Lee Connell

President & Co-Founder @ LRT Solutions, Inc.

Country

United States

City

Greater Chattanooga

Industry

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Skill

Transportation, Transportation Management, Truckload, Logistics, Trucking, 3PL, Logistics Management, Shipping, Freight, Warehousing, Dispatching, Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, Fleet Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Truckload Shipping, Warehouse Operations, Customer Service

Experience

President & Co-Founder

LRT Solutions, Inc.

2024-9 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Chattanooga, TN

Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder

LRT Solutions, Inc.

2023-6 - 2024-8 · 1 yr 3 mos

Vice President, Brokerage Operations

Covenant

2022-1 - 2023-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Director of Brokerage Operations

U.S. Xpress, Inc.

2018-6 - 2022-1 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Brokerage Operations Manager

U.S. Xpress, Inc.

2014-9 - 2018-6 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Managing a team of both Customer and Carrier Representatives. Daily training, teaching, and assisting Carrier Reps with systems usage, freight tracking, negotiating, market trends, carrier prospecting, carrier development, etc. Instructing Customer Reps on freight take decisions, spot bidding, RFQs, scheduling, customer communication, and more. Work closely with all aspects of the business including pricing, compliance, tracking, HR, and the parent company asset side.

Capacity Supervisor

U.S. Xpress, Inc.

2014-1 - 2014-9 · 9 mos

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Managing a team of Carrier Representatives with a focus on servicing freight needs for key accounts and developmental accounts. Training reps on systems usage, freight tracking, negotiating, market trends, carrier prospecting, carrier development, and more.

Carrier Procurement Supervisor

U.S. Xpress, Inc.

2012-8 - 2013-12 · 1 yr 5 mos

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Managing a small team of Carrier Procurement Representatives. Working to develop each representative's skills as a freight broker and looking to advance each in their own career while leading by example as I continue to maintain and further my own book of business.

Carrier Procurement Representative

U.S. Xpress, Inc.

2010-3 - 2012-8 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Freight brokering & securing partner carriers.

Recruiting Coordinator

D1 TRAINING

2009-5 - 2010-2 · 10 mos

Responsible for all sales and marketing of the Chattanooga D1 facility.

Account Representative

RRD

2007-9 - 2009-5 · 1 yr 9 mos

Outside sales with a territory of the north GA and east TN regions. Sold printing solutions (forms, labels, commercial print, etc.) on a B2B level. Secured business with several new customers that had a consistent need for large quantity print services.