The Freight Pod
The Freight Pod is a deep dive into the journeys of the transportation and logistics industry’s brightest minds and innovators. The show is hosted by Andrew Silver, former founder and CEO of MoLo Solutions, one of the fastest-growing freight brokerages in the industry. His guests will be CEOs, founders, executives, and leaders from some of the most successful freight brokerages, trucking companies, manufacturers, and technology companies that support this great industry. Andrew will interview his guests with a focus on their life and how they got to where they are today, unlocking the key ingredients that helped them develop into the leaders they are now. He will also bring to light the fascinating stories that helped mold and shape his experiences.
Episodes
84 episodes
Ep. #83: Ken Adamo joins Ease Logistics as Chief Strategy Officer
A major freight market intelligence leader is leaving DAT for a brokerage and he’s explaining exactly why. Ken Adamo joins me and Peter Coratola to talk about what most people misunderstand about DAT, how brokers should actually use spot market...
Ep. #82: Alan Holland, Founder & CEO, Keelvar
Freight buying has a dirty secret: most bids do a great job of finding the lowest number and a terrible job of finding the best outcome. When shippers reward price without measuring service, good carriers get punished, bad actors slip through, ...
Ep. #81: Chris Ceausu, CEO, White Arrow
Freight is a physical business, but the decisions that make or break a carrier feel more digital every month. I sit down with Chris Ceausu, CEO of White Arrow, to unpack what it really takes to run a complex transportation network across interm...
Ep. #80: Bill Catania, Founder & CEO, OneRail
A 10‑day wait for a refrigerator became the spark for a smarter last mile. We sit down with OneRail CEO Bill Catania to unpack how a racing mindset—frugality, failure tolerance, and relentless iteration—translated into a platform that helps ret...
Ep. #79: Funding News - Genlogs Raises $60M
A carrier vanishes from the road, sells its MC, and reappears just long enough to “accept” a $3.8M server load. Sounds absurd—until you see how often the digital record diverges from real-world behavior. We sit down with Genlogs CEO Ryan Joyce ...
Ep. #78: Hans Stig Moller, CEO Odyssey Logistics
What if your sales motion created real partnerships instead of fragile price wins? That’s the thread we pull with Hans, CEO of Odyssey Logistics, as he maps a journey from Danish directness and early Maersk rotations to leading a global multimo...
Ep. #77: Tarek Alaruri, CEO & Founder, Stuut Technologies
Cash flow is oxygen, and too many teams are holding their breath waiting on portals, proofs, and “who handles this?” handoffs. We sit down with Tarek, a former TQL broker turned founder, to unpack the culture of persistence he learned on the br...
Ep. #76: Pablo Palafox, CEO & Cofounder, HappyRobot
What if your operations team started each day with every check call completed and only the real exceptions waiting? We sat down with Happy Robot co-founder Pablo Palafox to unpack how an AI workforce is changing the cadence of work in freight—b...
Ep. #75: Chris O'Brien, President, Sunset Armada Holdings
A 23-year-old with a pager, a bag phone, and a point to prove—Chris O’Brien takes us from apologizing for not owning trucks in the early days of his C.H. Robinson career, to shaping one of the most influential commercial engines in logistics, t...
Ep. #74: Peter Coratola, President, CEO, & Founder, EASE Logistics
What does it take to build a $220 million logistics company from scratch? Peter Coratola, CEO and founder of EASE Logistics, reveals the hard-earned wisdom behind his remarkable journey from unemployed college graduate to logistics leader.<...
Ep. #73: Shawn McLeod, President of Axle Logistics
How do you build a billion-dollar freight brokerage without a single dollar of outside capital? Sean McLeod, who joined Axle Logistics as employee #21 in 2016, gives us a rare glimpse into one of the fastest-growing and most respected brokerage...
Ep. #72: Andrew Leto, Founder & CEO, Emerge
Andrew Leto shares his journey from Navy veteran to successful freight entrepreneur, revealing how he built Global Tranz from zero dollars into a half-billion-dollar business by spotting opportunities in the eBay shipping market and creating an...
