<p>“Those trucks are empty 80% of the time on their backhauls. This is a huge waste. We’re talking about $150 billion domestically in wasted capacity.”</p> <p>In this episode, Russell Jones, CEO and co-founder of...

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This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design
Hosted by Andrew Verboncouer, Intermode · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
Welcome to This Side Up, the podcast about logistics tech and design. From robots and AI to cutting-edge SaaS and game-changing services, we’ll explore the big ideas—and brilliant minds—reshaping how the world moves through supply chain innovation.
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What is This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design about?
Welcome to This Side Up, the podcast about logistics tech and design. From robots and AI to cutting-edge SaaS and game-changing services, we’ll explore the big ideas, and brilliant minds, reshaping how the world moves through supply chain innovation.
Who hosts This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design?
This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design is hosted by Andrew Verboncouer, Intermode. The show has published 8 episodes to date.
What has This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Turning Empty Backhauls Into a New Source of Freight Capacity with Russ Jones" (28 July 2026, 27 minutes), "Turning Empty Backhauls Into a New Source of Freight Capacity with Russ Jones" (28 July 2026, 27 minutes), and "Why Freight Invoicing Is Broken and How AI Fixes It with Charley Dehoney of Upwell" (14 May 2026, 31 minutes).
How often does This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design publish?
This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 8 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design?
Booking probability for This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design?
The strongest fits for This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design are Freight Forwarding and IT Services & Software Development. This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design has a technology audience.
About the host
Andrew Verboncouer, Intermode hosts This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design, a technology podcast with 8 episodes published.
Recent episodes
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Jul 28, 202627 minS0
Jul 28, 202627 min“Those trucks are empty 80% of the time on their backhauls. This is a huge waste. We’re talking about $150 billion domestically in wasted capacity.” In this episode, Russell Jones, CEO and co-founder of Private Fleet...
May 14, 202631 minS0<p>“Seeing large trucking companies and even barge businesses struggling with the same mechanics on the billing and invoicing side, that's when I knew that there was a business to be built."</p> <p>In this episode...
Dec 22, 202545 minS0<p>What happens when you try to build "Uber for trucking" and realize brokers don't need replacing—they need better tools? Anthony Sutardja, CEO and co-founder of Parade, takes us through a decade-long journey from...

Episode #4
Open Source Freight Tech: From TMS to AI Tools with Garrett Allen, Founder of SearchCarriers
Oct 30, 202533 minS0<p>In this episode of This Side Up, Garrett breaks down his unconventional approach to building freight tech: live streaming development, open-sourcing a complete TMS, and creating multiple micro-SaaS tools that solve...
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Episode #3
Building AI That Augments, Not Replaces People in Logistics with Shaman Ahuja, Deputy CEO of Optym
Oct 6, 202550 minS0<p>We explore why multi-objective optimization matters more than finding a single "right" answer, how Optym balances traditional algorithms with modern AI, and why garbage in, garbage out is still the biggest challenge...
Aug 12, 202537 minS0<p>Join us for a deep dive with Eric Rodriguez, CEO of VendorFlow, who cracked the code on driver communication after watching countless fleet apps fail with 20% adoption rates. Eric shares how his team pivoted from...
Jul 8, 202557 minS0<p>Join us for an incredible conversation with Samantha Rose, a multi-time founder who's built her career from creating a better spatula to running vertically integrated supply chains and now building cutting-edge ERP...

This Side Up - Logistics Tech & Design
Welcome to This Side Up
Mar 26, 20251 minS0<p>Welcome to This Side Up—the podcast that flips the lid on logistics and supply chain innovation. I’m your host, Andrew Verboncouer, and I’m taking you behind the curtain of an industry that touches...
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