier Operations Management • Routing, Scheduling, & Dispatch Systems • Carrier Mobile App Development • Customer Care and Operations Support • Strategic Planning & Market Segmentation
What makes David a Market Expert?
Prior to FreightWaves, David led strategic planning, operations, quality and business system development teams at XPO Logistics, 3PD, Inc., HomeDirect, Inc., GeoLogistics and Bekins Worldwide Solutions. He has over 35 years of experience in B2B/B2C white-glove, heavy goods logistics and final mile delivery.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
David is listed as a co-inventor on the patent application for the Bekins Item-Level scanning/tracking system. He also authored business requirements and led AGILE development and field testing team efforts of 3PD’s eTrack driver mobile application, rating engine & pricing systems (acquired by XPO at purchase of 3PD, Inc.).
What David likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
David is a strong advocate of quality and believes SONAR helps organizations facilitate continuous improvement and guide course corrections to better customer service experience and operating performance.
Interesting Facts About David
He is an amateur astronomer, enjoys art, science, physics, fishing and a good game of checkers with his grandchildren.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Two children and five grandchildren are at the center of life experience for David and his wife of thirty-five years.
Who He Roots For
The St.Louis Cardinals, the Blues, and Mizzou Tigers
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
Accurate, honest and reliable data is a crucial component of all continuous improvement efforts. FreightWaves is working hard to help people improve service quality and performance results in the transportation while facilitating innovations in technology.
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+1 (404) 783-4315
dfaulkenberry@freightwaves.com
@FinalMileME
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Michael Baudendistel
MARKET EXPERT
MARKET EXPERTISE
Rail • Intermodal • Rail Equipment Manufacturing and Leasing • Truck Equipment and Components
Michael Baudendistel
MARKET EXPERT
MARKET EXPERTISE
Rail • Intermodal • Rail Equipment Manufacturing and Leasing • Truck Equipment and Components
What makes Michael a Market Expert?
Mike covered transportation and equipment for 13 years in sell-side equity research at Stifel before joining FreightWaves. At Stifel, he had primary coverage responsibilities for the railroad, rail equipment and truck equipment stocks. His transportation experience has also touched the truckload, domestic barge and logistics industries.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
After first serving as a research associate covering truckload, logistics, rail and barge carriers, Mike expanded the transportation research practice at Stifel as a senior publishing analyst to include coverage of companies that manufacture, lease and sell equipment to the rail and truck industries. He is a CFA Charterholder.
What Michael likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Critical data that can’t be found anywhere else. Examples include intermodal rates by lane and railcar lease rates.
Interesting Facts About Michael
Mike has lived in five states, has a wife that was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, has a sister that was adopted from Novosibersk, Siberia, and believes Super Mario 64 is the best game ever made.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Mike recently married a lovely woman who is as good with directions as a blind mole. He spends his free time running along the Tennessee River and trying to find the next stock that will beat the market.
Who He Roots For
Lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, the only team in the Windy City that matters. And in college basketball, Indiana University.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
Technology-based systems that are saving lives on our highways, like automated collision avoidance systems. The battle to displace diesel with alternative fuels.
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+1 (773) 991-9534
mbaudendistel@freightwaves.com
@SuperBaudMan
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Henry Byers
International Freight Forwarding / Maritime
MARKET EXPERTISE
• Ocean Containerized Freight • FCL/LCL • International Trade Data • Ocean Contract & Spot Pricing • Market Analytics • Forecasting • Routings & Capacity Utilization
What makes Henry a Market Expert?
Prior to joining FreightWaves, Henry has spent most of his career working for domestic and international 3PLs right here in the heart of Freight Alley, in Chattanooga, TN. His experience includes leadership roles within multiple 3PLs that each possessed different operating models in the domestic and international markets. Working within these varying 3PL models allowed him to see and understand the strengths and pitfalls of each, and where there is still opportunity for improvement within each industry.
Most recently, he spent over 3 ½ years in international freight forwarding where he held leadership roles in business development, pricing, procurement, and analytics. During this time, he focused intently on researching, analyzing, and reporting on the air and ocean freight markets, which included him traveling abroad to meet and negotiate with ocean carriers and foreign partners.
His unique experience within both the domestic and international freight markets provides him with a comprehensive understanding of how the data made available in SONAR can best be utilized by shippers, carriers, and 3PLs/4PLs to help navigate the complexities of global and domestic supply chains.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
While working in international freight forwarding, he was voted “Impact Person of the Year” twice by his peers for his efforts in business development, pricing, and business intelligence.
In his earlier years, while obtaining his degree in International Business at Emory & Henry College, he was a starter for the Varsity Men’s Soccer Team and was voted captain his Junior and Senior years. He was also an Academic All-Conference player during each of these years.
What Henry likes most about FreightWaves SONAR
Henry was able to be a part of Beta-testing for SONAR, and he says that from the first time he used it, he knew then that it was going to be a major innovation for the freight industry. He loves the way SONAR connects millions of data points in real-time across all facets of the freight industry enabling its users to gain insights into industry trends that will help them make intelligent, informed, and strategic decisions for their companies.
Interesting Facts About Henry
Henry is an avid traveler, and loves seeing and experiencing different cultures around the world. In his college years during his summer break, he studied abroad in Mexico and in China, and speaks Spanish and a little bit of Mandarin Chinese.
Life Outside of FreightWaves
Outside of work, Henry enjoy being outside and spending time with his wife and three dogs in the mountains of Chattanooga. He loves exercising and enjoys playing soccer, mountain biking, and snowboarding (whenever he can find snow).
Who He Roots For
Originally from North Carolina, Henry is a huge Duke Basketball fan. Since he married into an all Tennessee Vols family, and North Carolina is mostly a basketball state, he now claims the Vols as his college football team. His NFL team of choice is the Carolina Panthers, and since he is a huge soccer fan, he pulls for Manchester United in the English Premiere League.
What is the most exciting thing going on in the freight industry?
He believes it is the most exciting time to be involved in the freight industry. Coming to FreighWaves directly from international freight forwarding, he says that he has seen and experienced first-hand how large the gap is becoming between forward-thinking, progressive companies battling for the most innovative and effective technologies, and companies that are moving slow to adapt to new technology believing the industry will not change as quickly as some think.
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+1-828-429-5307
hbyers@freightwaves.com
@WHenryByers
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