uShip Names Mike Williams New CEO

| February 10, 2017

uShip, an online shipping marketplace and freight automation software provider, has announced enterprise software veteran Mike Williams has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and board member.

uShip also announced that Jim Martell, a 40-year veteran of the logistics industry, has been named Executive Chairman of uShip’s board. Martell served as uShip’s interim CEO since Dec. 1, 2016, and has held management positions at FedEx, UPS and UTi Worldwide. He also sits on the board of several logistics companies.

Williams joins uShip after serving as GM of Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Services with Accruent. At Accruent, the largest provider of enterprise software for real estate and facilities management, Williams was responsible for driving revenue growth and profitability. During his time with Accruent, enterprise software revenues tripled.

Williams’ 20 years of software and technology leadership will benefit and amplify uShip’s enterprise software freight initiative—uShip PRO—and key enterprise partners, such as DB Schenker.

Williams has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Finance from Murray State University. He’s also worked with the FBI, the U.S. Embassy in Athens and The White House.

uShip is an online shipping, transport and freight marketplace that enables individuals to enterprises, and any business with freight, to price-search, book and ship anything they want to move—locally or globally. From cars to cranes, freight to furniture, and beyond, uShip’s platform enables 800,000 feedback-rated service providers to compete for business.

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