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New LA Office Opens for American Global Logistics

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AMERICAN GLOBAL LOGISTICS (AGL) is pleased to announce the opening of its new branch office in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

As a member of the Inc 5000 for 2012, AGL is one of America’s fastest growing companies. “As a customer service based company, we knew we had to expand into the Los Angeles area to be closer to our West Coast based customers as well as have a coast to coast office network,” comments Chad Rosenberg, CEO. “We are excited to add to our all-star team and further grow our company’s footprint throughout the US. The Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports are the busiest ports in the US and combined, make up the 6th busiest port in the World. This was an area that we have long wanted a local presence and the timing is perfect. Our office in Los Angeles will be similar to our Virginia and Charlotte office in that it will house both sales and customer service operations teams.“

American Global Logistics, led by CEO Chad Rosenberg and a team of experienced logistics professionals, is a logistics provider specializing in customized logistics solutions for our selective clients. AGL offers a gamut of end-to-end ocean and air transportation services along with documentation, information management and deployment with a focus on complete supply chain visibility,shipment management and customer integration. AGL handles shipments varying from less than container loads to full container loads as well as overweight and oversize cargo for both ocean, air and over the road freight forwarding. Our contractual relationships with first tier carriers allow us to provide our clients with timely service, proper space allocation, and competitive rates. These relationships allow us to address space allocation, lead time, and landed cost requirements in order to build a custom-made program that provides comprehensive and best in industry logistics solutions.

AGL and Chad Rosenberg named on Inc. Magazine 5,000 List

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Chad Rosenberg and American Global LogisticsAmerican Global Logistics has just been named on Inc. Magazine’s exclusive 5000 list. This prestigious award, which is given to privately held, independent, U.S.-based companies, is one of the many that American Global Logistics has been honored with since the company’s inception in 2007. The Inc. 5000 list recognizes private companies that have achieved the nation’s strongest three-year median revenue growth. Placement in the 5000 list is a crucial benchmark for the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs- with the 2012 honorees having created over 400,000 jobs in the past three years. In a stagnant economic environment, the median growth rate of 2012 Inc. 500|5000 companies remains an impressive 97 percent and the companies on this year’s list report aggregate revenue of $299 billion. American Global Logistics is proud to be recognized among the top of its class.

The vision for American Global Logistics started with the desire to form an employee-owned company that allowed employees to take ownership of their roles and provide a great incentive to make the right choices for the company. This foundation helped AGL go from $36 million in revenue in 2008 to over $150 million in 2011.
When asked the reason for American Global Logistics’ success, Chad Rosenberg, President and CEO, explains, “The greatest contributing factor to AGL’s success has been its all-star team comprised of knowledgeable, hard-working, and dedicated professionals. Through our customer centric methods, we have been able to achieve growth at a very fast pace without sacrificing high standards of service. Our growth is based almost solely on referrals, so our success is really a reflection of the level of satisfaction that we provide our customers.”

American Global Logistics, led by CEO Chad Rosenberg and a team of experienced logistics professionals, is a logistics provider specializing in customized logistics solutions for our selective clients. We offer a gamete of end-to-end ocean and air transportation services along with documentation and information management and deployment. We can handle shipments varying from less than container loads to full container loads as well as overweight and oversize cargo for both ocean, air and over the road freight forwarding. Our contractual relationships with first tier carriers allow us to provide our clients with timely service, proper space allocation, and competitive rates.

Chad Rosenberg and AGLEF Partner with Needy Organizations

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Several employees identified organizations whose missions are dependent on the shipping of goods. This has provided ideal partnership opportunities for AGL and, through the AGLEF, the following containers were moved at cost or at no charge:

  • Children International is a nonprofit, humanitarian organization dedicated to easing the burdens of poverty on children. AGLEF facilitated the move of two containers, first a container of books from Guthrie, K to Guatemala and then soap from Charleston to Barranouilla.
  • Global Soap Projects collects slightly used bars of soap from various hotels and recycles them into new bars of soap to distribute to needy populations.
  • MedShare is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that collects usable medical supplies and equipment and redistributes it to healthcare facilities in underserved communities around the world. AGLEF facilitated the move of two containers. The first went from Decatur, GA to Bolivia and the second went from Oakland, CA to North Manila.

