Allan Davis talks about Dynamo, a logistics and transportation accelerator launched by Access America founders.Steam Logistics has hired one of the founders of Access America Transport and the Dynamo Fund, Allan Davis, as the company’s chief technology officer to help the company grow its international logistics industry.
Davis was formerly chief operating officer for Access America, the Chattanooga-based third-party logistics company that grew to $500 million in annual sales before selling to Chicago-based Coyote Logistics in 2014. Davis became an owner and board member of Steam when it was founded in 2012.
“We are really excited to have Allan join us,” said Jason Provonsha, Steam’s CEO. “It’s been nice to have his insight and guidance as a board member, but now we will have him with us full time to help us continue to bring innovation to an industry that is ripe for change.”
Davis is a serial entrepreneur and is also one of the founders of Lamp Post Group, the venture capital incubator he launched in 2010 with his fellow Access America founders, Ted Alling and Barry Large. Lamp Post helped launch a number of businesses, including Bellhops, Ambition, AAT Carriers, Steam Logistics, and Reliance Partners.
“The past few years working with-and investing in-a whole host of start-ups has been really rewarding,” Davis said. “But now I’m ready to get back into the daily hustle of building a company. Steam is already growing like crazy and I’m excited to help drive that even faster.”