Craig Fiander joins FourKites; leaves ALK after 20 years.

FourKites, provider of a cloud-based platform for supply chain visibility and real-time tracking, announced that Craig Fiander has joined the company as senior vice president of business development.

Craig was most recently vice president, strategic alliances for the enterprise solutions business unit at ALK Technologies, a Trimble Company. In this role, Craig led the channel strategy and owned the global relationships with logistics software providers including JDA, Oracle, SAP, Manhattan, McLeod, MercuryGate, Descartes, Skybitz and TMW Systems, among others.

Prior to this role, for over 20 years, Craig held various product management and marketing positions at ALK.

“With so many technology startups in the transportation and logistics industry, it’s been very impressive to see the adoption of FourKites’ solution by a significant number of large shippers and logistics services providers (LSPs),” Fiander said.

“Craig’s industry experience and deep relationships makes him the perfect fit to help lead FourKites’ strategic business initiatives,” said Dave Walker, chief revenue officer of FourKites.