#119: Differentiating Solutions for Today’s Transportation Issues with Matt Fassler of XPO

Hosted by Santosh Sankar on March 16, 2022

Summary

During this episode, Santosh is joined by Matt Fassler, the Chief Strategy Officer of XPO. XPO is one of the world's leading providers in truck brokerage and less-than-truckload freight transportation. Santosh and Matt reflect on XPO’s recent success and look forward to their bright future as they revolutionize the trucking world.

Show Notes

Highlights from their conversation include:

About XPO (1:15)
Matt’s background and career journey (2:45)
XPO’s record-breaking year in 2021 (3:52)
The Greenwich arrangement (5:20)
Tech’s role in XPO’s business (7:57)
XPO’s driver school (12:01)
LTL’s 2022 Outlook (14:13)
The North American Freight Brokerage outlook (17:36)
Rapid-fire round: Ukrainian-Russian conflict, truck shortages, prized daily habit (19:43)

Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

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