Trip To Panama  - Chad Rosenberg and Jim Briles Host Visit in March

Participants, in addition to Chad and Jim, were Otto Valdes, Jim Markey from TBC Tire, Merredith Muscattelo from Bassett Furniture and Greg Brinkman from WS Badcock. In addition to touring the canal, they visited an orphanage in Panama. Based on a conversation that Otto had with one of the nuns who runs the orphanage, the AGL team knew that the 150 children in the orphanage needed dress shoes. After spending two hours shopping for the shoes, the group went to the orphanage and handed out the shoes (and candy) to a lot of the kids.

Jim Briles sent an email describing the experience and its effects on him “The orphanage was actually far nicer than I think we were all expecting and at first
glance appears to be well off. However, after speaking with the nuns, they informed us that everything is donated, included their daily food needs. Therefore, without daily food donations, the 150 kids do not eat. As nice as the orphanage appeared, it really hit home how much of a daily struggle they have. I am more
than thankful I got to participate in this experience. AGL, though our foundation will have a strong focus going forward on helping others through charities, volunteerism, etc. Please be prepared and on the look out as we will be working to get everyone much more involved in the foundation going forward and I hope it can be rewarding for everyone as this one trip was for me!”

Video: Chad Rosenberg on Today in America

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Far from being exclusive to any one field, Today in America with Terry Bradshaw successfully blends business news stories, lifestyle features and in-depth interviews with doctors, scientists, inventors, business owners, philanthropists and newsmakers from a variety of industries. Today in America is the first show of its genre hosted by Terry Bradshaw that’s geared towards the educated, affluent viewer. American Global Logistics is featured on this episode of Today in America with Terry Bradshaw to explore the supply-chain economy.

Chad Rosenberg: AGL Winner of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 50 Pacesetters

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Chad Rosenberg and AGL (American Global Logistics) was honored a winner Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 16th Annual Pacesetter Awards for one of Atlanta’s fastest 50 growing companies. Chad Rosenberg (CEO of American Global Logistics and previous owner of Global Link Logistics) is honored to be apart of such a prestigious list of Atlanta, GA based companies.

American Global Logistics Wins Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Annual Pacesetter Awards
April 27, 2012

Prestigious award honor Atlanta’s 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 27, 2012 — American Global Logistics was named a winner of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 16th Annual Pacesetter Awards honoring Atlanta’s 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies. With revenue growth of nearly 316% between 2009 and 2011, AGL won the prestigious award for the second straight year — earning the 8th spot on the region’s leading business publication’s exclusive ranking.

The vision for American Global Logistics started with the desire to form and employee-owned company that allowed employees to take ownership of their roles and provide a great incentive to make the right choices for the company. Part of the company’s business strategy involved giving each client one point of contact during the entire logistics process. This foundation helped AGL go from $36 million in revenue in 2008 to over $150 million in 2011.

“AGL has assembled and all-star team, made up of top customer service professionals, whom we’ve worked with throughout the past 15 years. This has allowed AGL to grow at a very fast pace, primarily through referrals, while being able to maintain our service level,” said Chad Rosenberg, CEO.

AGL provides a range of expertise for clients, from ocean and air inbound and outbound logistics to warehouse and distribution and supply chain management.

Responsible for documentation and information management and deployment, AGL handles shipments that vary from less than container loads to full container loads as well as overweight and oversize cargo.

The company credits its growth over the past three years to its service model; which provides immediate and effective responsiveness to the client. Another major growth factor is the dedication of AGL’s employees, which helped the company maintain customers service throughout expansion.

“The biggest challenge with growing quickly in a service-based business is outgrowing your customer service, “ Rosenberg said. “ We are trying to maintain the fine line between accelerated growth, but not at the detriment of our high service level.”

Rosenberg expects AGL to continue growing at 20 percent to 30 percent over the next five years.

“We plan on partnering with one high-volume customer per quarter to control our growth and maintain our focus on customer service,” he said.

Top 25 Entrepreneurs to Watch: Chad Rosenberg and American Global Logistics

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In November 2011, GH&I named Chad Rosenberg (previous owner of Global Link Logistics and current CEO of American Global Logistics) one of their top 25 Entrepreneurs to watch for 2012. This is a great honor for Chad Rosenberg and AGL as we move forward in 2012.

GH&I congratulates the 2011 Business to Business Top 25 Entrepreneurs and Ones to Watch
November 21, 2011

ATLANTA, GA – For the fifth consecutive year, GH&I joined Business to Business magazine in selecting and honoring the Top 25 Entrepreneurs and Ones to Watch.

Each year, Business to Business solicits nominations from entrepreneurs in the greater Atlanta area whose companies have made between $2 million and $100 million in sales. By mid-September, with all the nominations collected, a team of GH&I accountants and business advisors visits and interviews the CEO nominee of each nominated business. This team confirms the financial information against audited statements or tax returns, and ultimately determines the chosen honorees based on factors of growth, profitability, sustainability and entrepreneurship.

