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GlobalTranz CEO receives top technology honors

Logistics firm's Renee Krug recognized with two 2019 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

GlobalTranz CEO receives top technology honors
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By DC Velocity StaffNov 25, 2019
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GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. CEO Renee Krug has received two business awards for technology achievement, the company said today.

The Phoenix-based technology vendor and third-party logistics provider (3PL) said Krug received a gold Woman of the Year in Technology award and a silver Most Innovative Woman in Technology award as part of the 2019 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards honor executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and corporations worldwide.

"Renee is an action-oriented executive whose presence at GlobalTranz has been instrumental to the company's success since she joined in 2014," Bob Farrell, executive chairman of GlobalTranz, said in a statement. "This distinction is a well-deserved recognition of the impact she continues to make not only at GlobalTranz but across the industry."

GlobalTranz has developed a number of new technology products and capabilities under Krug's leadership, the company said. She has been instrumental in GlobalTranz's overall growth, including strong increases in gross and net revenue driven by growth in the company's managed transportation services offering and continued merger and acquisition activity, the company also said.

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