Chattanooga Tenn. — With today’s technology and tools trucking stands at the doorstep of an
innovation and improvement golden age and Ryan Rogers is excited about what the upcoming era holds
for the industry as well as for the team he’s been tabbed to lead at Covenant Transport Services.
Rogers took over as the new head of Covenant Transport Services’ transformation and continuous
improvement team in January taking on the title of Chief Transformation Officer for the enterprise. In his
new role Rogers will head up merger and acquisition programs innovation and technology and strategic
planning.
A Chattanooga native and graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Rogers is a proven
thought leader in transportation and logistics with a successful record of accomplishments to show for it.
Joey Hogan president of Covenant Transport Services said Rogers is the right person in the right role at
the right moment for the multi-company enterprise.
“Ryan’s track record speaks for itself” said Hogan. “He knows transportation and logistics and he
understands as we do that technology and data have the power to positively transform the way we do
business allowing us to work smarter and better while leading the way for our industry.”
Rogers comes most recently from e-commerce giant Amazon where he served as a transportation
executive leading procurement and carrier development at a time when e-commerce – led by giants like
Amazon — turned heads around the transportation and logistics industry with increasing sales and
demand for capacity.
Prior to Amazon Rogers served in multiple roles at national truckload provider U.S. Xpress Enterprises
including corporate treasurer and Chief Operating Officer at the company’s logistics division at a time of
extensive growth in revenue.
He currently serves as a mentor at Chattanooga-based transportation and logistics incubator Dynamo
and is a member of the Chattanooga Technology Council.
Rogers said coming to Covenant in the role of Chief Transformation Officer is the culmination of his
professional experiences to this point – the melding of his knowledge and skills in operations finance
logistics innovation and mergers and acquisitions – and a chance for him to put his diverse know-how to
work.
“This transition is an opportunity for me to capitalize on the background and experience I have and to do
so at Covenant which has put itself in a very good position with its diverse operating companies” he
said.
Rogers also shares Covenant leaders’ passion for people and transformational technology crediting his
own financial and operational background for preparing him to lead and his entrepreneurial spirit for
helping him to see nimbler better ways to do business and manage the company’s most valuable
resource people.
“We have a great organization and industry-leading people here” he said. “I’m excited about where we’re
going and I look forward to continuing to bring top talent and other industry leaders into the Covenant
group of companies.”
To learn more about Covenant Transport Services visit covenanttransport.com/companyprofile.