Leadership Biographies
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Carl
Texter, Vin McLoughlin, Jerry Bowman, Tom Hostetler
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Our customer-driven management approach permeates
through the entire organization. From the front-line
account manager and sales team to engineering designers
and office support, our job is to make your operations
run efficiently, cost-effectively and seamlessly. The
team at Cardinal is direct, credible and trustworthy.
You can rest-assured that the team assigned to your
account listens to your needs, learns about your business
and discovers ways to reduce your operational costs
without compromising quality. When a Cardinal professional
promises you something, you can count on it being delivered
as promised.
 Chairman
of the Board Vin McLoughlin
CEO
Tom Hostetler
President
and COO Jerry Bowman
CFO
Carl Texter
Chairman
of the Board Vin McLoughlin
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Vin
McLoughlin
Chairman of the Board |
Vin McLoughlin brings more than two decades of transportation
and logistics industry experience to his role as chairman.
Cardinal was formed in 1997 as a direct response to
the opportunities McLoughlin and his team identified
in the dedicated contract carriage market. As chairman,
McLoughlin drives the development and execution of
Cardinal’s short- and long-term business strategy
and spends considerable time interacting with Cardinal’s
existing and potential customers.
Prior to joining Cardinal, McLoughlin founded and
served as president of the dedicated contract carriage
services division at J.B. Hunt. McLoughlin was responsible
for growing the division into a $175 million operation
within four years.
McLoughlin also served as regional distribution manager
for Ryder’s dedicated logistics services for
nearly a decade, where he ran dedicated operations
in the Northeast and Southeast. His early business
experience includes management roles at CSX Intermodal
and Roadway Express.
McLoughlin earned a bachelor of arts degree in liberal
arts from Williams College in Massachusetts and a master
of management degree from Northwestern’s Kellogg
Graduate School of Management, where he was honored
with the “outstanding student in transportation”
distinction.
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CEO Tom Hostetler
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Tom
Hostetler
CEO |
Tom Hostetler brings 20 years of financial, transportation
and logistics experience to his role as chief executive
officer.
Hostetler joined Cardinal from J.B. Hunt Transportation
Services, Inc., where he served as the vice president
and general manager of the Dedicated Contract Services
division. With the division from its inception, he
was instrumental in managing its profitable growth
to a $175 million operation within four years.
Prior to working at J.B. Hunt, Hostetler was a region
manager for Laidlaw, Inc., with operating responsibility
for 11 company locations in Ohio and Michigan. His
early management experience includes overseeing various
operational and financial analysis groups for divisions
of Ryder Systems, Inc.
Hostetler earned a bachelor of science degree in finance
from the University of Illinois and a master’s
degree in business administration from Duke University.
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President and COO Jerry Bowman
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Jerry
Bowman
President and COO |
Jerry Bowman brings more than 25 years of logistics
and transportation experience to Cardinal. In his role
at Cardinal, Bowman serves as the company’s president
and chief operating officer.
Bowman spent 24 years with Ryder Systems, the last
12 with Ryder Integrated Logistics (RIL). He was a
member of RIL’s executive team during the company’s
explosive expansion into third-party logistics services.
Before leaving Ryder in March 1998, he served as its
senior vice president for the United States and Canada,
with profit and loss responsibility for a business
unit with more than $1 billion in annual revenue and
10,000 employees.
Bowman earned his bachelor’s degree from the
University of Georgia, majoring in business and economics.
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CFO Carl Texter
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Carl
Texter
CFO |
Carl Texter joined Cardinal serving as chief financial
officer and senior vice president. Texter is a certified
public accountant bringing over 20 years of financial
management experience to the company.
Most recently, Texter served as chief financial officer
of Crown Crafts, Inc., where he was responsible for
engineering a highly successful restructuring of the
company’s finances. Prior to Crown Crafts, Texter
held a number of key financial positions with BP Amoco
to include CFO of Amoco Fabrics and Fibers, a global
operation with 5000 employees and $900 million in sales.
Texter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton
along with a Master’s degree in business administration
from Dartmouth College.
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