Hayden Cardiff is the Vice President of Safety Solutions at Descartes Systems Group, where he drives the strategy and deployment of next-generation fleet safety technologies. He stepped into this executive role following Descartes’ April 2026 acquisition of Idelic, a pioneering trucking safety management platform he co-founded and led as Chief Executive Officer.

An expert in predictive data analytics, Cardiff has dedicated his career to helping commercial fleets proactively minimize driving risks and prevent accidents.

He is a prominent transportation industry thought leader, serving on committees for the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the American Trucking Associations (ATA), and the National Private Truck Council (NPTC). Cardiff holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Susan Crampton is a Field Marketing Manager at Netradyne, where she leads strategic marketing initiatives, industry partnerships, and customer engagement programs across the transportation industry.

Drawing on her background in fleet safety, compliance, marketing, and association leadership, she brings a unique perspective that connects industry challenges with practical technology solutions.

A former Safety Director with more than a decade of experience in video telematics and fleet safety technology, Susan is a recognized advocate for roadway safety.

She is passionate about bringing together fleet leaders, safety professionals, industry associations, and technology providers to share best practices, foster collaboration, and advance initiatives that help make roads safer for drivers.

Rodolfo Giacoman is a leading expert in driver risk with more than 30 years of commercial motor vehicle safety experience across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Since joining Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance in October 2021, he has led the North American Fatigue Management Program under the oversight of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

He has trained thousands of transportation professionals in three countries, operates the program’s trilingual website and eLearning platform, and directs its outreach.

He brings two decades of federal program management supporting the U.S. Department of Transportation, fluency in English and Spanish, and a working relationship with CVSA that dates back to 1993.

Carrie McDougle was raised in a military family and grew up living all around the United States and overseas. She earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and worked for an engineering company prior to joining the FBI.

Mrs. McDougle entered on duty with the FBI as a Special Agent in 2002. After graduating from the FBI academy, she was assigned to the Sacramento Field Office, where she investigated organized crime, gangs and drug trafficking. In 2003, she joined the Sacramento Evidence Response Team and in 2007, she was selected as a member of the Sacramento SWAT team. In 2011, Mrs. McDougle transferred to the Memphis Field Office, where she continued investigating similar criminal matters. In 2012, she took on the role of Task Force Coordinator for the Memphis Cargo Theft Task Force. In 2015, she became a negotiator for the Memphis Crisis Negotiation Team.

In 2015, Mrs. McDougle was promoted to Term Supervisory Special Agent, where she supervised the squad handling gangs, violent crime, and cargo theft. She held that role until 2017, when she returned to working the same matters after the term limit expired. In 2017, Mrs. McDougle joined the FBI’s Art Crime Team.

Dan Pallme is the Assistant Chief of Planning / Passenger Transport at the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

In Dan’s role, he provides leadership on issues of rail, water, and highway freight. The division serves as a liaison between TDOT and freight stakeholders to find opportunities to improve access for existing freight and appropriately prepare for the projected increases in freight as it moves in and out of the state.

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis in transportation and a master’s from the University of Denver in Intermodal Transportation Management.

Will Partenheimer is with Bloomberg Consulting, where he is a Senior Accident Reconstructionist and a Fleet Safety Specialist.

He has over 30 years of experience in accident reconstruction, motor carrier compliance, fleet safety, and training for the transportation industry.

He holds full accreditation in accident reconstruction from the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR), is a Certified Director of Safety from NATMI, and is a certified trainer.

He specializes in commercial vehicle crashes and has considerable experience downloading and analyzing digital forensic data from tractor-trailer and automobile electronic data recorders and video event data recorders.

He also has extensive experience inspecting braking systems on tractor-trailers and heavy trucks, and he is a certified FAA drone pilot.

Gary N. Stewart is a Partner at Weber Gallagher whose practice is dedicated to defending the trucking and transportation industry, with a particular focus on commercial motor vehicle litigation and catastrophic accident response.

He represents motor carriers, drivers, and insurers in matters ranging from accident investigation through trial. Prior to becoming an attorney, Gary served in the U.S. Merchant Marine and obtained U.S. Coast Guard licenses as Master of Oceans and Chief Officer.

He is a frequent speaker on transportation law, accident response, and regulatory compliance issues affecting the trucking industry.

Stephanie Mann is the Division Administrator for the Tennessee Division of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. Stephanie began her career with the Department in 1997 as a Safety Investigator / Special Agent in the Kentucky Division and has spent her entire DOT career working in the Southern Region in commercial motor vehicle safety.

Stephanie received her undergraduate degree in Logistics & Transportation from the University of Tennessee.

Jeremy Reymer is a trucking industry leader with nearly 25 years of experience on both the carrier and vendor sides, focused on recruiting, retention, safety and compliance, and driver health.

In 2016, he founded DriverReach, a driver recruiting and compliance technology platform acquired by Tenstreet in 2025, and for 4 1/2 years he hosted the popular weekly podcast Taking the Hire Road.

In late 2024, he founded PROJECT 61, a 501(c)(3) movement named for a hard truth: the average life expectancy of a CDL driver is just 61 years, and he now leads the effort full time to tackle this epidemic and improve driver health and longevity.

Troy Dickens is the Regional General Manager for Rush Truck Centers with responsibility over TN, KY, AL, and MS.

Troy has 35 years in the industry. He graduated from Belmont University in 1990 and is a graduate of the NADA Academy (1994).

He is the Allied Vice Chairman, serves on the TN Trucking Foundation Board, and is the current Chairman of the Association’s Executive Committee.

Josh Fletcher is a corporate mentalist and keynote speaker. For two decades, for organizations like McDonald’s, Lexus, Coldwell Banker, and the United States Air Force, he’s been proving that what looks like mind-reading is really a masterclass in belief.

He’s here to make one case: the ceiling you’ve been working under was designed, not discovered. Drawn by something you believe. Built by something you repeat. And neither one is permanent.

For the next 45 minutes, he’s not going to tell you that. He’s going to let you feel it happen — in your own mind.

One warning before he starts: if there’s anything you don’t want him to know — don’t think about it.