Ryan Rogers

Proven thought leader Ryan Rogers is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga who has dedicated his entire career to the logistics and transportation industry. Founder and CEO of logistics tech startup TextLocate, Ryan has uniquely positioned himself as a catalyst for revolutionizing the trucking industry by harnessing the synergies of technological innovation and simplicity. TextLocate bridges the gap between truck drivers and logistics professionals by creating a simple way to locate freight through a proprietary text message platform that has taken the logistics industry by storm. Prior to founding TextLocate, Ryan’s extensive experience dates back over 20+ years and includes stints with Amazon as well as both Covenant Logistics and U.S. Xpress--two top trucking firms headquartered in Chattanooga. At Covenant, Ryan had direct responsibility for technology, continuous improvement, mergers and acquisitions, innovation and strategic planning across the Covenant enterprise. His experience at U.S. Xpress included time spent as corporate treasurer and Chief Operating Officer at the company’s logistics division during a time of extensive growth in revenue. He also served as a transportation executive at Amazon.com, leading procurement and carrier development at a time when e-commerce – led by companies like Amazon -- turned heads around the transportation and logistics industry with increasing sales and demand for capacity.

He currently serves as a mentor at Chattanooga-based transportation and logistics incubator Dynamo and is a member of the Chattanooga Technology Council.

Ryan is a Leadership Chattanooga graduate and was named top 20 under 40 in Chatter magazine in 2015. He has served on the Leadership Chattanooga board in years past as well as the UTC alumni board. Ryan holds an MBA and undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.