Founders and Owners
Robert Wyatt President/CEO
Rick Katz
COO
Doug Bates
V.P. Director of
Operations
Jeremy Weinstein CFO
Robert Wyatt has over 20 years
experience in the delivery service industry. He began his career as a New
York City bike messenger. Founding LightSpeed in 1984, he ran the
company until a 1990 merger with Orbit. Mr. Wyatt served as
President of Orbit/LightSpeed, at the time, one of the largest
messenger companies in the United States. In November of 1995 Orbit/LightSpeed
was one of the original founding companies of CD&L with Wyatt as the
V.P. of New York City operations. In that position he merged five
companies into a single operating entity. He was subsequently
appointed President of the Northeast region, CD&L’s largest
operating division. Mr. Wyatt left CD&L in 2000 to co-found deliverEnow.com. Veredex Logistics acquired deliverEnow.com in 2001.
Mr. Wyatt served as COO of Veredex through 2001. He was a co-founder
of LightSpeed in February 2002.
Rick Katz has almost 30 years
experience in the courier industry. He began as a part time courier
while attending college. After working at Orbit Messenger Service
for 10 years, he became the Managing Partner in 1984. In 1990, Orbit
merged with LightSpeed Messenger Service, where he served as V.P. &
Director of Operations. Mr. Katz was instrumental in growing Orbit/LightSpeed
into one of the nations largest courier companies. In 1995, Orbit/LightSpeed
became one of the founding members of CD&L, where Mr. Katz served as
V.P. and NYC Regional Manager. Mr. Katz has served on the Board of
Directors of the New York State Messenger and Courier Association.
Doug Bates got his start in the
courier Industry as a bike messenger while still a student at
Columbia University. Joining Sprint Messenger Service as dispatcher,
he rose to General Manager of the company. He began working at
Orbit/LightSpeed as a Division Manager in 1989, responsible for
multiple offices processing over 2000 deliveries a day.
In 1995 when Orbit/LightSpeed became part of the CD&L IPO, Doug
became the Director of Operations for CD&L's New York City division.
He oversaw the consolidation of five companies into a single entity
during the ensuing 5 years. He was a co-founder of LightSpeed in
February 2002.
Jeremy Weinstein has over
15 years experience in the delivery service industry. He became a partner at
LightSpeed Messenger Service in 1987. In 1990, LightSpeed merged
with Orbit Messenger Service to create Orbit/LightSpeed Courier
Systems, where Mr. Weinstein served as CFO. In 1995 Orbit/LightSpeed
became one of the founding members of Consolidated Delivery &
Logistics where Mr. Weinstein served as the NYC Controller. In 1997
he was promoted to North East Region Controller. In 1999 he was
promoted to V.P. Corporate controller for the entire company. |
