| Rick
Rodell,
the company’s founder, has been Chief Executive
Officer since 1997, and Chairman since October
2002. Mr. Rodell started his transportation career
with the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in Chicago,
Illinois and held various sales and management
positions in different locations. He started R.
J. Rodell and Associates, a sales and marketing
company representing various transportation companies
in intermodal, trucking and boxcar shipments in
1977. He purchased Manufacturers Consolidation
Service, one of the companies represented, in
1990 along with a partner. He was President/CEO
until 1997, when he sold his interest and founded
Cornerstone Systems. He
is a former member of VISTAGE (originally known
as TEC…The Executive Committee), an international
association of Chief Executive Officers. Two
of the companies he has led have reached the
finals of the Memphis Business Journal’s Small
Business Award. He has also been a finalist
for the Memphis Business Journal’s Chief Executive
Officer Award. He is a past Chairman of the
Intermodal Conference of the Transportation
Intermediaries Association as well as a former
board of director for TIA. The Governor of Tennessee,
for service to his community and state, has
also recognized Mr. Rodell as a Tennessee Volunteer.
He currently remains involved with various charitable
organizations.
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