Con-Way promotes Conaway

J. Edwin “Ed” Conaway has been named the new vp-sales for Ann Arbor, MI-based LTL carrier Con-Way Transportation Services.

A 22-year transportation veteran, Conaway is responsible for Con-Way’s $2.6 billion worth of annual sales from its four LTL operating units (Con-Way Central Express, Con-Way Southern Express, Con-Way Western Express and Con-Way Canada Express), three supply-chain groups (Con-Way NOW, Con-Way Air and Con-Way Truckload) and Con-Way Mexico Express.

Conaway began in trucking his family’s trucking company, Gordon's Transports of Memphis, TN. In 1987 he joined Con-Way Western Express (CWX) as a service center manager in Sacramento, CA, eventually working his way up to president & CEO of Con-Way NOW in 2000.