In episode 11 of season 3, we welcomed Samantha Jones who is the VP of Revenue for the freight brokerage RocketShipping. Samantha has been taking the industry by storm becoming a wealth of knowledge in the domestic truckload space as well as the international logistics market. We discussed her entry into the supply chain industry with ArcBest and how that as her as a dock worker gave her increased perspective when moving into a sales role. While in sales, she was hands-on with the Panther Premium operation and became very familiar with the LTL market. Now her focus is on building RocketShipping's full truckload division from the ground up and to do this, she is putting her time and attention into her carrier base. Providing the resources that educate them on how to understand their numbers and how to make data driven decisions with those numbers. RocketShipping plans to implement a carrier advisory board consisting of carriers of different sizes located in diverse places in the United States. Tune in to learn of the other pillars of building a scalable freight brokerage.
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