Road Manager

Randy Strutz has a nicely appointed office at the Tampa headquarters of Quality Distribution Inc., a trucking firm primarily known for moving chemicals coast to coast. But as the company's new senior vice president of sales, it isn't likely he will be there much.

“I plan to spend 75% of my time on the road with sales people and customers,” says Strutz, who has settled into the position in the last few weeks upon joining the company. He most recently served as CEO of Morgan Systems Inc., a freight logistics and brokerage firm based in Atlanta.

Strutz, who hails from Chicago and is the father of 17-year-old quadruplet boys, has two decades of experience in transportation and logistics but has also spent time managing a television glass manufacturing plant. For six years he worked at Pacer International in positions including chief commercial officer, president of rail brokerage and chief operating officer, and also held various management positions for 13 years with Thomson S.A., a multinational manufacturer of consumer electronics that once owned RCA.