Episode #97: Rick LaGore - InTek Freight and Logistics, Inc.

I’ve been a Midwesterner my whole life: 10 years in Detroit, 10 years in Toledo and since graduating from THE Ohio State University 34 years ago have lived in Indianapolis.

Over the 34 years I’ve held a variety of leadership positions in finance, strategy, operations, sales and marketing in the auto, publishing, mobile phone and logistics industries.

In 2016, my long-time business partner of 26 years, Shelli Austin, and I had the opportunity to purchase the business we started in 2003.

InTek Freight & Logistics is a North American focused non-asset logistics company offering a variety of supply chain solutions and technology to shippers, with its primary focus being domestic intermodal shipping solutions.

I’ve been blessed to be surrounded by incredible people over the years that have helped me along the way.

In 2005, I was one of the 40 Under Forty Honorees as listed by the Indianapolis Business Journal and over a few short years after the acquisition the efforts of the entire InTek team has been recognized both locally and nationally in growth and work-life balance:

 

1. Indiana Business Journal FAST 25 - 2021 & 2022, Top 5 finishes in the fastest growing privately held company in Indiana.

2. Inc 5000 - 2022 & 2023: 1541 and 1484 fastest growing companies in the United States.

3. 2023 Best Places to Work - Indiana Chamber of Commerce: Listed as the 25th out of the 125 employers to work in Indiana.

 

In honor of the fellow business owners in your life that had an impact on you becoming the person you are today, let’s celebrate them. Click this link to apply to be on our podcast to recognize those people: https://www.BeMADTogether.com