Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder Primary Organization VPL
Location Greater Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania, United States Regions Great Lakes, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Eric McGlade is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at VPL.
His diverse 20-year background in freight management, supply chain, consulting and finance for higher education and healthcare make Eric uniquely suited to help VPL customers maximize savings in numerous areas of operations. As a founding member and principal of VPL, Eric is
committed to ensuring that VPL is wholly focused on its customers, day in and day out. As the leader of sales, marketing and customer-facing teams, Eric ensures the company is providing the absolute best service to VPL’s customers, and is committed to earning their trust.
Before starting VPL, Eric and his business partner Scott Crow were part of the founding team of HLS MedFreight—the first freight management company to specialize in healthcare. While at HLS, his team grew the company from a start-up to a well-established force in the industry, helping more than 1,400 hospitals save a total of $55M in annual shipping costs. Today, at VPL, Eric and Scott have taken their wealth of experience in the industry and are setting out to completely reinvent freight management by building a company that truly partners with customers to provide significant value in a transparent way.
A Pennsylvania native and graduate of Temple University with a B.A. in Accounting, Eric shares a semi-empty nest (his two sons are in college) with his wife, Heidi, in the greater Philadelphia area. He loves to travel, and has made an avocation of studying, learning about, and—most importantly—tasting wines from around the globe.
