Jett McCandless — Co-Founder

project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually in 170+ countries for over 1,200 of the leading brands, including top companies in manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences, food & beverage, and oil, chemical & gas. Using project44, shippers, logistics service providers and carriers across the globe drive greater predictability, resiliency, and sustainability. project44 set a funding record for Logistics Tech enterprise SaaS companies with $202 million raised in May of 2021 and $420 million raised in January of 2022 to surpass $860 million in total funding and resulting in a pre-money valuation of $2.2 billion. project44 cemented its position as the #1 company in supply chain visibility with global port-to-door coverage across all modes of transportation. The company now generates more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), the largest generation 2 logistics tech in the world. project44 has received the following recognition: -Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Real Time Transportation Visibility Platforms -SAP® Pinnacle Award: Intelligent Enterprise Innovation Business Network Partner of the Year 2022 -#1 in FreightWaves FreightTech 2022 -Customer's Choice in Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report -Highest rated visibility provider on G2 -Chicago Inno 100 best places to work in the city -2022 Forbes Best Startup Employers As Founder and CEO, Jett has been named: -Food Logistics 2022 Rock Star of the Supply Chain -Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2022 Pro to Know -One of Chicago Inno’s 50 on Fire -Emergence Capital’s Emergence Award Winner

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS logistics technology leader with extensive experience in supply chain management.

Location: Wilson, Wyoming, United States

Experience: 27 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Supply Chain Management
Logistics Technology

Career Highlights

Raised over $860 million in funding.
Led project44 to #1 in supply chain visibility.
Recognized as a top innovator in logistics technology.

Work Experience

YPO Chicago Chapter

Member (6 yrs 10 mos)

project44

Founder and CEO (12 yrs 1 mo)

CarrierDirect

Founder and CEO (5 yrs 4 mos)

BLUE WATER COMPANIES, LLC

Founder (15 yrs 2 mos)

GlobalTranz

Executive Vice President and Principal (3 yrs)

YRC Freight

National Account Executive - Walmart (2 yrs)

National Sales (1 yr)

Local Sales (1 yr)

Outbound Dock Supervisor (1 yr)

Inbound Dock Supervisor (1 yr)

Linehaul Dispatcher (1 yr)

P&D Dispatcher (1 yr)

P&D Dispatch Admin (1 yr)

Jett McCandless

Co-Founder

Wilson, Wyoming, United States27 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Raised over $860 million in funding.
Led project44 to #1 in supply chain visibility.
Recognized as a top innovator in logistics technology.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS logistics technology leader with extensive experience in supply chain management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Supply Chain ManagementLogistics Technology

Other Skills

Cloud-based SolutionsManagement ConsultingSoftware DevelopmentFreight ManagementLogistics Services

About

Experience

Ypo chicago chapter

Member

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 10 mos · Greater Chicago Area

Comprised of more than 20,000 leaders in 123 different countries, YPO-WPO is the world’s largest network of peers that connects members to exchange ideas, pursue learning and share strategies to achieve personal growth and professional success.

Project44

Founder and CEO

Feb 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 1 mo · Greater Chicago Area

project44 is the world’s leading advanced visibility platform for shippers and logistics service providers. In just five years, we've raised over $100 million and expanded to hundreds of team members across the globe.
project44 connects, automates, and provides visibility into key transportation processes to accelerate insights and shorten the time it takes to turn those insights into actions. Leveraging the power of our cloud-based platform, organizations increase operational efficiencies, reduce costs, improve shipping performance, and deliver an exceptional Amazon-like experience to their customers.
· SAP® Pinnacle Award: Cloud Partner Integration of the Year (2020)
· Built in Chicago's 50 Startups to Watch (2019)
· Freight.Tech 25 Most Innovative Freight Companies (2018 and 2019)
· Gartner Supply Chain Execution Technology Cool Vendor (2017)

Supply Chain Management

Carrierdirect

Founder and CEO

Feb 2011 – Jun 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Chicago, IL

In 2011, I founded CarrierDirect, which is an Inc. 500 recognized management consulting and custom technology development firm focused on transforming freight and logistics. CarrierDirect is focused on best-in-class consulting and software development exclusively for transportation companies. The firm works with industry-making companies and helps them build the future of freight through software and business organization by applying modern methodology, and tools to logistics hardest problems, in a fraction of the time it would take them on their own. CarrierDirect has built some of the most important strategies and software for some of the biggest companies leading Transportation such as JB Hunt, FedEx, GE Transportation (a Wabtec Company), Warburg Pincus and Worldwide Express.
· Freight.Tech 100 Most Innovative Freight Companies (2018)
· Inc 500 fastest-growing companies (2016)

Blue water companies, llc

Founder

Jan 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 2 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

An organization dedicated to philanthropy and a group of companies specializing in entertainment, venture capital, and real estate.

Globaltranz

Executive Vice President and Principal

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs · Chicago

By joining GlobalTranz in its early stages, I helped accelerate the 3PL into a $2B+ award-winning firm with over 25,000 shipper customers. GlobalTranz is a full-service transportation and logistics service provider. They offer innovative freight management technology and services to help lower costs, increase efficiencies, and enable continuous improvement in supply chains. They are a very tech-forward 3PL that values its relationships with carriers.
GlobalTranz has been named:
· Top 3PL for Technology (GlobalTrade Magazine)
· 8th Largest Freight Brokerage in the US (Transport Topics)
· Top 25 Freight Brokerage (Transport Topics)

Yrc freight

8 roles

National Account Executive - Walmart

Promoted

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs

YRC Freight specializes in less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping solutions for industrial, commercial, and retail goods. While getting started as a dispatcher, I ultimately led YRC Freight’s largest retail account in the world with the goal of optimizing their freight and inventory management processes.