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, then into a new play: One Armada. We dig into the early days of brokerage at Robinson when check calls ruled and service meant relentless follow-up, and we unpack the moment that rewired Chris’s approach—working on-site at a shipper and learning to think...
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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, then into a new play: One Armada. We dig into the early days of brokerage at Robinson when check calls ruled and service meant relentless follow-up, and we unpack the moment that rewired Chris’s approach—working on-site at a shipper and learning to think...
Andrew welcomes Krenar Komoni, CEO and founder of Tive, to The Freight Pod. Krenar left Kosovo at 17 years old to pursue his education in the U.S., but the aspiring entrepreneur knew he’d be back one day to create jobs in his home country. Krenar went on to earn degrees in computer engineering, math, and electrical engineering and discovered a passion for radio frequencies and wireless communication systems. But it was his father-in-law's trucking company and the constant tracking calls...
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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, then into a new play: One Armada. We dig into the early days of brokerage at Robinson when check calls ruled and service meant relentless follow-up, and we unpack the moment that rewired Chris’s approach—working on-site at a shipper and learning to think...
