Surge Transportation's guest appearances

Surge Transportation

FreightWaves Insiders

Fuller Speed Ahead

FreightCasts

Andrew Leto

Cassandra Gaines

Tom Curee

Guillermo Garcia

Omar Singh

Krenar Komoni

John Verdon

Mike Isaac

Kim Kardashian

Craig Fuller

Joe Pulizzi

Chris Atkinson

David Jackson

Dennis Anderson

Sharae Moore

OwlTail

On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with President &amp; Founder of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh. They’ll walk through hell and back to recount the trials and tribulations Singh has fought through to build his company.   Omar is a teacher by training and a trucker by trade.  He has a graduate degree from Georgetown University, has studied at Oxford University, and mentors entrepreneurs at Stanford University.  He drove trucks for years to pay for college, taught public school for Teach for America, then drove over the road as an owner operator for 3 years before founding a medium sized trucking company in 2003 and operating it until the end of 2010.  He became a broker in 2011 and founded Surge as an independent brokerage late in 2016.   Since 2016 Surge has become one of the fastest growing digital brokerages in the industry providing real-time API pricing capabilities with TMS partners including: Blue Yonder, BluJay, Oracle, Mercury Gate, Kuebix.  Omar sits on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, writes about industry related topics and speaks regularly at industry conferences for BluJay, Gartner, and CSCMP.  Subscribe to FreightWaves Insiders wherever you get your podcasts and never miss an episode.   Follow FreightWaves Insiders on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves Insiders on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsSubscribe to the WTT newsletterElectric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advantage. Visit chargepoint.solutions/freightwaves

On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothydooner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dooner</a> catches up with President &amp; Founder of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh. They’ll walk through hell and back to recount the trials and tribulations Singh has fought through to build his company.   Omar is a teacher by training and a trucker by trade.  He has a graduate degree from Georgetown University, has studied at Oxford University, and mentors entrepreneurs at Stanford University.  He drove trucks for years to pay for college, taught public school for Teach for America, then drove over the road as an owner operator for 3 years before founding a medium sized trucking company in 2003 and operating it until the end of 2010.  He became a broker in 2011 and founded Surge as an independent brokerage late in 2016.   Since 2016 Surge has become one of the fastest growing digital brokerages in the industry providing real-time API pricing capabilities with TMS partners including: Blue Yonder, BluJay, Oracle, Mercury Gate, Kuebix.  Omar sits on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, writes about industry related topics and speaks regularly at industry conferences for BluJay, Gartner, and CSCMP.  Subscribe to FreightWaves Insiders wherever you get your podcasts and never miss an episode.  <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freightwaves-insiders/id1466232309" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow FreightWaves Insiders on Apple Podcasts</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5H5jYmiOMnpm2pgdPn4437?si=nw1CtbtJSh-PPvjAxyKnMA&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow FreightWaves Insiders on Spotify</a><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/wtt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the WTT newsletter</a>Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advantage. Visit <a href="http://chargepoint.solutions/freightwaves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chargepoint.solutions/freightwaves</a>

Don't call it a comeback: The Surge Transportation story with Omar Singh EP65 FreightWaves Insiders

On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with President &amp; Founder of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh. They’ll walk through hell and back to recount the trials and tribulations Singh has fought through to build his company.   Omar is a teacher by training and a trucker by trade.  He has a graduate degree from Georgetown University, has studied at Oxford University, and mentors entrepreneurs at Stanford University.  He drove trucks for years to pay for college, taught public school for Teach for America, then drove over the road as an owner operator for 3 years before founding a medium sized trucking company in 2003 and operating it until the end of 2010.  He became a broker in 2011 and founded Surge as an independent brokerage late in 2016.   Since 2016 Surge has become one of the fastest growing digital brokerages in the industry providing real-time API pricing capabilities with TMS partners including: Blue Yonder, BluJay, Oracle, Mercury Gate, Kuebix.  Omar sits on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, writes about industry related topics and speaks regularly at industry conferences for BluJay, Gartner, and CSCMP.  Subscribe to FreightWaves Insiders wherever you get your podcasts and never miss an episode. New shows drop every Thursday.  Follow FreightWaves Insiders on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves Insiders on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsSubscribe to the WTT newsletter  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothydooner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dooner</a> catches up with President &amp; Founder of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh. They’ll walk through hell and back to recount the trials and tribulations Singh has fought through to build his company.   Omar is a teacher by training and a trucker by trade.  He has a graduate degree from Georgetown University, has studied at Oxford University, and mentors entrepreneurs at Stanford University.  He drove trucks for years to pay for college, taught public school for Teach for America, then drove over the road as an owner operator for 3 years before founding a medium sized trucking company in 2003 and operating it until the end of 2010.  He became a broker in 2011 and founded Surge as an independent brokerage late in 2016.   Since 2016 Surge has become one of the fastest growing digital brokerages in the industry providing real-time API pricing capabilities with TMS partners including: Blue Yonder, BluJay, Oracle, Mercury Gate, Kuebix.  Omar sits on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, writes about industry related topics and speaks regularly at industry conferences for BluJay, Gartner, and CSCMP.  Subscribe to FreightWaves Insiders wherever you get your podcasts and never miss an episode. New shows drop every Thursday. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freightwaves-insiders/id1466232309" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow FreightWaves Insiders on Apple Podcasts</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5H5jYmiOMnpm2pgdPn4437?si=nw1CtbtJSh-PPvjAxyKnMA&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow FreightWaves Insiders on Spotify</a><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/wtt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the WTT newsletter</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Don’t call it a comeback with Surge Transportation’s Omar Singh

George Abernathy, President of Freightwaves, sits down with Founder and CEO of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh.  They discuss Singh's story in business as well as in the transportation industry as well as the genesis and story of Surge Transportation.Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Apple PodcastsFollow Fuller Speed Ahead on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President of Freightwaves, sits down with Founder and CEO of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh.  They discuss Singh's story in business as well as in the transportation industry as well as the genesis and story of Surge Transportation.<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fuller-speed-ahead/id1483844816" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Apple Podcasts</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3apMPbL3t6r7AhWGS6f13H?si=C-WMvPisS3eQ0WR1ihLgwQ&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Spotify</a><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Story of Omar Singh and Surge Transportation