Nicholas Isabella

Trusted Cartage Solutions operates as an asset based, FTL & Expedited LTL freight carrier. Trusted Cartage specializes in hauling High Value, Time-Sensitive, dry freight within the Southeast. It’s our honor and duty to earn your trust through exceptional levels of service, while exceeding customer expectations & desires.

GM, Power of the Paw, professional sports team that competes in the ESPN TBT million dollar basketball tournament. Over the course of the past six years, with three different teams (HBC, HBC Sicklerville, Power of the Paw) I have recruited and coached a total of 63 professional basketball players to play and compete for my teams. Three of which were former NBA 1st round draft picks, 17 of which had NBA experience, 19 of which had EuroLeague experience, and all 63 had overseas professional experience. In 2020 we were one of 24 teams selected to compete, in the first live professional basketball televised tournament during a world pandemic.

Strategic and proactive business support to the sales managers for sales activities and sales process, including regular analysis of leading indicators to identify trends. Lead territory planning efforts for the sales managers including: defining, cleansing and analyzing territories. Reporting and analyzing monthly team and individual performance metrics, create data driven business intelligence and support driving actionable outcomes for the sales managers. Guiding point of contact in operationalizing rules of engagement and process change. Support initiatives such as: data governance and validation, sales management report clarity, identify sales process and procedures efficiencies, CRM/System Integration.

Raiser's Edge & Financial Edge certified. Strategically source customers through building SFDC reports. Effectively communicate with account managers to close opportunities for all back to base solutions. When placed into territory, consistently exceeded 100% of monthly team targets.

Responsible for timely reporting of records and statistics to appropriate service bureaus and to CitadelSports.com. Help to coordinate and manage athletic communications game-day staffing needs and responsibilities for assigned sports. Specifically have worked with both football and basketball programs.

Consistently exceeds gross margin targets well over $50k per month. Educates account managers on current market trends, quote & manage customers as well as carriers, book freight, ensure on time pick-up/ delivery from my network of carrier equipment. Successful track record in helping to sustain existing business and propel the growth of new business.

Single point of contact managing and sourcing freight for a portfolio of Tier 1-3 national transportation companies. Provided competitive pricing options, leveraged new business, while driving both revenue and margin growth.

Utilized a team of recruiters to pipeline candidates within large financial companies. Networked to build relationships with hiring managers at companies such as TIAA-Cref, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.

Used various sourcing tactics such as cold calling, job boards, networking, and databases to serve high-volume needs for major clients in the financial service division.