10 XPO regional operations leaders
Regional Vice President for the California Region, Vice President, Tri-State Region and President, East Division are among the current titles held by these XPO regional operations leaders, who run or have run regions of the network for XPO. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at XPO from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alan Benjamin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Regional · XPO
Alan Benjamin has been Vice President, Regional at XPO since January 2023, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At XPO, Alan Benjamin was also Detroit District General Manager (2016 to 2023), Director of Lean Operations (2015 to 2016) and Sr Manager of Lean Operations (2014 to 2015), and earlier was Lean Project Manager at Con-way Freight (2011 to 2014).
Jacques Atkins
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Coastal Carolina Region · XPO
Jacques Atkins has been Vice President, Coastal Carolina Region at XPO since July 2023, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and the profile headline gives the title as Vice President, Southeast. At XPO, Jacques Atkins was also Senior Director (2023), Senior Manager, Service Center One (2019 to 2023) and Service Center Manager (2017 to 2019).
Jesse Cox
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Southwest · XPO
Jesse Cox has been Vice President, Southwest at XPO since July 2023, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and the profile headline gives the title as Vice President, Pacific Northwest. At XPO, Jesse Cox was also Senior Director, District (2022 to 2023), Senior Manager, Service Center 1 (2017 to 2021) and Service Center Manager (2014 to 2017).
John Ciappi
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · XPO
John Ciappi has been Regional Vice President at XPO since July 2023, based in the New York City area. At XPO, John Ciappi was also District General Manager (2017 to 2023), and earlier was Regional Manager at LaserShip (2016 to 2017), District Manager East Operations at MXD Group (2014 to 2016) and General Manager at DHL (2007 to 2014).
Juan Melero
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President for the California Region · XPO
Juan Melero has been Regional Vice President for the California Region at XPO since July 2023, based in Ontario, California. At XPO, Juan Melero was also Senior Director Orange District (2019 to 2023), District General Manager (2018 to 2019) and District Operations Manager (2017 to 2018), and earlier was General Manager at Sears (2013 to 2017).
Lee Randolph
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · XPO
Lee Randolph held the title Regional Vice President at XPO from January 2023 to May 2026, based in the Grand Rapids area, and the profile now lists Lee Randolph as retired. At XPO, Lee Randolph was also Senior Director, Portland District (2021 to 2023), and the profile lists Service Center Manager at Old Dominion Freight Line (2017 to 2021) and Distribution Center Manager at YRC Freight (2016 to 2017).
Michael Allen
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Tri-State Region · XPO
Michael Allen has been Vice President, Tri-State Region at XPO since February 2026, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey. At XPO, Michael Allen was also Senior Director of Operations Excellence (2024 to 2026), District Network Senior Manager (2018 to 2024), Service Center Manager (2015 to 2018) and Operations Manager (2014 to 2015).
Nicholas Yetsko
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · XPO
Nicholas Yetsko has been Regional Vice President at XPO since January 2023, based in St Charles, Missouri. At XPO, Nicholas Yetsko was also Senior Director, District Operation (2018 to 2023), District General Manager (2017 to 2018) and held service center and lean operations manager roles from 2011 to 2017, and the profile describes a focus on optimizing freight delivery in LTL operations.
Shawn Besharse
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · XPO
Shawn Besharse has been Regional Vice President at XPO since January 2023, based in Houston, Texas, and the profile headline places the role in the XPO Southwest. Shawn Besharse also lists a Senior Director role at XPO from 2020 and Service Center Manager roles at XPO, including 2014 to 2016 and 2017 to 2020.
Tim Staroba
LinkedInExperience: President, East Division · XPO
Tim Staroba has been President, East Division at XPO since October 2021, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At XPO, Tim Staroba was also Senior Vice President (2020 to 2021), Regional Vice President (2016) and Vice President, Operations-Eastern (2015 to 2016), and the profile lists a seat on the Business Advisory Council of the Northwestern University Transportation Center.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's region to your question, since leaders of different parts of the network see different day-to-day problems. Check the roles each person held before the regional post, such as service center, district or outside logistics roles, because each path shapes how they describe running a region.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you divide your time across the sites and people in your region?
- 02What measures do you review first each week to judge how your region is performing?
- 03What changed most in your work when you took on a whole region?
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