YRC taps new CFO

April 1, 2011

Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier YRC Worldwide Inc. said today it has named Phil J. Gaines, a 22-year company veteran, chief financial officer.

Gaines replaces Sheila Taylor, who resigned March 30 to pursue opportunities outside the LTL sector.

Gaines had been senior vice president, finance for YRC. In his new role, Gaines, who will also retain his senior vice president position, will report directly to Mike Smid, who is president of YRC Inc., parent of YRC Worldwide.

Gaines had served as president of the former Yellow Transportation prior to the merger of Yellow and Roadway Express that created YRC National, the company's long-haul operation.

Transportation Trucking Less-than-Truckload

KEYWORDS YRC Worldwide

Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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