My interest in the freight industry is personal.
I grew up in a family of five children, the daughter of a Teamster and truck driver. When I was young, my dad drove over the road for McLean Trucking. We didn't see him every day, but when he returned home on weekends, he often brought donuts. It became a family tradition that I now continue with my own children.
When deregulation transformed the trucking industry in the 1980s, McLean eventually went out of business. Our family moved from Chicago to Denver, where Dad found work on the loading docks at Yellow Freight.
He worked the swing shift, which meant he could wake us up, make breakfast, and send us off to school. By the time we came home, he was already back at work.
On weekends, my siblings and I would try to stay awake until he walked through the door around 12:30 or 1:00 in the morning. More often than not, we fell asleep watching movies before he made it home.
As a child, I didn't fully understand the complexities of the freight industry. But I understood what it meant to have a parent whose work kept him away from home, and how much his schedule shaped our family's life.
My own career took me into engineering, enterprise technology, and software solutions. Decades later, I find myself with an opportunity to bring that experience back to an industry that has been part of my life since childhood.
Through my work with CargoFL, I've had the opportunity to interview my dad about the work he performed for decades. We've talked about routes, scheduling, compliance, delays, and the everyday decisions drivers and dispatchers make to keep freight moving.
Those conversations have given me a deeper appreciation for an industry I knew through my father's experiences, but am now beginning to understand through the lens of technology and operations.
That connection is why I started this journey.
I don't want to simply introduce another software platform. I want to understand the real challenges transportation businesses face and help identify practical technology solutions that make operations more predictable, efficient, and manageable.
Because behind every shipment, route, and delivery schedule are people — drivers, dispatchers, customers, and families waiting for someone to come home.
At FluxCB, that belief is reflected in a simple philosophy: Memento Cura — Remember to Care. Technology should move businesses forward without losing sight of the people who make them work.
Carrie
Founder, FluxCB