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Rick Jordon

Senior Managing Director, Co-Leader of U.S. Business Transformation at FTI Consulting

Miami, FL, USA

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Why they matter

He co-leads FTI's freight/logistics transformation practice and has hands-on interim-CRO experience inside distressed trucking operators — a rare combined operator-and-advisor lens on 3PL credit risk.

Background

Rick Jordon is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Leader of U.S. Business Transformation at FTI Consulting, with more than 25 years of global supply chain and logistics experience. Before joining FTI in 2017, he was Chief Operating Officer of Americas Logistics at Panalpina and held leadership roles at AlixPartners, ICG Commerce/Accenture, Manugistics, BDP International, and FedEx. He holds a B.S. in Supply Chain Management from Syracuse University and an M.S. in International Logistics from Georgia Tech, and has taken on interim executive roles (including chief restructuring officer and interim chief commercial officer) inside distressed transportation and logistics operators.

Notable deals

  • 2025
    Designed and executed a freight sourcing strategy for a $14Bn+ global white goods manufacturer, beating an 8% cost-reduction target with ~30% ($26.5M) in annualized linehaul savings
  • 2025
    Led due diligence, integration planning, and synergy capture for a Canadian logistics group's carve-out acquisition, unlocking millions in annualized synergies
  • 2023
    Publicly warned that a trucking-sector "freight recession" was straining carriers' ability to service term loans and asset-based lending facilities, a widely cited banking-risk signal
  • 2018
    Joined FTI Consulting as Managing Director within its newly expanded Business Transformation practice, bringing his Panalpina/AlixPartners operating background to the group

Call-prep brief

Background

  • Senior Managing Director, Co-Leader of U.S. Business Transformation, FTI Consulting (Miami, FL)
  • 25+ years in global supply chain/logistics; former COO of Americas Logistics at Panalpina; prior roles at AlixPartners, Accenture/ICG Commerce, Manugistics, BDP International, FedEx
  • B.S. Supply Chain Management (Syracuse), M.S. International Logistics (Georgia Tech)

Current Focus

  • Leads FTI's transportation & logistics performance-improvement and restructuring work: freight sourcing optimization, carve-out integrations, interim operating roles
  • 2023 commentary flagged a "freight recession" squeezing truckers' ability to service term loans and ABLs — he tracks credit stress in the sector closely
  • 2025 case work: ~30% ($26.5M) annualized freight sourcing savings for a $14Bn+ manufacturer, plus a carve-out integration for a Canadian logistics group

What He Cares About

  • Operational value creation (network design, sourcing, cost-out) over financial engineering
  • Distinguishes shipper vs. logistics-provider perspective — useful for diligence on either side of a freight deal

Recent Moves

  • Has taken interim CRO/CCO seats inside distressed trucking/logistics operators (client names kept confidential)
  • Active industry commentator on freight-cycle credit stress (American Banker, 2023)

Sensitivities

  • Interim-executive engagements are typically under NDA — expect generalities rather than named clients
  • As a sitting FTI SMD, expect the conversation to be framed as advisory/paid, not a casual reference call

Questions to Ask

  1. Which lanes or sub-verticals in freight brokerage & 3PL are showing the most acute credit stress right now, and which look overcapitalized?
  2. Which operational levers (network design, sourcing, tech stack) delivered the biggest margin recovery in his recent restructuring mandates?
  3. From his interim-CRO experience, what are the earliest warning signs that a 3PL/broker target is under-provisioned for a freight downturn?

Outreach draft

Subject
Quick call on freight/3PL restructuring outlook?
Hi Rick, I came across your FTI Consulting work on freight sourcing optimization and your 2023 comments on trucking loan stress — both are directly relevant to a project we're running on the freight brokerage/3PL sector. We're a deal team evaluating operating and credit risk across several targets and would value your perspective, given your background as both a logistics operator (Panalpina) and a restructuring advisor. Would you have 20-30 minutes in the next couple of weeks for a call? Happy to work around your schedule. Best, [Placeholder Name]

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