About us - Executive team

Entrepreneur Tim Barton founded Freightquote.com^® in August of 1998. Tim's accomplishments have been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine listing him in the top five of their Hot 100 ranking; Ernst and Young with Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Computerworld Honors Program for his leadership. Also, Forbes Magazine has listed Freightquote.com among their Best of the Web rankings.

Formerly, Tim was the President and Co-founder of UWI Association Programs, a telecommunications company that concentrated on long distance affinity programs for commercial trade associations. Under his leadership, the company reached $22 million in annualized revenues and became part of Network Long Distance, a publicly traded, switch-based carrier with $110 million in annualized revenues. As President of the resulting company, he merged the organization with IXC Communications (now Broadwing Communications) in June of 1998.

Tim holds an MS in Finance from LSU and a BS in Business from the University of Kansas.

Tom Kmak joined the company in September 2008 as President and Chief Operating Officer. He oversees the company’s sales, marketing, customer service and operations functions for Freightquote as well as its two subsidiaries, Twin Modal Transportation and Rockwell Transportation services.

Tom comes to Freightquote.com with extensive executive leadership experience, most recently as Founder/Principal of Fiduciary Benchmarks. Prior to that Tom was CEO & Managing Director of JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services where he built the company from the ground up starting with 4 employees and ending up with over 1000 over an 18 year period. When Tom left JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services in October of 2007, the firm was the sixth largest in the retirement industry when ranked by assets.

Tom received his BA in Economics and Computational Mathematics from DePauw University.

Shawn McCarrick joined Freightquote.com as Chief Information Officer in October 2006. In this role, Shawn leads the IT organization including all programming, infrastructure, and development activities.

Prior to his current position, Shawn compiled over eighteen years of experience in delivering next generation IT business solutions to large organizations. Most recently, he was the Division Information Officer position in the US Tax Division of H&R Block.

Shawn holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Central Missouri State University.

Jason Beer joined the company in November of 1999. He contributes more than 15 years of operations, sales, and management experience to Freightquote.com. Jason’s responsibilities include carrier development and relations, supplier process and performance management, and establishing new markets.

Jason is accomplished in general areas of operation, including sales, sales management, carrier relations, customer service, contract negotiation, account retention, strategic alliances, and business mergers. Prior to joining Freightquote.com, he held similar positions within the telecommunications industry.

Jason is a graduate of Pittsburgh State University in Kansas.

Trent Flanary was one of the company's earliest members, joining Freightquote.com in April of 2000. He contributes over 8 years of sales and management experience to Freightquote.com, and is responsible for managing the company's large and diverse sales organization.

Trent is a graduate of Central Missouri State University in Missouri.

Kim joined the company as Vice President of Account Management in May 2008 and is responsible for all aspects of Freightquote’s customer-facing service organizations.

Kim brings over twenty years of leadership experience in customer service, sales and marketing, operations, network engineering, and product development. Prior to joining the company, Kim was Senior Vice President of Customer Operations at Birch Telecom. She has also held senior positions at AT&T, Qwest Communications and Touch America.

Kim holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri.

Lori Wittman joined the company in March of 2007. She is responsible for all delivery processes which include LTL shipment dispatching and tracking, truckload brokerage and shipment management, carrier on-boarding, and pricing.

Prior to joining Freightquote.com, Lori served in management roles at both H&R Block and Andersen Consulting. She has over 18 years of experience in the areas of general management, IT, operations and process change.

Lori holds a BS in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Kansas.

Luanne Eskew joined Freightquote.com as VP of Human Resource in June 2007 and is responsible for all aspects of Human Resources for the company including performance management, recruiting, benefits & compensation, training & development and HR compliance.

Prior to joining Freightquote.com, Luanne was a Senior Executive with Accenture where she was responsible for the operations of their North American HR Outsourcing business delivering HR services to over ten clients and 150,000 employees. She has over 20 years of experience in the Human Resources arena.

Luanne holds an MBA in Finance from George Washington University and a BA in Economics and Psychology from the University of Virginia.