YRC names Rogers president

September 27, 2011

The new CEO of YRC Worldwide Inc., James L. Welch, has wasted little time putting his own stamp on the company and dismantling the corporate hierarchy put into place by his predecessor, William D. Zollars.

YRC announced Monday that it has named Jeff Rogers, who had been president of the company's successful Holland regional trucking unit, president of YRC. In addition, Mike Naatz, who had been the company's chief customer officer, was promoted to replace Rogers at Holland.

The moves come three days after Welch, who joined the less-than-truckload carrier July 22, eliminated the positions of chief customer officer, chief marketing officer, chief administrative officer, and chief operations officer. YRC said the changes would streamline the organization and enable it to compete more cost-effectively.

Rogers, 49, and Naatz, 45, will report to Welch, the company said.

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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