Jacksonville, Florida - The JZ Expedited Companies are pleased to announce the addition of Chris Sloope as Vice President of International Operations and Sales. Chris Sloope comes to the team with over 20 years of experience and knowledge within the international scene having spent 10 years as a Senior Account Executive at Crowley Maritime and 10 years as Director of Sales and Vice President at the Americas Group which represents the three companies of CMI, Globalnex and Kompas Line. Sloope’s responsibilities include growing new business development opportunities, cementing existing vendor relationships and overseeing all 3 operations of Brokerage, Asset Based Trucking, U.S Customs Bonded – Foreign Trade Zone Warehousing. Robert Fox, CEO comments “My experience of working with Chris during my time at Crowley was nothing but positive. He brings a lot to the table and has a customer centric focus that is second to none. We are delighted to have him on board and are excited about the improved services we will now be able to offer”. Fox further mentioned “Chris immediately becomes a key component to our entire operation and will help take our company to the next level. JZ is committed to a continuing focus on improvement and this just the first of many big things ahead”.