FreightVineMarch-2019

Carey Iwahashi: The Joker

Very few people in the company know who Carey is, and that includes people working at Corporate. He is the EDI member that works far behind the computer screen helping to make sure the files sent to and from our customers are arriving correctly while making system stability improvements. He’s kind of like the class clown of the department while being one of the hardest workers. He used to work at Konami

(a video game company) in EDI and as you can guess, he’s a bit of a gamer himself. When he’s not working on an EDI project, he is either remodeling his house, assisting his daughter on video game inspired costumes, cruising on his motorcycle, or writing restaurant reviews for Yelp. There is probably more that he does on his free time, but you would have to ask him yourself…at your own risk.

Jill Smith: Team Mom

Another person in the company that is not well known outside of IT and TMS is Jill. She and Carey are two sides of the same coin. A mom that can do it all: working on TMS projects for Costco and KIK while taking her kids to all of their sporting events. She can develop onboard data integrations for ALX, EDI, and TMS customers while still attending her kid’s

games. With 20 years in the EDI industry, she was a consultant for ALC for years before becoming full-time. Though she works from home in Tennessee, it’s always fun hearing her dog, Dixie chime in every once in a while during our conference calls. From spending time on a lake waterskiing barefoot to checking out Dolly Parton last October to cheering for her local sports teams, the Tennessee Volunteers and Nashville Predators, she is far from the norm of what you would think of a typical IT person.