Coyote Logistics CEO and leadership

After pioneering the 3PL industry in the 1980s and '90s with American Backhaulers, the second largest North American freight brokerage, Jeff Silver took a five-year hiatus to pursue a master of business administration from the University of Michigan and a master of engineering in logistics from MIT. He returned to the scene in 2006 and started Coyote—one of the fastest-growing third-party logistics (3PL) companies in transportation. Silver was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the Midwest in 2011, a 2013 and 2014 Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and a 2013 Mid-Market CEO for Overall Excellence by Chief Executive, and was listed as a Who’s Who in Chicago Business in 2012 and 2013. Silver serves on the board for Northwestern University Transportation Center and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago.

+20 years of commercial experience operating at the intersection of global supply chain management, software development, and transportation market economics - highlights of which include:* Undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech* Early career in Silicon Valley building the first generation of B2C e-commerce fulfillment networks in the late 90s* Graduate degrees in Logistics and Business Administration from MIT and Georgia Tech* MIT Graduate Thesis on the topic of Supply Chain Resilience under Dr. Yossi Sheffi in 2002-03* Early leadership team at Coyote Logistics in 2006 and key contributor to its legendary rise from $0 to +$2billion in global revenue before acquisition by UPS in 2015, as well as its subsequent doubling in size to become the #2 largest U.S. Truckload Freight Broker (Transport Topics) by 2020* +2 years of cumulative expat experience operating in Central & Western Europe * Conceived, launched, and scaled Coyote's Collaborative Transportation Management service offering (TL, LTL, Dray, & IMDL)* Discovered and developed an original methodology and framework for understanding US TL market dynamics and forecasting long-term directional spot and contract TL pricing, a version of which has since been branded as the Coyote Curve* Launched Pickett Research, LLC in 2021 to further develop the TL cycle framework upon exit/retirement from Coyote in 2020* Licensed US Customs Broker, June 2021

Bill Driegert is a Chief Innovation Officer at Coyote Logistics and is based in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at University of Chicago Booth School of Business between 2006 and 2009, SMU between 2000 and 2002, and MIT between 2002 and 2003.

With over 15 years of go-to-market, demand generation, product development and project management experience, I create winning growth strategies for B2B brands and believe great marketing is the result of obsessive customer focus and well-executed process.