Transportation One Blog Transportation One Lands Co-Founder of former XPO Logistics Acquisition

Chicago, IL | October 23rd, 2019 - Jamie Teets, CEO of Transportation One, is formally announcing an addition to his C-Suite. Effective October 23rd, Pat Gillihan will join Transportation One serving as the Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to joining Transportation One, Pat Gillihan was the Co-founder of Covered Logistics & Transportation, an asset-based freight brokerage firm acquired by XPO in 2013. Since 2013, he has served in various roles for XPO, most recently as the Midwest District Director of Brokerage managing five brokerage location's P/Ls.Transportation One is a logistics provider based in Chicago and founded in 2010. The company's primary focus is on high touch tier-one accounts that demand best in class service and technology. Over the last decade, they have shown consistent high double to triple-digit top-line performance. Evidence of Transportation One's blue-chip performance has resulted in being selected as perennial award winners for Food Logistics Top 100, Crane's Fast 50, Inner City 100 and Inc. 5000."Anyone who built something from nothing in the private sector and had a successful exit to a Fortune 500, continued by infusing immense value in many roles to the acquiring company is someone who can fill a lot of gaps at any organization. Pat will not be boxed in just one corner by the CRO title alone," states Teets."Jamie and I have had a mutual admiration for each other's mission and accomplishments in the past ten years. It was only a matter of time until both of us would be at a place to accelerate and complement each other's vision. A major factor contributing to pursuing this opportunity was the access to an ecosystem of highly talented professionals currently in place at Transportation One. I wanted a company that solely exists to satisfy the customer; being privately funded puts customers' needs over external demands. We will create a collaborative culture of team engagement that encourages feedback and an open forum for groundbreaking ideas that we can champion, "states Gillihan.At Transportation One, our goal is to be innovators willing to push the barriers of market conformity and breakthrough with innovative and cutting-edge processes to expand and fortify our competitive positions."We are not focused on what is on the horizon but beyond it!" Jamie TeetsIf you would like more information, please feel free to contact our office at 312.429.6670 or email us at CSR@TransportationOne.com.