Bestpass CEO emphasizes innovation and integrity, grows team by 25%

Only nine months ago, Tom Fogarty joined Bestpass as CEO via Zoom, bringing with him 11 years of fintech leadership experience from another fast-growth company that eventually combined with a division of Moody’s.  

During a recent Fuller Speed Ahead, FreightWaves President George Abernathy interviewed Fogarty about his aspirations for growth and innovation at Bestpass ⁠— the Albany, New York-based comprehensive payment platform provider and leader in toll management solutions.

Bestpass runs the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bestpass-ceo-emphasizes-innovation-and-integrity-grows-team-by-25

Supply chain expert details challenges during pandemic— Fuller Speed Ahead (with video)

Wolfgang Lehmacher FSA 11/20

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller talks supply chain capabilities with Wolfgang Lehmacher

From running his own public speaking campaign, serving on multiple corporate boards and working through executive management, Wolfgang Lehmacher is a pretty busy guy. 

He took time out of his schedule to sit down with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller to discuss all things supply chain on this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead. 

Fuller got straight into it, asking how Lehmacher thinks the supply chain has fared during...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-expert-details-challenges-during-pandemic-fuller-speed-ahead-with-video

CNO Gilday Calls for Budget Increase to Reach 355 Ship Fleet; New Battle Force Count Won’t Include Unmanned Ships

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday delivers remarks at the Surface Navy Association’s symposium on Jan. 14, 2019. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – If the nation wants a 355-ship fleet in the next decade, the Navy will have to see an increase in its shipbuilding budget, the head of the service said on Tuesday.

“355 in 10? Sure, if we get the dough,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told the audience at the Surface Navy Association 2020 symposium.

In the midst of his first...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/14/cno-gilday-calls-for-budget-increase-to-reach-355-ship-fleet-new-battle-force-count-wont-include-unmanned-ships

Navy: Next Force Structure Assessment Likely to Require More Small Combatants, Supply Ships

Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) transits the Bohol Sea on June, 22 2017, US Navy Photo

CAPITOL HILL – The Navy’s shift to a distributed maritime operations concept and turnover in top operational commands has created “more moving parts” in conducting a new force structure assessment, the Navy’s deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems told lawmakers this week.

Vice Adm. Bill Merz told the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee on Tuesday that the...

Next Navy Force Structure Assessment Unlikely to Alter Plan for 355-Ship Fleet

Carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) lead ships of their respective carrier strike groups as they transit the Philippine Sea on Nov. 16, 2018. US Navy Photo

CAPITOL HILL — The Navy’s next in-depth look at force structure, due sometime in 2019, is unlikely to alter plans for building a 355-ship fleet, according to the service’s top leaders.

When the 2019 Force Structure Assessment is released, it will include reviews of operational plans by force leaders and...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/28/39030

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