La Cañada Flintridge Calif. – The Allen Lund Company announced the promotion of Keith Curtis to assistant manager of the Information and Technology (IT) Department.
Curtis has been with the Allen Lund Company's IT Department for over eight years and has implemented several EDI projects successfully. His new role will be to coordinate electronic integration with company's trading partners and to drive growth and efficiencies for the company. "It has been a pleasure working with Keith for the past eight years and I am very excited to have him work on the TMS, ALC Logistics' latest offering to our customers," stated Chetan Tandon, CIO of Allen Lund Company.
"EDI is the industry standard for computer-to-computer communication and has saved our brokers countless hours on the phone and emails. I am excited to take my EDI experience to the next level. Being able to provide that technology to shippers and carriers and see them benefit is a great feeling," said Curtis. Vice President of Support Operations Kenny Lund added: "Keith has shown leadership throughout his career with our company. His expanded role will allow him to work with more customers to integrate the data systems to make it even more efficient."
About Allen Lund Company: Specializing as a national third-party transportation broker with nationwide offices and over 390 employees, the Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers across the nation to transport dry, refrigerated (specializing in produce), and flatbed freight; additionally, the Allen Lund Company has a logistics and software division, ALC Logistics, and an International Division licensed by the FMC as an OTI-NVOCC #019872NF. If you are interested in joining the Allen Lund Company team, please click here.
Established in 1976, the Allen Lund Company received the TIA 3PL Samaritan Award for 2011 and was placed in Transport Topics' "2013 Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms." The company managed over 288,000 shipments in 2013. The NASTC (National Association of Small Trucking Companies) named Allen Lund Company the 2010 Best Broker of the Year. More information is available at www.allenlund.com.
Source: The Allen Lund Company