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Michael Mecca
Michael Mecca is the founder and CEO of PortPro, a Kearny, New Jersey based software company building a TMS purpose-built for drayage carriers and brokers. He grew up in his family's intermodal trucking business, Mecca & Son Trucking, then co-founded Axle Technologies before launching PortPro in 2019. Under his leadership PortPro raised a $12M Series A in 2023 and now serves 550+ drayage companies, layering AI agents (Jerry, Helen) on top of its operating platform.
Richard Gerstein
Richard Gerstein is the Chairman and CEO of Cargomatic, the marketplace that matches local and regional freight with the trucks already driving past it. He grew up on the docks of his father's less-than-truckload business in Chicago, founded the multi-modal logistics software company IntelliTrans, and since 2017 has rebuilt Cargomatic into a leading provider of local LTL, drayage, and white glove freight services. He pairs a UC Berkeley transportation engineering background with a lifetime spent around loading docks.