David Lang
Haslet,USA
Summary
Experienced Transportation professional with over 25 years of experience in intermodal, dry, and refrigerated freight sectors. Proven expertise in collaborating with steamship and rail lines for imports and international exports, alongside managing over-the-road (OTR) and regional freight operations. Owned and operated a trucking company in Springfield, MO, from 2002 to 2017, overseeing a fleet of 10 company trucks and managing 5-10 contracted owner-operators. For the past decade, served as a Regional Fleet Manager specializing in dry van and refrigerated freight, with the last five years focused on advancing the intermodal industry in Texas.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Transportation Manager
ConGlobal Industries Inc.
Haslet, TX
07.2025 - Current
- Oversaw daily transportation operations to ensure timely delivery and compliance with industry regulations.
- Developed strategic logistics plans that improved efficiency and reduced operational costs.
- Managed vendor relationships, negotiating contracts to optimize service levels and pricing structures.
- Implemented safety protocols and training programs, enhancing workplace safety standards across all operations.
- Supervised department personnel by assigning and directing daily tasks as well as evaluating performance to enhance productivity and resolve problems.
- Managed a team of drivers, providing support and guidance to improve performance and productivity.
- Managed budgeting for transportation department, achieving significant cost reductions without compromising service quality.
- Oversaw compliance with federal and state transportation regulations, ensuring all operations met legal standards.
- Coordinated driver dispatch to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
Senior Fleet Manager
ContainerPort Group
Fort Worth, TX, USA
09.2022 - 07.2025
- Manage, plan and dispatch a fleet of 30-35 independent owner operators on a daily basis
- Plan, assign and track all intermodal loads for the fleet using Trinium software along with steam ship line and rail software
- In charge of the morning and afternoon yard checks making sure all intermodal containers are accounted for
- Work directly with brokers and customer service reps on both deliveries and international exports
- Handle all export billings for Gulf Coast steam ship lines
- Responsible for securing required equipment for export loads either from the container depots or street turning available empty containers
- Acts as a liaison between Drivers, Dispatch, and Customer Service to keep all personnel informed of issues that my impact customer expectations and or driver needs
- Maintain a professional relationship with the owner operators in order to ensure drivers satisfaction and retention
- Work with the safety department making sure all driver qualifications are updated including annual DOT physicals, yearly equipment inspections, periodic drug screening along with keeping fleet updated on any DOT or FMCSA updates
- Have extensive knowledge of DOT and FMCSA regulations including HOS and equipment maintenance
- Monitor Samsara tracking software making sure all drivers are on schedule or use to advise customers of ETA
- Submit all charges such as detention, out of route or storage charges to customer
Senior Fleet Manager
Hogan Transportation
Obetz, OH, USA
02.2020 - 08.2022
- Work with the customer on building and scheduling all lanes each week
- Build and send loads to the teams via AS/400 and QualCom
- Track and trace both trucks and trailers using OmniTracks and Orbcomm
- Manage drivers' activities throughout the night and ensuring they're meeting and following company expectations
- Track and trace driver's and team's progress throughout the night ensuring all delivers and pickups are on time
- Track refer units ensuring all systems are functioning properly and maintaining set point temps as required by the customer
- Stay in close contact with customer with bi hourly updates on all loads providing details if teams encounter breakdowns, traffic or road closures and also calculating new ETAs
- Handle all equipment breakdowns during the night including roadside assistance for small repairs or tire issues
- Keep in contact with our company shops in finding replacement trucks if equipment goes down away from our service area
- Work with customer in transloading any trailers that have safety or mechanical issues to ensure loads are still delivered in a timely manner
- Conducts 30 and 60 day performance reviews with drivers
- Schedule routes and drivers according to clients requirements and needs
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, AS/400, Omnitracs, OrbComm, Fleet Manager and route mapping software
- Strong oral and written communication skills, strong organizational ability, and detail oriented.
Head of Operations
DEAD AHEAD TRANSPORTATION
Springfield, MO, USA
01.2002 - 12.2017
- Responsible for scheduling the day-to-day activities of 15-25 dry vans and office personnel.
- Negotiated freight contracts between this company and vendors, brokers and other freight companies.
- Compiled and produced documents and reports in addition to filing or faxing required papers to appropriate parties to ensure all Bills of Lading or Proof of Deliveries were presented in a timely manner, to settle all open accounts.
- Responsible for processing drivers weekly trip reports, driver logs, random drug screening and maintenance program.
- Processed payroll for all employees on a weekly basis along with taking care of all company expenses for operations.
- In charge of independent driver recruitment and maintaining a productive workforce
- Schedule any maintenance or repairs needed to company equipment
- In direct communication with all vendors and drivers to scheduled and ensure all loads were delivered on time. Worked though any issues with drivers hours of service or on the road breakdowns and communicated any issues to the receivers so that if a load was late there was an understanding and rescheduled delivery and pickups.
- Being a driver for over 15 years has also given me the understanding of what a driver may encounter and the knowledge of communicating a resolution for any issues that may occur while on the road.
Education
Business (Associate) -
Berea College
Berea, KY05-1988
High school diploma or GED -
Chesapeake High School
Chesapeake, OH05-1985
Skills
- Transportation Management
- Operations management
- Fleet performance monitoring
- Microsoft Office
- DOT (Department of Transportation) regulations
- Samsara
- Omnitracs
- Budgeting
- Profit & loss
- Employee evaluation
- Payroll
- Incident report management
- Tracking and tracing
Personal Information
- Willing To Relocate:
- Title: Transportation Manager
Timeline
Transportation Manager
ConGlobal Industries Inc.
07.2025 - Current
Senior Fleet Manager
ContainerPort Group
09.2022 - 07.2025
Senior Fleet Manager
Hogan Transportation
02.2020 - 08.2022
Head of Operations
DEAD AHEAD TRANSPORTATION
01.2002 - 12.2017
Business (Associate) -
Berea College
High school diploma or GED -
Chesapeake High School