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BY LARRY HURRLE, EDITOR FEATURING NOËL PERRY, JOHN LARKIN AND LEE KLASKOW BY LARRY HURRLE, EDITOR Ë T he rst-ever Truckstop.com user conference will take place Nov. 9 through Nov. 11 at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Los Colinas in Dallas, Texas. "Connected 2015" is designed as an educational and networking event for transportation professionals and will feature some of the industry's most respected leaders as keynote speakers, along with a variety of daily breakout sessions which will be individually tailored for product, carrier, broker and executive tracks. Featured speakers announced for the event include Noël Perry, John Larkin and Lee Klaskow. Conference attendees will also have the opportunity to visit with solution providers, network with other user and learn tips and tricks from industry experts, peers and Truckstop.com training sta. Registration includes all networking events, daily breakout sessions, keynote speeches and meals. Omni Mandalay Hotel at Los Colinas has oered a discounted room block for the conference. ose interested in registering or who want to learn more about Connected can visit TruckstopConnected.com. Noël Perry Perry is a senior consultant and truck and transportation expert for FTR. He is a rarity among economists by specializing in transportation and logistics. e way freight moves has been a passion for Perry over his 40- year career, which began on a loading dock and culminated in his role as an industry-leading consultant. Before founding Transport Fundamentals and joining FTR, Perry worked for 30 years in senior research positions at Schneider National, Cummins Engine Company and CSX. at experience continues to give Perry a unique and broad perspective on the market, covering all the modes and the supplier sector. He is a member of the National Business Economists' Issues Council and, in his spare time, the Society for American Baseball Research. Perry holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University and is a graduate of Girard College, a unique primary and secondary school in Philadelphia. He is a Vietnam War veteran and enjoys gardening, singing, golng and is an amateur World War II historian. John Larkin Larkin is the Managing Director of Research for Stifel Financial Corp. He began his career in the transportation industry in 1977, serving as a research assistant at the Center for Transportation at the University of Texas in Austin. He joined Day & Zimmerman Inc. as a transportation systems consultant in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1982. He earned his Master's of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1984 and a bachelor's degree and a Master's of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and the University of Texas. Larkin is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the Boards of Advisors for CRST International and Comcar Industries and is a member of the Baltimore CFA Society. He joined Legg Mason (whose capital markets group was sold in its entirety to Stifel, Nicolas & Company, incorporated in 2005) in October 2001 to form and lead the rm's entry into transportation markets. Larkin was recognized as an all-star analyst by Institutional Investor magazine in 2006 and as a Wall Street Journal all-star analyst ve times, most recently for his stock picks in 2010. Lee Klaskow Klaskow is a senior analyst in transportation and logistics for Bloomberg Intelligence, a unique research platform that provides context on industries, companies, litigation, government policy and economics and is available on the Bloomberg Professional Service at BI. He specializes in rail, trucking, logistics, air freight and marine shipping industries. Klaskow began his career at McCarthy, Cristani and Maei analyzing and reporting on the primary equity markets. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was a senior analyst at Longbow Research and Prudential Equity Group, where he covered freight transportation and logistics companies. He has also worked at Prudential Equity Group as an industrial analyst prior to being promoted to senior analyst. He helped originate and execute global equity transactions for both ABN Amro Rothschild and J.P. Morgan. Klaskow earned his Bachelor of Science degree in nance and management from Ithica College and his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Fordham University. 8 IT MAGAZINE Vo l . 9 , N o . 5