Eric Beckwitt

Founder and CEO, Freightera

Eric is the chief architect and system developer at Freightera. His passion is to work at the intersection of multiple disciplines and technologies, bringing sharp people together to solve complex problems and create win-win solutions that are highly efficient, profitable, and sustainable. He has successfully found funding for, designed, engineered, and managed diverse IT projects, ranging from reports to Congress and the President of the US to global websites for international organizations and businesses for 25 years. He is well known in the environmental planning community and his work has been featured in CNN International, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Today Show, among others and is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. He is a recipient of the 2019 Clean50 Award, an author and passionate speaker on sustainability and future of freight.