From Building Guardian
to Building What's Next
A conversation between two founders.
Krishna Vattipalli and Brent Smith have each spent years building something in this industry. Just the two of them, talking honestly about what that actually takes.
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- 1What Brent saw in the market early on, and why he built the business differently
- 2The operational realities that got harder as the business grew, not easier
- 3A pivotal decision or setback along the way, and what it actually cost to work through
- 4How his thinking on technology changed as the company scaled, and where he sees the industry heading next
Brent Smith
EVP & Co-Founder, Guardian Logistics Solutions
Brent spent thirteen years building Guardian Logistics Solutions from the ground up, across white glove, airfreight, warehousing and port drayage, the kind of hands-on range that shapes how he sees this industry. He stepped into an EVP role this May, now mentoring the company's market leaders and evaluating acquisitions. U.S. Army veteran.
Krishna Vattipalli
Founder & CEO, Fleet Enable and Imaginnovate
Krishna spent eight years inside J.B. Hunt Transport, building the enterprise systems that ran order management, truck operations and driver safety, then took that firsthand view of the industry and built two companies of his own: Imaginnovate in 2014 and Fleet Enable in 2022.
The series
Fleet Talks
Hosted by Krishna Vattipalli, founder of Fleet Enable. One honest conversation per episode with someone who has built something in final mile, in their own words. Made for carrier owners and operations leaders. No slides, no panel, no pitch. More episodes to come.
Two founders. Forty-five minutes.
Tuesday, August 18. Free, and the recording comes to you either way.
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