Allen Lund Company Press Release
Managers' Meeting Recap
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La Cañada Flintridge Calif., March 11, 2025: | |
The Allen Lund Company is pleased to announce a promotion and company awards from the annual Managers' Meeting. Mike Terry was promoted to Senior Director of DevOps, ALC Rochester won the Gear Up award, and CBOA won the Play Like A Champion award. The two company awards recognize the top-performing sales office and support department for the year of 2024.
The gathering is an annual event that brings together the company's executive team and office General Managers to network, review the year, and discuss future plans.
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Chetan Tandon, Chief Information Officer, stated, "I am proud to announce Mike Terry's promotion to Senior Director of DevOps. For over 22 years, Mike has worked with the company, rising through the ranks and taking on every challenge we could throw at him—and he did it all so well. As our Senior Director, Mike can focus on further developing our in-house software product and manage a team to keep moving ALC forward."
Mike Terry shared, "I am deeply grateful to the leadership at ALC for providing me with a remarkable path to grow over the past 22 years. They’ve entrusted me with opportunities and challenges that have shaped my career, leading to my new role as Senior Director of DevOps. I’m thankful for the trust, friendship, and guidance from the Lund family, Chetan, and the entire Executive team. Allen established an incredible standard for what this company represents, a bar the Executive team continues to uphold, and I aspire to honor their example in this exciting new chapter."
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Eddie Lund, Chief Executive Officer, noted, "The Gear Up Award is the highest achievement for our sales offices. Rochester earned this award, and their office had a fantastic year in a very challenging market. They are proof that you can grow and improve no matter what the market hands you. We are thrilled for Todd and his team and we expect great things from them in the coming years."
Todd Piccola, General Manager of ALC Rochester, said," It was truly a fantastic year, and I'm so proud of how everyone in the office pushed themselves as we grew our volume to record levels. We were definitely met with challenges but nothing the team couldn't work through to help provide top level customer service to our customers and carriers. Winning the Allen Lund Company Gear Up award is a major highlight and a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone in the office. It's always been a goal for us, and I'm thrilled that we were able to make it happen in 2024!"
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Steve Doerfler, Chief Financial Officer, remarked, "Congratulations to Daniele and the entire CBOA team. This award is a testament to how well CBOA works to serve their customer, the ALC sales offices. It's been awesome to watch CBOA grow under Daniele's leadership. They have evolved into a high functioning team who work great together and with the sales offices"
Daniele Cole, Manager of the CBOA department commented, "I am both honored and humbled to receive this award on behalf of my team. The Play Like a Champion Award is something we’ve all been dreaming about. This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of this incredible group. We’re excited to continue growing CBOA and striving for excellence."
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About Allen Lund Company:
Specializing as a national third-party transportation broker with offices across North America and over 750 employees, the Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers nationwide to arrange dry, refrigerated (specializing in produce), and flatbed freight. ALC manages over 640,000 loads a year and was designated by Transport Topics in 2024 as the 17th Top Freight Brokerage Firm. The Allen Lund Company has a logistics and software division, ALC Logistics, ranked 48th in the Transport Topics 2024 list of Top 100 Logistics Companies and an International Division licensed by the FMC as an OTI-NVOCC #019872NF. Please click here if you want to join the Allen Lund Company team.
Established in 1976, the Allen Lund Company was named to the 2024 Food Logistics' Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers list. In 2023, ALC was included in Transport Topics' Top Freight Brokerage Firms and Top 100 Logistics Companies lists. Other awards in 2023 include recognition as a Top Food Chain Provider by Food Shippers of America for the second year in a row and a designation as a Top Food Chain Technology Provider. Armstrong & Associates, Inc. placed ALC on their Top 50 U.S. 3PL List and Top 100 DTM 3PL List. In 2022, ALC was named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies, received a Top Software and Technology award from Food Logistics, a Bronze EcoVadis Sustainability rating, and a Bestie Award for Best Philanthropic Initiatives. The Los Angeles Business Journal named ALC one of the best places to work in Los Angeles for 2021. ALC was recognized by Food Logistics magazine as a 2019 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Provider for TransKool Solutions, and Logistics Tech Outlook for our software division ALC Logistics as a 2018 Top 10 Freight Management Solution Providers. ALC has also received the TIA 3PL Samaritan Award and NASTC (National Association of Small Trucking Companies) named Allen Lund Company Best Broker of the Year. More information is available at allenlund.com.
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Allen Lund Company
4529 Angeles Crest Hwy. #101
La Cañada, CA 91011
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