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After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1978 with a degree in Business/Transportation, Bob began his career in the transportation/logistics industry, working for his father's company, Hammel's Express, Inc., in Pittsburgh.
In 1979 Bob, along with his two brothers, founded Pitt-Ohio Express, a regional less than truckload (LTL) company operating in the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio regions. Over the next 24 years he worked in developing this start-up into one of the Top 100 carriers in the country as ranked by Transport Topics. By 2003 Pitt-Ohio Express had sales in excess of $200 million and had won many national awards for service and safety.
In early 2004, Bob became Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KDL, a firm co-founded in 1999 with Donald S. Varshine as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitt-Ohio Express. In 2003 KDL was spun off from Pitt-Ohio Express.
Bob served on the Board of Directors of the American Trucking Association from 1996-2003. He also is a member of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association, the Maryland Motor Truck Association, and the Family Enterprise Center at The University of Pittsburgh's Katz Business School. | 