Allen Lund Company Announces Promotion of New Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics

The Allen Lund Company is pleased to announce the promotion of Michael Patrick to the Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics.

Michael joined the Allen Lund Company in January 2018 with nearly 20 years of experience in the transportation business. He progressed from account manager to branch manager and his last role as a business analyst. He has the unique ability to deliver data in a variety of forms that helps drive ALC’s brokerage revenue.

Based out of ALC Charleston, Michael will lead and manage a team of business analysts that will design and create effective reports for branch offices, the sales team as well as support groups. We look to his team to design and implement customer, carrier, office, and executive reporting. Pricing strategy, rate analysis, and bid tool management will also be a part of this team’s focus. 

Executive Vice President Jim McGuire, commented, “Since joining our team in January 2018 Michael has done a great job creating processes to put our data to work for us. We look forward to what he and his team can do next as our new Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics. Congratulations Michael on a well-deserved promotion!”

Michael added, “I would like to thank the entire ALC Executive Team for their ongoing support towards our Business Intelligence program. Special thanks to Jim McGuire for taking a chance on me two years ago. I look forward to working with an awesome team in order to build an industry-leading analytics team. As a team, we will strive to build impactful reporting for offices, customers, carriers and support departments. I have full confidence our analytics team will help lead the organization to growth for years into the future.”  

Michael Patrick started with the Allen Lund Company in January 2018 as a senior business analyst. He has over 20 years of third-party logistics and supply chain management experience. Patrick has a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from Winthrop University and a Masters in Business Administration from The Citadel.

About Allen Lund Company:

Specializing as a national third-party transportation broker with nationwide offices and over 500 employees, the Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers across the nation to arrange 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 was recognized by Logistics Tech Outlook for our software division ALC Logistics as a 2018 Top 10 Freight Management Solution Providers, 2018 Food Logistics’ Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers list, 2017 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top 100, 2017 Food Logistics 100+ Top Software and Tech Provider, a 2016 Top IT Provider by Inbound Logistics, 2015 Coca-Cola Challenger Carrier of the Year, 2015 Top Private Company in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal, 2015 Top 100+ Software and Technology Providers, 2015 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics, a 2014 Great Supply Chain Partner, and was placed in Transport Topics’ “2014 Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms.” The company manages over 365,000 loads annually, and received the 2013 “Best in Cargo Security Award.” In 2011, the company received the TIA 3PL Samaritan Award, and NASTC (National Association of Small Trucking Companies) named Allen Lund Company the 2010 Best Broker of the Year. More information is available at allenlund.com