CJ Johnson

Bio 

Cj Johnson graduated with a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from Loyola University of Chicago in 1997. He started his career in transportation right out of college and worked for a local trucking and brokerage in Chicagoland learning the industry.

In 2000, he started on his entrepreneur path with his first company at the age of 24, FLO Trans. A leading third party transportation company which started in Chicago and has expanded nationwide over the past 24 years. Since that time he has successfully started many more companies in the transportation space, ranging from a technology platform (Futuretrans); to an ecommerce warehousing and distribution center fulfilling Amazon, Shopify and Walmart (B&C Logistics); and finally to liquor distribution, trade shows and high value needs (BWS Logistics).

In the past five years he has opened up internationally in Columbia, South America and plans to expand more internationally in the near future. He is well respected as a member by his peers in the transportation industry and attends and speaks at many conferences throughout the year. In, 2023 he attended 30 conferences nationwide.

He is a member of many different associations and groups and promotes himself as “match.com” for business.

Session 

From Surviving to Thriving: Using Disruption as Fuel to Accelerate Positive Change Panel 

Our industry has experienced wide-spread disruption in various forms including weather disruption, rising costs, displaced capacity, and fluctuating rates. In addition, organizational shakeups like mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcies are altering organizational composition, processes, and structure. Employees at all company levels are navigating through changes to individual jobs, reporting structures, compensation, benefits, and perks. 

Join us for a panel of industry leaders discussing how they, and their organizations, have thrived through all kinds of disruptions. Together, we will uncover specific strategies we all can use to increase our own resilience and thrive in any situation.

Monday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m.