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Blake Grolmus and Joe Lynch discuss the overlooked advantage in trucking. Blake serves as the Vice President of Safety for Ruan Transportation Management Systems, a family-owned dedicated logistics provider since 1932.

Blake Grolmus serves as the Vice President of Safety for Ruan Transportation Management Systems. Blake joined Ruan in 2017, leading the company's new customer onboarding and continuous improvement activities before taking a leadership role in Ruan's Gases and Chemicals bulk hazmat operating group. He assumed his current role leading Ruan's safety and compliance teams in 2022. Prior to Ruan, Blake worked in various progressive supply chain roles at Target and grew up in a small business family. Blake was raised in Williamsburg, Iowa and earned his undergraduate degrees in Finance, Real Estate, and Marketing from the University of Northern Iowa. Blake is a member of the American Trucking Associations' Safety Policy Committee and serves on the Board of Directors and the LEAD Council for the Iowa Motor Truck Association. Blake is also a member of his local city council and volunteers time with outdoor conservation and youth sports organizations.

Ruan provides Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, Value-Added Warehousing, and Brokerage Support Services to customers across the U.S. Ruan's Integrated Supply Chain Solutions services encompass all aspects of transportation and logistics, providing our customers the ideal combination of asset- and non-asset-based solutions that get your products from point A to point B safely and efficiently. With more than 90 years of transportation management experience, Ruan is one of the top 10 privately owned transportation companies in the country with 300 operations and 5,000 team members.

• Blake Grolmus serves as the Vice President of Safety for Ruan Transportation Management Systems, a family-owned dedicated logistics provider since 1932.
• In the podcast interview, Blake and Joe discuss the overlooked advantage in trucking, which is safety.
• Ruan was the first transportation company to implement a formal safety program in the 1940s.
• Ruan's Megasafe Safety Program is their overarc