Transporeon, the cloud-based transportation sourcing and management platform backed by HG Capital, has appointed Jonathan Wood as chief commercial officer.
Wood brings extensive international experience in B2B technologies, including supply chain solutions, as well as proven expertise in running service organizations.
He joins Transporeon from US-based cloud computing leader Infor, where he most recently served as general manager for India, Middle East and Africa. Before that, he led Infor’s European Service Organization and served as Vice President Cloud and Innovation Services for SAP.
“I am delighted to be able to welcome Jonathan to the team,” said Transporeon CEO Stephan Sieber. “He will be invaluable in driving our sales organization along its path to excellence and speeding up delivery of enhanced customer value.
“As well as his impressive professional credentials, we look forward to benefiting from his personal qualities, his passion, people skills and leadership.”
Wood said, “I’m thrilled to be joining Transporeon. Globally recognised brands already trust Transporeon to enhance their logistics experience and productivity. The opportunity to further expand our global footprint has never been stronger and I’m looking forward to supporting our colleagues at a time of rapid change.”
Founded in Germany in 2000, Transporeon connects a worldwide network of more than 1,200 industrial shippers and retailers with over 100,000 logistics service providers in 100+ countries in real time.
Its security-certified platforms offer digital solutions for freight benchmarking and sourcing, freight assignment and shipment execution, time slot management, shipment tracking, and end-to-end supply chain visibility.
