Yellow Roadway Corporation Names Michael Rapken Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Rapken will be responsible for the development of a strategic technology roadmap. He will also focus on the advancement of the Yellow Roadway Technologies organization team and build upon existing capabilities to support future growth.
Rapken will report directly to Bill Zollars, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Yellow Roadway Corporation.
"Michael is an excellent addition to our leadership team," said Zollars. "He has the proven skills to lead the Technologies organization in implementing systems solutions to enhance the customer experience and drive our productivity and synergy initiatives."
Rapken will join Yellow Roadway Corporation from Sprint Nextel where he served as vice-president-applications development. Rapken holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Illinois State University.
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
CONTACT: Suzanne Dawson of Linden Alschuler & Kaplan for Yellow Roadway
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Web site: http://www.yellowroadway.com