# Jonathan Salama

> Jonathan Salama is the French-born computer engineer who co-founded Transfix in 2013, spent nearly a decade as its chief technology officer, and became CEO in 2023. After building software inside a working digital freight brokerage, he led the 2024 sale of its brokerage operations to NFI and repositioned Transfix as a software and data company for brokers, shippers, and carriers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Transfix
- **Organizations:** Transfix, Gilt Groupe, Cherry, Microsoft
- **From:** Paris, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, University of Miami
- **Known for:** Co-founded Transfix and built the original technology behind its digital freight brokerage., Led Transfix's engineering organization as CTO for roughly nine years before becoming CEO in 2023., Helped develop automation for pricing, scheduling, carrier management, shipment tracking, and freight procurement.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Completed an internship at Microsoft in Seattle, then moved to New York.
- **Before 2013** — Joined Gilt Groupe's core engineering team, later leading engineers and building backend architecture.
- **Before 2013** — Worked as lead software engineer at on-demand car-wash marketplace Cherry, later acquired by Lyft.
- **2013** — Co-founded Transfix with Drew McElroy and began serving as chief technology officer.
- **2014** — Completed the first version of Transfix's platform after the company had already begun moving loads.
- **2023** — Appointed CEO of Transfix while remaining a board member.
- **2023** — Transfix closed a $40 million Series F financing round led by NEA and G Squared, with participation from Canvas.
- **2024** — Led Transfix's sale of its freight brokerage operations to NFI and the company's pivot to software and data products.
- **2025-2026** — Focused Transfix on automated broker operations, freight pricing and procurement workflows, and integrated carrier-risk controls.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Transfix and built the original technology behind its digital freight brokerage.
- Led Transfix's engineering organization as CTO for roughly nine years before becoming CEO in 2023.
- Helped develop automation for pricing, scheduling, carrier management, shipment tracking, and freight procurement.
- Led the 2024 divestiture of Transfix's brokerage operation to NFI and repositioned the remaining company around SaaS and data products.
- Closed a $40 million Series F round in 2023 during a difficult freight market.
- Was named among Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2026 Pros to Know.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Discussed Transfix's automation-first TMS model, including the company's claim that it automates roughly 65-67% of spot-freight bookings end to end.
- **2026-07** — Appeared in a Transfix webinar on integrating carrier identity, compliance checks, and audit trails directly into the booking workflow.
- **2026** — Named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2026 Pros to Know list.
- **2025-05** — Outlined Transfix's enhanced RFP workflow and argued that pricing and bid management should become a strategic margin tool for brokers.
- **2024-12** — Appeared on The Freight Pod for a long-form discussion of Transfix's origins, the abandoned public-listing plan, and the company's software pivot.

## Links

- Website: https://transfix.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathansalama

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Last updated: 2026-09-28