FirstMile announces addition to executive team

SALT LAKE CITY, April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstMile, a leading innovator in the parcel and mail e-commerce industry, announced today that the company has appointed Scott Riddle as Operating Group President. 

"Scott is a proven executive with solid operations, sales and financial acumen as well as a long track record of building value in the transportation and logistics space. We look forward to benefiting from his insights and experience as a leading member of our executive team," said Devin Johnson, Founder and CEO of FirstMile. "We are excited to have a proven leader with such well-rounded experience added to our team. He has a depth of knowledge that will allow us to continue our rapid growth and build out our network to fulfill the needs of our demanding e-commerce customers."

Scott has been recognized for driving outstanding results and building nationally recognized teams in both operations and sales. Prior to joining FirstMile, Riddle successfully helped to build notable market-leading supply chain companies. His experience runs the spectrum from air forwarding and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping to warehousing, e-commerce fulfillment and same-day logistics. He has helped build some of the fastest growing and most profitable companies in their respective industries. 

"FirstMile has really created their own market in the parcel and mail e-commerce space. They have found a way to create tremendous value for customers and their geometric growth rates speak to that directly," noted Riddle. "I am thrilled to be able to join such a dynamic and entrepreneurial team and to help execute a strategy that will make FirstMile a household name in the e-commerce space in the markets where that is not already the case." 

Riddle studied at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he earned his B.S.B.A. in Finance.

About FirstMile:
FirstMile specializes is complete front end e-commerce solutions for both domestic and international shippers. Our clients are able to utilize our front end solutions ranging from technology for multi-channel order management solutions to multi-carrier label services, flexible daily pickups and carrier injections for shipping all over the world. FirstMile also provides complete front end solutions for e-commerce shippers globally that seamlessly integrate into parcel and mail carrier networks around the world. FirstMile is one of Utah's fastest growing companies.

SOURCE FirstMile