Freight Efficiency with NACFE‘s Mike Roeth & Friends
by NACFE
Freight Efficiency With NACFE’s Mike Roeth & Friends is a regular podcast series that focuses on current technologies and practices that help fleets achieve the best possible freight efficiency for their given application. It also will provide insight into emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on freight efficiency.NACFE’s Executive Director, Mike Roeth, will interview executives from the trucking industry and other parties that are interested in improving the overall efficiency and sustainability of goods movement in North America this includes currently available technologies as well as emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles.If you would like to suggest a topic for this podcast, please contact Denise Rondini, NACFE’s communications director at [email protected]
Episodes
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Ep. 144: Katerina Jones – Fleet Advantage
Katerina Jones, chief marketing officer at Fleet Advantage, talks about 20-year career in marketing, the beauty of marketing, and about tying the whole concept of TCO to metrics. She also talks about the benefits of leasing, keeping up with the explosion of data, determining when the time is…
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Ep. 143: Tucker Perkins – Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)
Tucker Perkins, president and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), talks about why he focused on propane during his career, the benefits of propane as a fuel for trucks and fuel solutions for the future. He also talks about why he thinks the Messy Middle will be here for a long...
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Ep. 142: Terry Stefankiewicz – National Soccer Festival
Ep. 142: Terry Stefankiewicz, retired executive director of the National Soccer Festival, talks about his coaching career and the importance of learning from your mistakes. He also talks about the impetus for starting a national soccer festival, what it takes to go from an idea to reality and...
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Ep. 141: Royal Jones - MVT
Royal Jones, founder and CEO of Mesilla Valley Transportation, talks about growing into the company name, how he learned about the importance of aerodynamics and why horsepower is not the root of all evil. He also explains why you don’t have to use all the power just because you have it, and he...
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Ep. 140: John Verdon - Nevoya
John Verdon, co-founder and chief commercial officer of Nevoya, talks about the importance of persistence during transformational times, his tale of two careers and why doing hard things is interesting to him. He also talks about what it takes to build a trucking company from the ground up and...
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Ep. 139: Josh Fisher – Fleet Owner
Josh Fisher, editor in chief of Fleet Owner, talks about how the publishing world has changed, the impact of AI on publishing, and the evolution of trucking technology. He also offers his thoughts on how trucking is doing with these new technologies, the collaboration in the trucking industry and...
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Ep. 138: Vinny Riscica – Con Edison
Vinny Riscica, e-mobility section manager at Con Edison, talks his passion for improving the livability of urban spaces, and why electrification is a key way to help reduce carbon. He also talks about what Con Edison is currently doing, the impact of truck electrification on the grid and the...
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Ep. 137: Emily Long – NACFE
Emily Long, events & partnerships manager at NACFE, talks about her career, her fame in a small mountain town for one week out of the year, and the importance of storytelling and trying to bring the right people together. She also talks about how by understanding and meeting people’s need you can...
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Ep. 136: Matt Srnec – Thermo King
Ep. 136: Matt Srnec, principal engineer at Thermo King, talks about why he got involved with TMC, what drives him to take on the work of electrifying refrigeration and about Thermo King’s early investment in electrifying refrigeration. He also talks about Themo King’s product portfolio including...
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Ep. 135: Steve Mignardi – NACFE Board Chairman
Ep. 135: Steve Mignardi, prior executive at Daimler Truck and NACFE board chairman, talks about his career including work as a truck technician, his time in Mexico and his love of trucks. He also talks about the importance of being resilient and shares his thoughts on what success will look like...
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Ep. 134: Dakota Semler – Xos Trucks
Dakota Semler, chief amazement officer at Xos Trucks, talks about his 10 years at the company, why the company pivoted to medium-duty trucks, and the company’s focus on markets that were going to grow and see tremendous conversion to zero emissions vehicles in the near term. He also talks about…
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Ep. 133: Tom Lincoln – Dana
Tom Lincoln, national sales and service manager at Dana, talks about Dana’s claim to fame, Dana‘s place in the marketplace today and the company’s Fleet Council. He also talks about what he is learning from fleets, the downspeeding trend, how he looks at the future while dealing with the here and...
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Ep. 132: Derek Turbide – Greenlane
Derek Turbide, senior vice president of sales at Greenlane, talks about how he can bring what he learned from his time with natural gas to the battery electric side. He also shares how charging sites are selected, Greenlane’s Colton, California site, and the importance of making the charging...
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Ep. 131: Chris Hammond – Great Dane
Chris Hammond, executive vice president, industry affairs and strategic accounts at Great Dane, talks about the 126 year history of the company, the various roles he has held during his long tenure with the company and his new role. He also talks about where trailers are headed in the future…
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Ep. 130: Chris Guerrero – ENGIE Resources
Chris Guerrero, vice president of marketing at ENGIE Resources, talks about his work with Starship, the three main positions in the energy space and green hushing. He also talks about his love of storytelling, why it is important to share good stories and what is keeping him confident during the...
