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Yellow Roadway Corporation Names Mike Naatz Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services

Oct 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT
Yellow Roadway Corporation Names Mike Naatz Senior Vice President, Enterprise ServicesOVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yellow Roadway Corporation (Nasdaq: YELL) announced today that it has named Mike Naatz to the position of Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services.

Naatz has served in information and logistics leadership positions over the past 12 years with USF. In his new role he will report directly to Bill Zollars, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Yellow Roadway Corporation.

"Mike has made significant contributions in the IT integration of USF, and he will continue to drive our activities in order to achieve our synergy objectives," said Zollars.

Naatz has previously held general management and logistics and distribution manager positions with SK Hand Tool and Westvaco. He has an MBA from Northwestern University and earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Illinois.

About Yellow Roadway Corporation

Yellow Roadway Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest transportation service providers in the world. Through its brands including Yellow Transportation, Roadway Express, Reimer Express, USF, New Penn Motor Express and Meridian IQ, Yellow Roadway provides a wide range of asset and non-asset-based transportation services. The portfolio of brands represents a comprehensive array of services for the shipment of industrial, commercial and retail goods domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, Yellow Roadway Corporation employs approximately 70,000 people.

SOURCE: Yellow Roadway Corporation

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