J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Names Shelley Simpson Chief Commercial Officer and President of Highway
Services
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America,
announced today that Shelley Simpson has been named Chief Commercial Officer of J.B. Hunt.
In her expanded role, Simpson will oversee the commercialization of J.B Hunt 360TM, the company’s next-generation
supply chain solution, and its implementation within enterprise sales. She will serve as president of the newly established Highway
Services, which was created to help unify the management of all asset and non-asset J.B. Hunt services in the Truckload and
Integrated Capacity Solutions (ICS) business units. Simpson will continue overseeing the direction of sales and marketing and will
retain her officer title of corporate executive vice president.
"I have great confidence in Shelley’s ability to lead our efforts to provide innovative, technology-based solutions for
customers," said John Roberts, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt. "She has a tremendous wealth of experience as a strategic leader and
will be essential in helping J.B. Hunt deliver value to our customers in today’s digitally driven economy.”
Simpson joined J.B. Hunt after graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1994. Since then she has taken on
numerous positions across a variety of business segments, including: Director of Pricing for Truck and Intermodal, Vice President
of Economic Analysis, Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, and, in 2007, President of ICS. As President of ICS,
Simpson developed a newly-created business unit into the fastest growing area of the company, expanding its total number of
available services and increasing annual revenue from $92 million to more than $850 million. In 2011, she was appointed Chief
Marketing Officer and assumed sales and marketing executive responsibilities. Her executive leadership role expanded in 2014 to
include President of J.B. Hunt’s Truckload business unit.
About J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., a Fortune 500, S&P 500, and NASDAQ-100 company, provides innovative supply chain
solutions for a variety of customers throughout North America. Utilizing an integrated, multimodal approach, the company applies
technology-driven methods to create the best solution for each customer, adding efficiency, flexibility, and value to their
operations. J.B. Hunt services include intermodal, dedicated, refrigerated, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, single source,
final mile, and more. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. stock trades on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol JBHT and is a component of
the Dow Jones Transportation Average. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of JBHT. For more information, visit
www.jbhunt.com.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Carrie Johnson, 479-361-7710
Communications Manager
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