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Ep. 129: Susan Fall – LaunchIt PR
Susan Fall, owner of LaunchIt PR, talks about her work during the pioneering days of telematics in trucking, the importance of messaging when introducing a product and she shares some of her success stories with clients. She also talks about why it’s wrong to cut marketing and PR when times are...
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Ep. 128: Blair Hefty – Coyne PR
Blair Hefty, senior media manager at Coyne PR, talks about his career in public relations, how things have changed in in that industry in the past 20 years and his love of the motor sports industry. He also talks about the importance of the personal touch in business, the need for in-person…
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Ep. 127: Mark Willis – Road Dog Trucking News
Mark Willis, host of Road Dog Trucking News on Sirius XM, talks about his show and how he finds guests, his background in hard news, and the biggest stories of 2025. He also talks about his passion for safety, what drivers are saying about technology and the elements of a good story.
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Ep. 126: Zhe Wang – RMI
Zhe Wang, principal of RMI’s China program, talks about China’s focus on decarbonizing trucking, the fast growth of what he calls new energy trucks, and what is driving this growth. He also talks about the recent Rush to Zero program, which was modeled on NACFE’s Run on Less, and the program’s…
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Ep. 125: Adam Klauber – World Energy
Adam Klauber, chief sustainability officer at World Energy, talks about the rebirth of World Energy, the importance of education about fuel types and the need for voluntary choice when it comes to fuel solutions. He also talks about the benefits of drop-in fuel solutions, why renewable diesel is…
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Ep. 124: Matt Schrap – Forum Mobility
Matt Schrap, chief commercial officer of Forum Mobility, talks about his career and his special area of expertise in regulatory policy He also talks about why trucking means so much to him, shares his thoughts on the drayage portion of trucking going electric and explains the goal of Forum...
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Ep. 123: Don Baldwin – Retired from Michelin
Don Baldwin, retired from Michelin, talks about the origins of NACFE, why he put his personal stamp on starting NACFE and the fuel agnostic Challenge Bibendum. He also talks about the importance of passion in your work, the value of bringing unbiased information to decision makers and the need to...
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Ep. 122: Graham Richard – Advisor to CEOs and Founders
Graham Richard, advisor to CEOs and founders leading innovation clean economy companies, talks about his affinity for the clean economy, his time in the Indiana State Senate, and his time as mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also talks about work he has done on energy and its impact on the...
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Ep. 121: Mike McHorse – NACFE
Mike McHorse, NACFE’s director of industry engagement, explains why he has diesel in his blood and his family’s long history in trucking. He also talks about his involvement with the launch of the Freightliner Cascadia, Team Run Smart and some of the initial work with autonomous technology. He...
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Ep. 120: Dan Gage – The Transport Project
Dan Gage, president of The Transport Project, talks about the process of rebranding an organization, explains what a sustainability solutionist is, and why he thinks now is the perfect opportunity for natural gas. He also explains the different types of feedstocks for RNG, the economics of the…
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Ep. 119: Rachael Nealer – U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Rachael Nealer, energy and transportation leader, former executive director of the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, talks about why it is important to break down silos, new models for momentum, and the importance of making research actionable. She also talks about what she thinks…
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Ep. 118: Dan Priestley – Tesla
Dan Priestley, Director, Semi at Tesla, talks about the early days of the Tesla Semi, why they are focusing on the on-highway segment of the market, the truck’s development and what were some of the lessons they learned in the early days. He also provides an update on where Tesla is today, why he...
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Ep. 117: John Walters – Valvoline
John Walters, vice president and general manager, heavy-duty, Americas for Valvoline, talks about his love for technology, how fate brought him to trucking, and why we all have a stake in making the trucking industry more efficient. He also talks about the work Valvoline is doing to prove to the...
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Ep. 116: Leia Guccione – RMI
Leia Guccione, managing director of Carbon-Free Transportation at RMI, talks about her career in the Navy and the Naval Reserve and how the skills she learned there transferred to her job in the civilian world. She also talks about the value teams bring to problem solving, her passion for working...
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Ep. 115: Cliff Campbell – Center for Freight and Logistics Efficiency with Electrified and Automated Trucking
Cliff Campbell, managing director and industry liaison officer for the Center For Freight and Logistics Efficiency With Electrified and Automated Trucking, explains what the organization does to bridge the valley of death in innovation and how the center leverages the research dollars of its...
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Ep. 114: Jason Morgan – Fleet Equipment
Jason Morgan, content director at Fleet Equipment, talks about how the pandemic shaped Fleet Equipment’s direction and his move from magazine editor to digital content producer. He also talks about his desire to tell a great story, what keeps him in trucking and his impressions of ACT Expo. He…
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About this show
Freight Efficiency With NACFE’s Mike Roeth & Friends is a regular podcast series that focuses on current technologies and practices that help fleets achieve the best possible freight efficiency for their given application. It also will provide insight into emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on freight efficiency.NACFE’s Executive Director, Mike Roeth, will interview executives from the trucking industry and other parties that are interested in improving the overall efficiency and sustainability of goods movement in North America this includes currently available technologies as well as emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles.If you would like to suggest a topic for this podcast, please contact Denise Rondini, NACFE’s communications director at [email protected]
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