FORT SMITH, Ark., April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkansas Best
Corporation (Nasdaq: ABFS) announced the appointment of Mr.
Danny Loe to the position of Vice
President – Enterprise Customer Solutions, effective May 1, 2014.
Mr. Loe, who reports directly to Arkansas Best President and
Chief Executive Officer Judy R.
McReynolds, assumes the position previously held by Mr.
Jim Keenan, who retired last month.
The Enterprise Customer Solutions group was formed in November,
2013, to drive sales and revenue across the ABF Freight, ABF
Logistics and Panther Expedited Services businesses.
Mr. Loe is a 17-year veteran of the company and most recently
served as VP – Yield Management for ABF Freight System Inc. since
2010. He held a number of increasingly senior positions in the ABF
Freight pricing department after joining the company as an
associate pricing analyst in 1997. He also served as Director of
Marketing & Public Relations for ABF Freight for six years
until assuming his current role.
"Danny's deep experience in pricing analytics, combined with a
strong knowledge of our customers' needs, will be very valuable in
his new role as we look to better serve our customers across the
supply chain and particularly drive additional sales of multiple
services across ABF Freight, ABF Logistics and Panther," said
McReynolds.
Succeeding Mr. Loe in his role at ABF Freight as VP – Yield
Management will be Mr. Eddie Sorg.
Mr. Sorg, who most recently has served as Director of Pricing, has
been with ABF Freight since 1995. In addition to various positions
in pricing, Mr. Sorg also served as a Director, Revenue
Accounting.
Arkansas Best Corporation, headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is a freight
transportation services and solutions provider. Through its various
subsidiaries, Arkansas Best offers a wide variety of logistics
solutions including: domestic and global transportation of
less-than-truckload ("LTL") and full load shipments, expedited
ground and time-definite delivery solutions, freight forwarding
services, freight brokerage, oversight of roadside assistance and
equipment services for commercial vehicles, and household goods
moving market services for consumers, corporations, and the
military. More information is available at arkbest.com,
abf.com and pantherexpedite.com.
Contacts:
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Investors: Mr. David
Humphrey, Vice President, Investor Relations
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Telephone: (479)
785-6200
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Media: Ms. Kathy
Fieweger, CMO and Vice President, Marketing & Corporate
Communications
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Telephone: (479)
719-4358
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SOURCE Arkansas Best Corporation