XPO Logistics, Inc., a leading provider of freight transportation services, today announced that Jay Silberkleit has been appointed chief information officer, effective upon the spin-off of XPO’s brokered transportation platform. Silberkleit will succeed Mario Harik, XPO’s current CIO and president, less-than-truckload (LTL) – North America. As previously announced, Harik will become chief executive officer of XPO once the planned spin-off is complete.

Silberkleit’s 18-year career as an enterprise systems leader includes senior roles with Fortune 500 companies that have complex, network-based operations. He joined XPO as vice president, enterprise architecture in 2012, shortly after the company was founded, and was instrumental in the creation of XPO’s technology ecosystem, including its digital brokerage platform. In 2021, he was named senior vice president, technology, with responsibility for the company’s LTL optimization initiatives. Prior to XPO, Silberkleit most recently served as principal software engineer with Waste Management, Inc.

Harik said, “Jay has been a driving force behind the ongoing success of our proprietary technology since the early days of XPO. Under his leadership, the capabilities we develop elevate service for our customers and advance our strategy for value creation. Jay’s expertise will be pivotal when XPO emerges from the spin-off as a standalone LTL company.”

As previously announced, XPO intends to spin off its asset-light brokered transportation platform from its asset-based less-than-truckload business, creating two separate, publicly traded companies with vast growth prospects in North America. XPO expects to complete the spin-off in the fourth quarter of 2022.