John Perkovich, contributor

John Perkovich is chief operating officer of RPM, an end-to-end transportation service provider that utilizes vehicle or freight, LTL or FTL to support all modes of transportation across all industries. Perkovich leads RPM's customer and capacity teams and oversees onboarding, planning, forecasting and budgeting efforts. In addition to outlining and executing strategies backed by actionable data, he supports developing new reporting tools and establishing plans focused on developing and reinforcing critical operational competencies and best practices. Perkovich is currently steering RPM toward digitization and automation to increase efficiencies and reduce non-revenue generating tasks. Before joining RPM, the Michigan State alum and Crain’s 40 Under 40 award winner spent 12 years at Chicago-based Coyote Logistics as its vice president of Carrier Sales and Operations.