“This year’s competition produced a wide industry base of quality nominations from across the Atlanta marketplace,” said Dick Ingwersen, founding partner of GH&I. “Although we limited our group of candidates to companies under $100 million in sales, the combined annual revenues for the nominees was approximately $990 million, just shy of $1 billion.”

This year’s winners are:

1. Kevin Broyles & James Fisher – FSB FisherBroyles LLP
2. Joe Ventura & Josh Nazarian – Principle Solutions Group
3. Keith Kantor – Service Foods, Inc.
4. Scott Drobes & Brad Birdwell – Third Law Sourcing
5. Dwayne Hayes – Exalt Integrated Technologies LLC
6. Reggie Bradford – Vitrue, Inc.
7. Derek Odegard – Centrics IT
8. Chad Rosenberg – American Global Logistics
9. Jim Denny – Navicure
10. Stacey Scott – Elgia, Inc.
11. James Kilkelly – Apto Solutions, Inc.
12. Bill Maner – Edge Capital Partners LLC
13. Tom Beaty – Insight Sourcing Group
14. Dana Spinola – fab’rik Boutique and Franchise
15. Hal Blackman – IST Management Services
16. Michele Velcheck – Solid Source Realty, Inc.
17. Satya Tiwari – Surya Carpet, Inc.
18. Tim Wise – Advocate Networks
19. Marcia Miller – Mud Pie LLC
20. Bill Nussey – Silverpop
21. Clint Bailey – Hunter Technical Resources
22. Bobby Gibson – Villas Caribe
23. Wade Terrell – West Cobb Engineering & Tool Co.
24. Arul Murugan – enrich IT, Inc.
TIE for 25. Martha Renshaw – Tele-Consultants, Inc.
and Rodney Greene & Jody Greene – LaserCraft Technologies, Inc.

The Ones to Watch list included:
David Cummings, Pardot Marketing Automation
Sean Cook & Josh Lloyd, Shop Visible
Lisa Calhoun, Write2Market, Inc.
Mike Matacunas, The Parker Avery Group

Honorees were recognized at a gala awards dinner on November 3 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. The entrepreneurs are featured in the November/December issue of Business to Business.

About GH&I

Founded in 1980, Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen LLP (GH&I) is a full-service accounting, audit, business advisory, tax and financial services provider serving a broad spectrum of middle-market clients, including corporations and closely-held businesses as well as partnerships, startup companies, joint ventures, estates, trusts, nonprofit organizations and high net worth individuals. GH&I is one of the ten largest locally-based CPA firms in Atlanta, and has been rated among the “Best of the Best” nationally by INSIDE Public Accounting. For more information, visit ghi-cpa.com.

News: Container Services Donated by American Global Logistics Employee Foundation

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Chad Rosenberg: Below is our latest announcement for AGLEF on supporting the Children’s International charity.

American Global Logistics Employee Foundation (AGLEF) has partnered with Children’s International to donate containerized freight services for two projects, one to Barranquilla, Columbia and one  to Guatemala City, Guatemala.  ”We are pleased and honored to partner with Children’s International on these projects.  Children’s provides need based supplies to some of the poorest areas in the world and we were fortunate to use our expertise in logistics to support this Charity” said Chad Rosenberg from AGLEF.

The American Global Logistics Employee Foundation was created in 2011 with a gift from American Global Logistics of $1million.  The goal of the foundation is to create a bridge for under served populations and organizations, that give individuals the opportunity to improve their lives.  We are an international organization that operates on a global scale, yet believes in the impact we can make by giving back locally.   AGLEF encourages its employees involvement who will assist and determine how the foundation will support the needs of our local communities.

As a nonprofit humanitarian organization, Children’s International strives to help children around the world overcome the burdens of poverty to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society.  This goal is achieved primarily through child sponsorship, which unites children in need with individual sponsors who wish to address the children’s immediate and basic needs, and gives them the tools and opportunities necessary for success.  In addition to sponsorship, we work to further improve the living conditions of children and families who live in poverty. Through  projects such as latrine building, clean-water initiatives and income-generation programs, we help families live healthier and happier lives.  We continue to provide safe, sturdy homes for impoverished families who suffer in substandard housing. Through our housing program, we’ve built hundreds of new homes for victims of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and fires; and thousands of homes have been repaired and upgraded with sturdy roofs and concrete floors.