CARRIER1
Company

Freight doesn't need another app. It needs one continuous workflow.

CARRIER1 was built by people who ran the loads, sold the software, and lived inside the broken handoffs. We're replacing the stack of disconnected tools with a single verified, closed-loop system from tender to paid.

Our team built and scaled freight technology and media at
10-4 SystemsTrimbleEmergeFreightWavesGlobalTranzMyCarrierU.S. XpressEdge Logistics
Why we started CARRIER1

Two reasons this had to be rebuilt from the foundation.

CARRIER1 CARES

The stack broke

Brokers run six systems that don't talk: TMS, email, portals, phone, documents, payments. Every handoff is a re-key, and every re-key is where margin, time, and trust leak out.

One system, tender to paid

CARRIER1 is not another app bolted onto the stack. Tender, capacity, verification, execution, documents, and settlement run inside one closed loop — one record, one truth, one workflow.

Leadership

Operators, not tourists.

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Travis Rhyan

Founder & CEO

Founded 10-4 Systems and sold it to Trimble in 2017. Later held leadership roles at GlobalTranz, FreightWaves, and MyCarrier — two decades building freight technology from the operator's side of the desk.

Exit: Trimble, 2017
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Jake Papa

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Founding member and CCO at Emerge, VP of Operations at 10-4 Systems, and commercial leadership at GlobalTranz. Has sold, implemented, and operated freight software at every stage of the cycle.

Emerge founding team
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Frederick Doe

CTO

Director of Software Engineering at FreightWaves before CARRIER1.  He has worked in various roles in various industries as CIO,  several director roles (IT, Software) , and several Individual Contributor roles.  Frederick leads the team, wrangles data and API contracts, supplies strategies and input to our partners and vendors, and gets his hands dirty with IC work when needed.  He works closely with Chris developing a robust architecture over the various concerns including:  eventing system, integrations, public and internal APIs, etc.

FreightWaves engineering
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Christopher Mitchell

VP OF ENGINEERING

Engineering leader applying AI to freight data integration. VP of Engineering at Carrier1, leading the team building AI-powered systems that automate customer onboarding and data transformation. Led a team at RMS that built the platform motivating Moody’s $2B acquisition, then ran the engineering org at Crux, delivering 14 trillion rows of data a year to customers like Goldman Sachs and Two Sigma. Has built software across edtech, fintech and capital-markets analytics, healthcare SaaS, and logistics.

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Haley Fazio

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, EVENTS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Former Coyote broker. Founding AE of SONAR and led FreightWaves events, media, & sponsorship programs at FreightWaves. Runs CARRIER1's industry presence, marketing, events, and business development.

FREIGHTWAVES SONAR MEDIA & EVENTS
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Nadeen Vawter

DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Early FreightWaves SONAR employee with prior experience at U.S. Xpress Logistics. Brings deep transportation industry expertise to customer success, implementation, and product development, helping customers translate real-world operations into technology solutions.

 FREIGHTWAVES SONAR U.S. XPRESS LOGISTICS
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Robert Birkle

ENTERPRISE SALES DIRECTOR

In house brokerage knowledge expert. Senior Carrier Sales Consultant at Edge Logistics. Owns product demos, onboarding and customer service

Edge Logistics

Built by freight operators. Backed by results.

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