Dave Menzel, the President and Chief Operating Officer at Echo Global Logistics, gave a good speech in which he overviewed the US transportation landscape at the Descartes Evolution conference last week. At the same conference another top executive of Echo – Jay Gustafson the Senior Vice President of Carrier Operations – spoke on a panel with two other logistics service providers about technology trends enabling growth in freight brokerage. Between Mr. Menzel and Mr. Gustafson, Echo provided a good overview of the US freight brokerage technology landscape.