2024 Pittsburgh Smart 50 Awards Recognize Region’s Top Leadership
CEO Kristy Knichel has grown Knichel Logistics from a small integrated marketing communications firm to a $100 million multimodal provider. Knichel’s work has garnered recognition in the logistics and transportation industry through prestigious awards and customer referrals. Innovative strategies such as establishing relationships between the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association and the Transportation Intermediaries Association have created footholds in other market segments and broadened the scope of Knichel’s service offerings to include truckload and less than truckload brokerage. Resources have been allocated to source and retain talented freight agents nationwide to grow the company in underdeveloped segments such as government services. Knichel has also increased the company’s volume and revenue over the past five years by focusing on a sales and operating agent program.