CHICAGO, Aug. 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Founded in 2011, CarrierDirect, a forward thinking firm in the transportation and logistics industry, is led by Jett McCandless and Joel Clum, McCandless as President and founder and Clum as Vice President and co-founder. Blending a wide range of knowledge and strengths, CarrierDirect integrates McCandless' decades of experience in freight and vision for the industry with Clum's experience in international markets, generating out-of-the-box services for carriers, brokerages, forwarders and third-party logistics companies.
Prior to CarrierDirect, Clum worked with Accenture, a global management consulting company, with clients in the U.S. and overseas. Living in China and Western Europe, Clum acquired an in-depth understanding of the international arena, and has become proficient in multiple languages including Mandarin Chinese and French, with sights to become proficient in Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
"The international work experience I've had has fit perfectly with what we're doing at CarrierDirect," said Clum. "The companies we work with – both domestically and internationally – benefit from our team's ability to help share strategies for growth across international markets, be it breaking into the U.S. freight market or growing overseas."
CarrierDirect's unique international solutions have included helping EU-based freight forwarders build U.S. contracted transportation networks, developing strategies for US-based 3PLs to expand brokerage presence into the EU, and bringing on millions of dollars annually in new international freight revenue to domestic 3PLs by providing them access to airfreight and ocean capacity. These services have established CarrierDirect as a truly global company, supporting its clients to conduct business on almost every continent across the world.
For more information on CarrierDirect's perspective on the state of the U.S. freight industry and trends for the rest of the year, visit http://carrierdirect.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CarrierDirect-US-OTR-Market-Perspective-July-2013.pdf .
About CarrierDirect
Launched in 2011, CarrierDirect is a forward thinking firm in the transportation and logistics industry that provides advisory services to top third-party logistics companies and carriers, supporting their growth to become market-leading enterprises and outpace their competition. For more information on CarrierDirect, visit http://carrierdirect.co/. Follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/carrierdirect.