The Freight Pod
The Freight Pod
Andrew Silver
Ep. #83: Ken Adamo joins Ease Logistics as Chief Strategy Officer
1 hour 5 minutes Posted May 5, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Sponsor And Cash Flow Pitch
Meet The Guests And Setup
Ken’s Path Into Trucking
Building DAT IQ And Analytics
Acquisitions And The Convoy Problem
Why Drop Trailers Break Brokers
Sponsor Break Rapido Solutions
What People Misunderstand About DAT
Ken Joins Ease Logistics
Brokerage Growth And The Market Tail
Sponsor Break Genlogs
What A Chief Strategy Officer Does
Pricing Conviction And Tech Adoption
RFP Mistakes After Winterstorm Fern
Sponsor Break Cloneops AI
Capacity Cycle And 2027 Outlook
Winning Requires Some Losing Loads
Trust In Operations As The Edge
Risks Of The Move And Final Banter
Wrap Up And Goodbye
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A major freight market intelligence leader is leaving DAT for a brokerage and he’s explaining exactly why. Ken Adamo joins me and Peter Coratola to talk about what most people misunderstand about DAT, how brokers should actually use spot market data, and why the best teams treat analytics as decision support rather than a single “rate truth.” If you’ve ever argued over Rateview screenshots, struggled to explain pricing to a shipper, or wondered why fancy tools don’t get adopted, this one will...