Meet the Logistician!

Will Doyel - Driver Engagement Representative How would you describe your current position to someone that doesn’t work in the transportation logistics industry? Problem solving in its basic form. The melding of mind, man and machine. How did you end up working in logistics? Just stumbled into it through a mutual friend. I was room-mates with him and another buddy at the time. It was either go back to Missouri and move home or get something quick and pay rent. I went to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale FL and Schaumburg IL which don’t even exist anymore, due to some predatory-like practices. I started as a night dispatcher doing a lot of tracking. I worked from the bottom up understanding every facet of this business from tracking to dispatcher to account management and even office management. I am back in a Carrier sales roll now. How many years have you worked in logistics? Approximately 18-19 years. What are some of your favorite things about working in logistics? Meeting people from every walk of life. Just the small talk, learning things about different backgrounds and people that have different ideologies or are from other countries too. It’s interesting to learn new information from the conversations we have. To even bigger things: I have known some people so long that they are retired now, while some people I talk to are half my age now. I have matured in this industry. What surprises do you encounter? I always come back to problem solving. On a day to day basis it’s literally trying to fit a square peg in a round hole,...