Transplace Names George Abernathy Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4584627 PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2004 Transplace, Inc., a leading provider of transportation and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet services, today announced George Abernathy has joined the company as executive vice president of sales and marketing. Abernathy is an accomplished logistics and supply chain management executive with more than 20 years of industry experience at both traditional and technology-based, transportation-focused providers. Before joining Transplace, he held the positions of senior vice president at NTE (NT Embedded) See Windows XP Embedded. and Clicklogistics, and vice president of sales and marketing at Logistics.com. Abernathy also held senior management positions at The Sabre Group, North American Van Lines North American Van Lines, or NAVL, is a large, United States based trucking company originally formed in Cleveland, Ohio and later based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that is mainly dedicated to helping clients during the process of moving. , J.B. Hunt Transport and LinkMark International, a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. He is a frequent speaker at logistics and transportation events such as CLM CLM - Career Limiting Move and NASSTRAC NASSTRAC National Small Shipments Traffic Conference NASSTRAC National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (Waconia, MN) and is a member of the Board of Directors of TMCA TMCA Transportation Movement Control Agency TMCA Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd TMCA Titanium Metals Corporation of America TMCA Theater-Army Movements Control Agency . In his new position at Transplace, Abernathy reports to Thomas K. Sanderson, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and is responsible for all sales and marketing efforts for the company. "As Transplace continues to grow, we need more industry talents to further strengthen our executive management team, and to direct and deliver our service and technology offerings to the market." said Dr. Jun-Sheng Li, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are delighted to have George on board." "I am thrilled to join the company with such an unique opportunity offering best-of-breed technology and managed service solutions," said Abernathy. "Transplace is a premium, highly respected provider of transportation logistics services with an impressive Fortune 500 customer profile. It is leading the industry in delivering comprehensive transportation and logistics management services and technology solutions." Transplace (www.transplace.com) is a lead logistics provider for transportation logistics solutions through a fully integrated web-based transportation platform of services allowing customers to collaborate on transportation logistics strategy, planning and execution. Transplace offers a full menu of logistics and transportation management services, ranging from complete outsourcing, as a third-party logistics provider and load control center, to a single source for shipment transportation assistance. Transplace also provides services to ease the burden of maintaining compliant files by automating employee file maintenance, drug and alcohol testing, and compliance process automation services. Transplace was formed in 2000 through the merger of existing logistics business units of Covenant Transport, Inc., J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., M.S. Carriers, Inc., Swift Transportation Co., Inc., U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., and Werner Enterprises, Inc. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4584627 |
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