* Beginning days: Avenger Logistics was originally started by Don Godsey, the founder of Gold Bond, a supplier of promotional products.
* Number of staff/employees: Avenger, 75 MODE Global, 450+ * Headquarters: Avenger in Chattanooga / MODE Global in Dallas * CEO: Lance Malesh (MODE Global parent company) Founders Ted Alling, Barry Large and Allan Davis used part of their fortune from the business sale to create the Dynamo Fund, a venture capital fund that has helped seed or aid dozens of business startups in the shipping and logistics arena. Access America employees have gone on to start or work at many of the logistics companies populating Chattanooga's business scene.
The combined Coyote and Access America company was sold a year later to UPS for $1.8 billion.Īccess America and its successors handle multi-modal transportation, including truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal, flatbed and specialized freight for customers across the U.S. * Access America Transport was one of Chattanooga's most successful startup companies in the past three decades, with more than 500 employees and annual sales of nearly $500 million when the company merged with Coyote Logistics in 2014. * Founders: Ted Alling, Barry Large and Allan Davis Here, we highlight some of the most prominent companies to get their start in Chattanooga: Over the past couple decades, Chattanooga has become a thriving hub for numerous trucking and logistics companies - each of which has created jobs, contributed to toward economic prosperity, and helped reinforce the city's position as a strategic crossroads for the industry.
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