"The Amazing People of Logistics & Transportation: Featuring Nicole Glenn & Trey Griggs"
“The Amazing People of Logistics & Transportation: Featuring Nicole Glenn & Trey Griggs” Supply Chain Now Episode 447 This episode of Supply Chain Now features Nicole Glenn & Trey Griggs. Nicole Glenn is the Owner & President of WBENC certified, Candor Expedite, Inc. Candor is an Illinois based hotshot ground & white-glove brokerage firm with an additional sales and operations office in Plano, TX. Starting out in Logistics & Supply Chain in the year 2000, Nicole has had a very diverse background in different modes and roles within the industry. Operations was where she started her career with truckload services, heavyweight partials, linehaul/consolidations, and expedited shipments. She then moved into the asset-based sector working with company owner-operators, as an operations representative with direct manufacturers' shipments that specialized in food service shipping. In the year 2008, Nicole joined a privately held asset-based ground and indirect air expedite company where she would develop her career further from operations & sales to management and then executive. Her experience enabled her company to start the development of its truckload brokerage as well as its local/regional company driver truckload model. At this company, Nicole fell in love with not only sales but people, management, and lifting her team to come together with a common goal of success. In 2017, Nicole ventured out on her own starting Candor Expedite with an emphasis on ground expedite service, white-glove, and final mile services. Candor Expedite is a dynamic customer service company that focuses on aligning its clients with the proper solutions with service, communication, and transparency. Trey Griggs began his career as a high school physics teacher & coach, also spending much of his time working with students as a youth pastor. In 2010, Trey transitioned to a career in sales at DAT Solutions as an inside sales rep. He was quickly promoted to enterprise sales where he led the team in revenue-generation each of the following three years. During his nine years in the transportation industry, Trey has gained experience in several sectors within technology, including load boards, rate analytics, TMS systems, visibility solutions, digital freight-matching platforms, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). When he’s not building world-class organizations, you can find Trey spending time with his family, traveling, renovating his home, playing golf, working out, reading & playing music. Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and ALL Supply Chain Now Programming Here: https://supplychainnowradio.com/subscribe Leave a review for Supply Chain Now: https://ratethispodcast.com/supplychainnow Connect with Scott on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/scottwindonluton/ Connect with Jamin on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jamin-alvidrez Connect with Nicole on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemglenn/ Connect with Trey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treygriggs/ Supply Chain Now Ranked #1 Supply Chain Podcast via FeedSpot: tinyurl.com/rud8y9m Supply Chain Now Ranked #3 Supply Chain YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/yazfegov Register for 6 River Systems' FLOW 2020: https://pheedloop.com/flow2020/site/home/ AIAG Virtual 2020 Supply Chain Conference: https://tinyurl.com/y8axeflc Download the Q2 2020 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: freight.usbank.com/?es=a229&a=20 Register for Reuters Events Supply Chain USA Virtual 2020 Summit Here: https://tinyurl.com/y4mj6jph Check Out News From Our Sponsors: U.S. Bank: www.usbpayment.com/transportation-solutions Capgemini: www.capgemini.com/us-en/ Vector Global Logistics: vectorgl.com/ Verusen: www.verusen.com/ ProPurchaser.com: tinyurl.com/y6l2kh7g This episode of Supply Chain Now was hosted by Jamin Alvidrez and Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnowradio.com/episode-447.