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This win marks the third year Echo has won this prestigious awardCHICAGO, Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has been named to FreightWaves' FreightTech 25 awards for the third year. This list recognizes the top 25 companies that are changing the landscape of the transportation industry through advanced technology innovations

Echo Global Logistics Named To Freightwaves' Freighttech Top 25

As a well-established 3PL in the transportation management and brokerage space, Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics has proved that focusing on customer relationships and strategy is the best way to navigate a freight market downturn.Zach Jecklin, chief information officer at Echo, has been with the company 17 years and has experienced every part of the market cycle.“We’re ready for a tailwind,” Jecklin said. “It’s been a long bottom part of the market, for longer than we’ve seen in the history of tracking these cycles.”According to Jecklin, the lowest dip in the market is a natural consequence of the highest peak.“It makes sense that it took awhile for some of that additional capacity to come out of the marketplace and for things to renormalize, with rates finally showing signs of increasing,” Jecklin said.When the market flips, the Echo team is poised to take advantage of ideal conditions due to their strategy during the tougher times.“At Echo, we’re ready to be flexible in any market, and we plan for this,” Jecklin said. “We know how to operate at any point of these cycles, so we can continue to strategically take market share and grow profitability during the low points.”“Previously, we’ve seen one or two bid cycles in a downturn, and now we’re seeing three or four bid cycles,” Jecklin added.Echo believes the best way to navigate these cycles is through industry relationships.“How you manage relationships and service to your largest shippers and carriers while managing costs determines how strong you come out of the downturns,” Jecklin said. “This industry is operating on a relatively thin gross margin, so this takes careful planning.”For most 3PLs, this cycle has been exceptionally challenging in its length and depth.“What’s differentiated Echo through this cycle is not just our best-in-class technology, it’s the fact that we have some of the best people in the industry with history and experience to maintain excellence through even the most challenging and unique circumstances,” Jecklin said.The shifts occurring in the freight market coincide with the introduction of new technologies, most notably the integration of AI into data management and analytics.“It’s not all hype,” Jecklin said. “There is going to be a lot of value from AI, and there already has been, going back as far as the last 30 years.”Generative AI and consumer-facing applications like OpenAI are relatively new and have raised the conversation in the public sphere, but Jecklin said AI is something Echo has been using and integrating for a long time.“The most interesting part of the hype now is that people are talking about the future of AI generically across all industries, from individual contributors to executive boards,” Jecklin said. “People tend to lump the topic together as ‘AI,’ but we have to be clear about use cases and applications because it can be very contextual.”“At Echo, what we’re focused on is not rocket science,” Jecklin said

Focus On Relationships Is The Key To Navigating Market Downturns

This win marks the fourth year in a row Echo has won a BIG Innovation AwardCHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has won a 2025 BIG Innovation Award for EchoSync, the company's advanced logistics integration and automation system. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, these awards honor organizations, ideas, and people that provide innovations to the world, big or small.EchoSync leverages Electronic Data Exchange (EDI) or Application Programming Interface (API) to manage communication between the transportation systems utilized by shippers, carriers, and other logistics providers. EDI and API allow for seamless, system-to-system data transfer between Echo and its clients and carriers for a smoother transportation experience. For instance, users can exchange business documents such as invoices or purchase orders, removing the need for manual data entry."We're excited to be named to this award, particularly for a facet of our core technology," said Doug Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer at Echo

Echo Global Logistics Earns 2025 Big Innovation Award For Echosync Automation Technology

VIDEO. When Doug Waggoner became the CEO of Echo Global Logistics in 2006, the company was a small startup with just 30 employees. Today, Echo is an industry leader, employing nearly 3,000 people and working with over 50,000 carriers. Echo started its life with venture capital as a true startup, spent several years as a publicly-traded organization, and is now privately owned again and still growing. Reflecting on the environment in which Echo was founded, Waggoner says there was a transition period between the dot-com boom and the more established model of today. At the time, tech-based 3PLs were a new phenomenon in the freight industry, but they quickly grew to shape an ever-growing market.“We did it the old-fashioned way,” Waggoner said. “The founders each put in a couple hundred thousand dollars of their own money, and that was it. They brought me in with my industry experience, we built a prototype technology, and then we raised $7 million in venture capital.” Echo became profitable in 2007, just its second year of operation, surpassing $35 million in revenue. “We grew the business organically through our service reputation,” Waggoner said

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Echo achieved a four-star rating for its dedication to environmental sustainability CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has been named to Newsweek's America's Greenest Companies 2025 list. This recognition honors the top 500 companies in the U.S. that are engaging in environmental sustainability. Echo achieved a four-star rating for its efforts to create a more sustainable business

Echo Global Logistics Named To Newsweek'S America'S Greenest Companies 2025

Echo engineering leader Christina Garcia was recognized for her expertise and support of emerging engineers. CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, is proud to announce that Christina Garcia, the company's Senior Vice President of Engineering, has been named to Crain's Notable Latino Leaders Award List. These awards, hosted by Crain's Chicago Business, a business publication, recognize more than 100 Latino leaders making waves in their various industries. "I'm honored to be recognized for this award," Garcia said

Echo Global Logistics' Svp Of Engineering Named To Crain'S Notable Latino Leaders Award List

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Echo's Chicago headquarters was recognized by the Chicago Tribune for this awardCHICAGO, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has been honored by the Chicago Tribune as one of Chicagoland's Top Workplaces 2024. Appreciated for its extensive benefits and community initiatives, Echo was named to this award via company surveys administered by Energage, an employee engagement platform which enables organizations to improve and recognize business results

Echo Global Logistics Recognized As A 2024 Chicagoland Top Workplace

CEO Doug Waggoner and President and COO Dave Menzel both were recognized for their leadershipCHICAGO, Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Doug Waggoner, and its President and Chief Operating Officer, Dave Menzel, have both been named winners of 12th Annual Globee Awards for Leadership. Waggoner won in the Chief Executive Officer of the Year category and Menzel won in the Lifetime Achievement Award category

Echo Global Logistics' Ceo And President/Coo Named Winners Of The 12Th Annual Globee Awards

Women in Trucking named Echo to this award for the second year in a row. CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has been named a 2024 Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation by the Women in Trucking Association (WIT). Echo was recognized for the second year in a row for being an exceptional workplace for women in the transportation industry by fostering gender diversity, accommodating family and life balance, offering competitive compensation, benefits, and ongoing training. "As a leader in the transportation industry, Echo strives to support its diverse community of employees, recognizing the strength and success that it provides us as a company," said Paula Frey, Chief Human Resources Officer

Echo Global Logistics Named A 2024 Top Company For Women To Work In Transportation

This win marks Echo's third consecutive year being honored for this award. CHICAGO, Oct. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has been named a 2024 Top Food Chain Provider by Food Shippers of America. Echo was selected as one of just 25 companies recognized for this award to mark the third consecutive year the company has been named a top provider. "We're proud to be recognized for our food shipping and storage solutions," said Dave Menzel, President and Chief Operating Officer at Echo

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