Jett McCandless

Founder and CEO

2014 - Current

project44 is the world’s leading advanced visibility platform for shippers and logistics service providers. In just five years, we've raised over $100 million and expanded to hundreds of team members across the globe. project44 connects, automates, and provides visibility into key transportation processes to accelerate insights and shorten the time it takes to turn those insights into actions. Leveraging the power of our cloud-based platform, organizations increase operational efficiencies, reduce costs, improve shipping performance, and deliver an exceptional Amazon-like experience to their customers. · SAP® Pinnacle Award: Cloud Partner Integration of the Year (2020) · Built in Chicago's 50 Startups to Watch (2019) · Freight.Tech 25 Most Innovative Freight Companies (2018 and 2019) · Gartner Supply Chain Execution Technology Cool Vendor (2017)

Member

2019

Comprised of more than 20,000 leaders in 123 different countries, YPO-WPO is the world’s largest network of peers that connects members to exchange ideas, pursue learning and share strategies to achieve personal growth and professional success.

Founder

2011

An organization dedicated to philanthropy and a group of companies specializing in entertainment, venture capital, and real estate.

Founder and CEO

2011 - 2016

In 2011, I founded CarrierDirect, which is an Inc. 500 recognized management consulting and custom technology development firm focused on transforming freight and logistics. CarrierDirect is focused on best-in-class consulting and software development exclusively for transportation companies. The firm works with industry-making companies and helps them build the future of freight through software and business organization by applying modern methodology, and tools to logistics hardest problems, in a fraction of the time it would take them on their own. CarrierDirect has built some of the most important strategies and software for some of the biggest companies leading Transportation such as JB Hunt, FedEx, GE Transportation (a Wabtec Company), Warburg Pincus and Worldwide Express. · Freight.Tech 100 Most Innovative Freight Companies (2018) · Inc 500 fastest-growing companies (2016)

Executive Vice President and Principal

2008 - 2011

By joining GlobalTranz in its early stages, I helped accelerate the 3PL into a $2B+ award-winning firm with over 25,000 shipper customers. GlobalTranz is a full-service transportation and logistics service provider. They offer innovative freight management technology and services to help lower costs, increase efficiencies, and enable continuous improvement in supply chains. They are a very tech-forward 3PL that values its relationships with carriers. GlobalTranz has been named: · Top 3PL for Technology (GlobalTrade Magazine) · 8th Largest Freight Brokerage in the US (Transport Topics) · Top 25 Freight Brokerage (Transport Topics)

National Account Executive - Walmart

2006 - 2008

YRC Freight specializes in less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping solutions for industrial, commercial, and retail goods. While getting started as a dispatcher, I ultimately led YRC Freight’s largest retail account in the world with the goal of optimizing their freight and inventory management processes.

National Sales

2005 - 2006

Local Sales

2004 - 2005

Outbound Dock Supervisor

2003 - 2004

Inbound Dock Supervisor

2002 - 2003

Linehaul Dispatcher

2001 - 2002

P&D Dispatcher

2000 - 2001

P&D Dispatch Admin

1999 - 2000