About the Speaker

Mark Palazzolo brings 38 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry, having held a variety of sales roles ranging from local to national and international levels. His career spans across multiple modes of transportation, including Less-than-Truckload (LTL), Truckload (T/L), and international air and ocean freight. He has also managed international warehousing operations, supporting customers setting up distribution networks across the EMEA region. Mark has served in leadership roles, including Assistant Regional Sales Director for both Panalpina and DHL.

Early in his career, while in his first sales role, he also took on operational duties, running line-haul in the Northwest on weekends for Viking Freight Systems. For the past 13 years, Mark has been with the Family of Companies, where he currently serves as the Manager of Transportation and Freight Services.

The Family of Companies is one of the largest privately held wholesale distributors of electrical, plumbing, and plastics products in the U.S. and Canada, with a growing global presence in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.