USA Truck names new president of trucking operations

Van Buren-based USA Truck announced Tuesday (Sept. 29) that Martin Tewari will be president of trucking effective Sept. 30. The position is new to the trucking and logistics company.

Tewari, 51, will be responsible for the company’s trucking operations, pricing, and sales, and will report to USA Truck President and CEO Tom Glaser.

Tewari, who has more than 25 years of experience in the transportation industry, joins USA Truck from Con-way Truckload, where he served as vice president, operations since 2010. At Con-way he oversaw the operations of almost 3,000 company drivers and dedicated owner operators with a fleet of 2,900 tractors and 8,000 trailers. Tewari served as vice president, sales and revenue management at Con-way Truckload from 2006 to 2010.

“We are delighted to welcome Martin to USA Truck,” Glaser said in a statement. “His appointment and the broad range of responsibilities with which he is charged illustrate the steps we have designed to accelerate the pace of improvement in our Trucking operations.”

“We believe Martin’s deep industry knowledge and unsurpassed operational expertise will help us build a best-in-class and consistently profitable Trucking operation. We also expect the centralization of responsibility for Trucking operations, pricing and sales into a single position to enable us to enhance cross-functional awareness, discipline and collaboration throughout our organization.”

Tewari began his career in transportation in 1989 at MS Carriers, where he was divisional sales manager for six years. He served as vice president, sales with Roehl Transport from 2001 to 2006.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and a master’s degree of business administration from the University of Manchester Business School in England.

USA Truck also announced the resignation of Russell Overla, who previously served as executive vice president, truckload operations.