Keith Hamlett

Keith Hamlett is an original founder of the company and maintains responsibility for the overall operation of the company. He currently serves on the Board of Directors as a Corporate Officer and is a co-owner of the company. He has grown Riverside Logistics into a profitable, successful full-service logistics firm which offers outsourced services such as warehousing, kitting, transportation purchasing, freight audit and payment services, transportation brokerage, dedicated trucking, yard services, trailer rental and freight management services.

During his time at Riverside, he partnered with Robert (Bob) Shagawat in 2000 to start up Shippers Commonwealth, LLC. Keith and Bob build Shippers Commonwealth into a leader of “SaaS” services, offering Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and collaborative transportation solutions. The company was purchased in 2011 by Red Prairie.

Prior to forming Riverside Logistics, Keith served as General Manager of Transportation for James River Corporation (Koch Industries, Inc). He was instrumental in implementing one of the first Transportation Management Systems (TMS) offered in the United States into James River’s centralize truckload dispatch “Load Control Center.” His responsibility as General Manager included managing James River’s private fleet business and their Load Control Center. These two operations represented $200 million of transportation spent annually. Prior to his position as General Manager, he served as Controller/Financial Accountant at both James River and Chesapeake Corporation.

Keith holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Longwood University and an MBA from College of William and Mary. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

He is married and has three children: Maria, Christian and Anna. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, watching baseball and football, and spending time with friends and family.