June 8 8:45am-9:45am
Beyond the Buzz
The AI & Tech Moves That Actually Work
Four wins. Four bold voices. One crowd-powered champion.
We’re opening ELEVATE with a keynote that cuts through the hype and showcases what’s actually working with AI and technology in transportation and logistics today.
TMSA Executive Director Jennifer Karpus-Romain kicks things off with one candid AI/tech move that changed the game inside TMSA. Then, the real showdown begins.
Four industry pros take the stage, each sharing one proven AI or tech win in just 10 minutes, breaking down:
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the workflow they changed
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the result they achieved
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the metric that moved
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the lesson you can use immediately
No product pitches. No buzzwords. Just real innovation with real impact. And the twist?
The audience votes live to crown ELEVATE’s 2026 Tech Mic Drop winner.
High energy. Practical insight. Real momentum to launch your conference experience.
This is how we start ELEVATE 2026. Don’t miss it.
Meet the Contenders
- Jeff Price
- Bryan Ossa
- Carly Gunby
- Kameel Gaines
Jeff Price
Marketing Director
Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)
Jeff Price is the Marketing Director at JAXPORT and an AI developer who integrates 20+ years of maritime expertise with hands-on software engineering. He leads brand strategy and demand generation for a global trade hub while building open-source AI agents and iOS apps that leverage the latest in LLM and voice technology. Jeff is an Accredited Maritime Port Executive and a leading voice on how AI is reshaping logistics and marketing.
Bryan Ossa
Co-Founder & COO
Cartographer Consulting
Bryan Ossa is the COO and Co-Founder of Cartographer Consulting, specializing in operational process mapping and CRM implementation for transportation, freight, and logistics companies.
He combines systems expertise with operational knowledge across marketing, sales, and customer success to deliver custom solutions that drive adoption and support sustainable growth. His approach moves beyond templates, building repeatable frameworks that solve persistent challenges across brokerage operations and technology stacks.
Carly Gunby
VP, Revenue
Transfix
Carly Gunby is a highly skilled business professional with over a decade of experience in the transportation and logistics industry. Currently serving as the Vice President of Revenue at Transfix, Carly is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to drive revenue growth and improve the company's overall sales performance. Her expertise in sales and business development has been instrumental in helping Transfix achieve significant growth and establish itself as a leader in the transportation and logistics industry.
Kameel Gaines
Founder and Chief Al Growth Strategist
Atlas AI Growth & Marketing Agency
Kameel E. Gaines is the Founder and Chief AI Growth Strategist of Atlas AI Growth & Marketing Agency. She partners with logistics and transportation companies to build AI-driven authority infrastructure that strengthens strategic visibility, improves decision clarity, and sharpens competitive positioning. With over 16 years of operational, recruiting, marketing, and revenue leadership experience inside the industry, Kameel brings an operator’s perspective to AI strategy, helping organizations move beyond marketing activity and into measurable strategic advantage in the AI search era.
Meet the Contenders
- AI-Powered Sales Intelligence for Global Trade
- Rebuilding the CRM for Operational Clarity
- AI-Powered Freight Pricing
- Engineering Visibility for the AI Search Era
Jeff Price
Marketing Director
Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)
Jeff will showcase how JAXPORT is using AI to turn complex maritime trade data into actionable sales insights. By combining generative AI with custom analytics tools, the team built systems that surface high-value opportunities and accelerate internal reporting. The initiative is helping a public port authority compete with the speed and intelligence of a modern tech-driven sales organization.
Jeff Price is the Marketing Director at JAXPORT and an AI developer who integrates 20+ years of maritime expertise with hands-on software engineering. He leads brand strategy and demand generation for a global trade hub while building open-source AI agents and iOS apps that leverage the latest in LLM and voice technology. Jeff is an Accredited Maritime Port Executive and a leading voice on how AI is reshaping logistics and marketing.
Bryan Ossa
Co-Founder & COO
Cartographer Consulting
Bryan will reveal how a brokerage drowning in CRM chaos transformed its operations by redesigning its HubSpot architecture from the ground up. By creating a single intelligent intake system that routes every customer interaction into the right workflow, the company eliminated missed requests and streamlined internal operations. What emerged is a CRM that actually powers the business instead of slowing it down.
Bryan Ossa is the COO and Co-Founder of Cartographer Consulting, specializing in operational process mapping and CRM implementation for transportation, freight, and logistics companies. He combines systems expertise with operational knowledge across marketing, sales, and customer success to deliver custom solutions that drive adoption and support sustainable growth. His approach moves beyond templates, building repeatable frameworks that solve persistent challenges across brokerage operations and technology stacks.
Carly Gunby
VP, Revenue
Transfix
Carly will share how Transfix built privacy-preserving AI pricing engines trained on each brokerage’s own shipment data, not generic market averages. The result is a smarter way to forecast costs, detect data distortions, and price freight with confidence. In a market where margins are razor-thin, this approach is helping brokers move faster and win more freight.
Carly Gunby is a highly skilled business professional with over a decade of experience in the transportation and logistics industry. Currently serving as the Vice President of Revenue at Transfix, Carly is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to drive revenue growth and improve the company's overall sales performance. Her expertise in sales and business development has been instrumental in helping Transfix achieve significant growth and establish itself as a leader in the transportation and logistics industry.
Kameel Gaines
Founder and Chief Al Growth Strategist
Atlas AI Growth & Marketing Agency
Kameel will introduce a new approach to marketing infrastructure designed for the age of generative AI. Her AI Authority Infrastructure framework restructures how logistics companies are understood and surfaced across search engines and AI platforms. The result helps companies appear more accurately in AI-generated answers when buyers research and evaluate vendors.
Kameel E. Gaines is the Founder and Chief AI Growth Strategist of Atlas AI Growth & Marketing Agency. She partners with logistics and transportation companies to build AI-driven authority infrastructure that strengthens strategic visibility, improves decision clarity, and sharpens competitive positioning. With over 16 years of operational, recruiting, marketing, and revenue leadership experience inside the industry, Kameel brings an operator’s perspective to AI strategy, helping organizations move beyond marketing activity and into measurable strategic advantage in the AI search era.

