Bradley Jacobs has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
board of directors since September 2011. Mr. Jacobs is also the managing director
of Jacobs Private Equity, LLC, which is our largest stockholder. He has led
two public companies: United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), which he co-founded
in 1997, and United Waste Systems, Inc., founded in 1989. Mr. Jacobs served
as chairman and chief executive officer of United Rentals for its first six
years and as executive chairman for an additional four years. He served eight
years as chairman and chief executive officer of United Waste Systems. Previously,
Mr. Jacobs founded Hamilton Resources (UK) Ltd. and served as its chairman and
chief operating officer. This followed the co-founding of his first venture,
Amerex Oil Associates, Inc., where he was chief executive officer.
Troy Cooper has served as our Chief Operating Officer since May 2014. Mr. Cooper
joined our company in September 2011 as Vice President—Finance, and has
held positions of increasing responsibility since then. Mr. Cooper is responsible
for the day-to-day operations and profit and loss performance of the Company.
Mr. Cooper was most recently with United Rentals, Inc., where he served as vice
president—group controller responsible for field finance functions. Previously,
he held controller positions with United Waste Systems, Inc. and OSI Specialties,
Inc. (formerly a division of Union Carbide, Inc.). Mr. Cooper began his career
in public accounting with Arthur Andersen and Co. and has a degree in accounting
from Marietta College.
John Hardig has served as our Chief Financial Officer since February 2012. Mr.
Hardig most recently served as managing director for the Transportation &
Logistics investment banking group of Stifel Nicolaus Weisel from 2003 until
joining our company. Prior to that, Mr. Hardig was an investment banker in the
Transportation and Telecom groups at Alex. Brown & Sons (now Deutsche Bank).
Mr. Hardig holds a master of business administration degree from the University
of Michigan Business School and a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval
Academy.
Gordon Devens has served as our Senior Vice President and General Counsel since
November 2011. Mr. Devens was most recently vice president—corporate development
with AutoNation, Inc., where he was previously vice president—associate
general counsel. Earlier, he was an associate at the law firm of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions
and securities law. Mr. Devens holds a doctorate of jurisprudence and a bachelor’s
degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.
Scott Malat has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since July 2012. Mr. Malat
served as our Senior Vice President—Strategic Planning from the time he
joined us in October 2011 until July 2012. Prior to joining XPO Logistics, Mr.
Malat was with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where he served as senior equity research
analyst covering the air, rail, trucking and shipping sectors. Earlier, Mr.
Malat was an equity research analyst with UBS, and a strategy manager with JPMorgan
Chase & Co. He serves on the board of directors of the non-profit PSC Partners
Seeking a Cure. He is a CFA® charterholder and has a degree in statistics
with a concentration in business management from Cornell University.
Mario Harik has served as our Chief Information Officer since November 2011.
Mr. Harik has built comprehensive IT organizations and overseen the implementation
of proprietary platforms for a variety of firms and has consulted to members
of the Fortune 100. His prior positions include chief information officer and
senior vice president—research and development with Oakleaf Waste Management;
chief technology officer with Tallan, Inc.; co-founder of G3 Analyst, where
he served as chief architect of web and voice applications; and architect and
consultant with Adea Solutions. Mr. Harik holds a master of engineering degree
in information technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a
degree in engineering, computer and communications from the American University
of Beirut, Lebanon.
Xpo Inc currently has 10000 employees.