Ep. #71: Hannah Testani, CEO, Intelligent Audit
This week, Andrew welcomes Hannah Testani, CEO of Intelligent Audit. Hannah dreamed of becoming CEO of Lehman Brothers, so she studied finance at Carnegie Mellon and got a job at Goldman Sachs in 2008, just as the financial world was crashing. ...
Ep. #70: Jett McCandless, CEO & Founder, project44
This week, Andrew has a candid conversation with Jett McCandless, CEO and founder of project44, about his freight journey, from making $12 an hour at Roadway Express to building a global supply chain network that powers more than 1 billion ship...
Ep. #69: Harish Abbott, CEO & Cofounder, Augment
This week, Andrew sits down with Harish Abbott, CEO and cofounder of Augment, the AI teammate for logistics. Harish says, “Logistics is broken,” and in this episode, he goes deep into just how broken, talking about the inefficient ways informat...
Ep. #68: Sean Henry, CEO & Founder, Stord
This week, Andrew is joined by Sean Henry, CEO and founder of Stord, a major player in omnichannel fulfillment and supply chain technology. In this episode, Sean shares his incredible entrepreneurial journey, which started by selling Christmas ...
Ep. #67: Clay Curran, CEO & Cofounder, FreshX
Andrew welcomes Clay Curran, CEO and cofounder of FreshX, a young company tackling the tricky reefer LTL space. Clay shares his entrepreneurial journey, marked by a willingness to pivot that has shaped both his personal career trajectory and th...
Ep. #66: Andrew Silver, Former CEO & Founder, MoLo Solutions
This week, The Freight Pod flips the mic as host and former MoLo Solutions CEO Andrew Silver becomes the guest. Hosted by colleague and friend Derek Zetlin, this candid conversation dives deep into Andrew’s journey through freight, including gr...
Ep. #65: Matt O’Mara, CEO & Founder, Whimsy Intermodal
In this episode, Andrew welcomes Matt O’Mara, CEO and founder of Whimsy Intermodal and Whimsy Trucking. Matt’s journey into the transportation industry began in 1994 when he worked as an owner-operator for a trucking company. When that company ...
Ep. #64: Shipper Panel: Insights from Top Food Shippers
In this episode, Andrew welcomes three seasoned logistics leaders with a unique perspective, having all started on the brokerage world before transitioning to the shipper side: Nicole Schuman, transportation procurement manager at Reser’s Fine ...
Ep. #63: Tariff Talk: Cargado’s Matt Silver, Caspian’s Justin Sherlock & Gaia Dynamics’ Emil Stefanutti on Navigating Tariff Volatility
In this roundtable-style episode, Andrew brings together a panel of industry experts at the center of cross-border shipping and trade compliance: Matt Silver, CEO and cofounder of Cargado; Emil Stefanutti, CEO and cofounder of Gaia Dynamics; an...
Ep. #62: Charley Dehoney, CEO & Cofounder of Upwell
In this episode, Andrew welcomes Charley Dehoney, CEO and cofounder of Upwell. Charley has worked at brokerages like Worldwide Express. He bootstrapped his own brokerage, Dehoney Transportation Management. He bought and sold the 50-year-old Man...
Ep. #61: Greg Paulson, CEO of Giltner Transportation
In this episode, Andrew sits down with Greg Paulson, CEO of Giltner Transportation, a transportation and logistics company based in Jerome, Idaho. Greg’s journey with Giltner began in 1999 when, as an accountant, he worked closely with then-own...
Ep. #60: Jin Stedge, CEO & Cofounder of TrueNorth
Andrew sits down with Jin Stedge, CEO and cofounder of TrueNorth. Jin grew up in a family of owner-operators, including her dad, uncles, and grandparents, but didn’t see herself in the family business. Instead, she headed to MIT, earned an aero...
Ep. #59: Dan Manshaem, CEO & Founder of Ally Logistics
In this episode, Andrew welcomes Dan Manshaem, CEO and founder of Ally Logistics, for his first podcast appearance ever. In 2012, Dan and his cofounder Jeff Chidester started Ally — they quit their jobs, put $2,500 in the bank, and signed a lea...