Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE) (“Daseke” or the “Company”), the
premier North American transportation solutions specialist
dedicated to servicing challenging industrial end-markets,
announced today the appointment of Mr. Bruce Blaise to its board of
directors, effective August 1, 2022. Additionally, Mr. Blaise will
serve on the board’s Compensation and Corporate Governance and
Nominating committees.
Charles “Chuck” Serianni, Chairman of the Board,
commented, “It is a pleasure to welcome Bruce Blaise to the board
of directors. Over the past few years, we have thoughtfully added
several veteran executives to the Daseke Board, ensuring
well-represented, cross-functional expertise in critical areas such
as Operations, Strategy, Finance, Information Technology and Human
Resource Management. Bruce brings extensive operational experience
in transportation that adds additional depth to this diverse
expertise of Daseke’s board. His record of accomplishment in
building a market leader in specialized transportation and
logistics complements Daseke’s shift in strategy to one focused on
end-market leadership. Bruce’s addition further bolsters our
already strong Board and will undoubtedly help us drive long-term
value for Daseke shareholders as we continue on with our
transformation.”
Mr. Blaise has 38 years of experience in the
trucking and transportation industry. Most recently, Blaise served
as the President of Kenan Advantage Group (KAG)—the largest tank
truck transporter and logistics provider in North America—from 2011
to 2021 and held both CEO and President roles from 2018 to 2021.
Prior to joining KAG, Blaise served in various management roles
with Miller Transporters from 1983 to 2001. Mr. Blaise earned a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Mississippi State
University, where he recently served on the Marketing Advisory
Board. He served on the board of directors of the National Freight
Transportation Association (NFTA) through March 2022, and is a past
member of various industry related associations, including the
Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA),
National Tank Truck Carriers Association (NTTC) and the Ohio
Trucking Association (OTA).
Bruce Blaise added, “With a thoughtful
transformation plan now underway, it’s an exciting time to join the
Company’s board of directors. Daseke’s scale and diversification
across the industrial complex is a strong differentiator in the
transportation sector, and I look forward to applying my many years
of industry experience in support of Daseke’s ongoing
transformation and revitalized growth strategy.”
Jonathan Shepko, Chief Executive Officer, noted,
“We are delighted to add yet another very talented director to our
board. Bruce’s extensive leadership in the areas of strategy and
sales and marketing will be invaluable as we look to build
sustainable footholds across a spectrum of specialized,
industrial-facing sub-verticals. Bruce’s journey with Kenan shares
a number of parallels to that of Daseke’s own transformation, and
the ability to leverage the perspectives of another industry
veteran as we prosecute our repositioning will be a tremendous
asset to our company.”
About Daseke, Inc.
Daseke, Inc. is the premier North American
transportation solutions specialist dedicated to servicing
challenging industrial end-markets. Daseke offers comprehensive,
best-in-class services to a diversified portfolio of many of North
America’s most respected industrial shippers. For more information,
please visit www.daseke.com.
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business strategy and plans; the Company’s financial strategy,
liquidity and capital required for its business strategy and plans;
the Company’s competition and government regulations; general
economic conditions; and the Company’s future operating
results.
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expectations, forecasts and assumptions. While management believes
that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when
made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting
us will be those that the Company anticipates. Accordingly,
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Forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control) that could
cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those
indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors
include, but are not limited to, general economic and business
risks, such as downturns in customers’ business cycles, disruptions
in capital and credit markets and inflationary cost pressures, the
Company’s ability to adequately address downward pricing and other
competitive pressures, the Company’s insurance or claims expense,
driver shortages and increases in driver compensation or
owner-operator contracted rates, fluctuations in the price or
availability of diesel fuel, increased prices for, or decreases in
the availability of, new revenue equipment and decreases in the
value of used revenue equipment, impact to the Company’s business
and operations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, seasonality
and the impact of weather and other catastrophic events, the
Company’s ability to secure the services of third-party capacity
providers on competitive terms, loss of key personnel, a failure of
the Company’s information systems, including disruptions or
failures of services essential to our operations or upon which our
information technology platforms rely, data or other security
breach, or cybersecurity incidents, the Company’s ability to
execute and realize all of the expected benefits of its
integration, business improvement and comprehensive restructuring
plans, the Company’s ability to realize all of the intended
benefits from acquisitions or investments, the Company’s ability to
complete divestitures successfully, the Company’s ability to
generate sufficient cash to service all of the Company’s
indebtedness and the Company’s ability to finance its capital
requirements, restrictions in its existing and future debt
agreements, increases in interest rates, changes in existing laws
or regulations, including environmental and worker health safety
laws and regulations and those relating to tax rates or taxes in
general, the impact of governmental regulations and other
governmental actions related to the Company and its operations, and
litigation and governmental proceedings. Additional risks or
uncertainties that are not currently known to us, that we currently
deem to be immaterial, or that could apply to any company could
also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition,
or future results. For additional information regarding known
material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from
those expressed in forward-looking statements, please see Daseke’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available
at www.sec.gov, including Daseke’s most recent annual report
on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
particularly the section titled “Risk Factors.”
For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations:
Alpha IR GroupJoseph Caminiti or Ashley
Gruenberg312-445-2870DSKE@alpha-ir.com
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