PreShiftIQ™ was founded by Dave Pattelli, a transportation and logistics executive with nearly 30 years of experience spanning operations, enterprise technology, strategic partnerships, and executive advisory roles.

Dave’s career bridges the full transportation ecosystem — including shippers, logistics service providers, carriers, and SaaS technology platforms — with deep, hands-on exposure to how transportation actually runs at scale. His background includes leading complex enterprise TMS initiatives, advising on platform selection and deployment, and supporting some of the largest TMS transactions in the industry.

Across multiple venture-backed and enterprise organizations, Dave has built and scaled strategic partnerships, launched new transportation technology platforms, and served as a trusted advisor to executive teams navigating growth, modernization, and organizational change. His work has included enterprise sales leadership, managed services design, multi-mode RFP leadership, and hands-on solution architecture across LTL, truckload, multimodal, and managed transportation environments.

Earlier in his career, Dave held senior operational and commercial leadership roles within asset and non-asset based carriers, managing large terminals, P&L responsibility, and frontline sales teams. This operational foundation informs a practical, execution-focused perspective on transportation technology — ensuring recommendations are grounded in reality, not theory or software-driven assumptions.

Today, that experience shapes PreShiftIQ’s approach: disciplined, operator-led guidance designed to help organizations make confident transportation technology decisions that perform in production environments, not just in presentations.

Education, Credentials & Professional Recognition

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  • Master of Science, Management & Organizational Behavior (MSMOB)

  • Six Sigma Black Belt

  • Agile Leader Certification (Scrum)

  • BSG Grand Champion, International Strategy (International competition among global business schools)

  • Member: SMC3, TIA

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Too much is at stake for a partnership to falter in the 'translation' phase. I launched PreShiftIQ™ to ensure that buy-side intent and sell-side reality are perfectly aligned. If you’d like a second set of eyes on the friction points in your operation, let’s connect for a strategy session.

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