About Us

A team with a mission to treat people better…

With the onset of the pandemic, everything humanity knew changed overnight in countless ways. At the forefront of essential industries, transportation networks fought to keep goods moving despite extremely strained carrier networks and the overly taxing hours demanded of thinly stretched industry employees. As time went on the ‘cost’ of shipping had dual meaning, when dependability in providers also waned with historical high employee turnover within the transportation industry. Shippers found it near impossible to find a dependable, honest, transportation partner who wouldn’t take advantage of soaring prices for making record profits.

100 +

Years of Experience

Project Cargo | Team
It was a conversation we had about integrity in 2021 that set our course at Project Cargo. Having worked together as like-minded leaders for 20+ years at a very high level, we decided to use our industry expertise for creating a standout, highly dependable transportation service where clients can always go for bespoke solutions, meaningful results, honest transparency, service with a smile and without sacrifice of value in client relationships.
Today with our HQ in Bend, we are proud of our quick growth due to our valued loyal clients, vast partnership network and our expert team who passionately guides decision makers through any market fluctuations, daily. We distinctly standout with our core values, clear communication and emphasis on teamwork to pivotally get the job done. We look to earn all business by ensuring that no matter what, you are always happy with our dependable service as your one stop, multimodal transportation partner. Thank you for the privilege to earn your business.

Our values make the difference

Experience

100+ combined years of multimodal industry experience for meaningful solutions.

Integrity

We do what we say and say what we do. 

Relationships

As an extension of your team we believe in mutual trust and respect for effective collaboration, every step of the way.

Transparency

Remaining factual from start to finish, providing clear visibility as a dependable partner.

Passion

Driven to bring our love for what we do to our partners daily.

Teamwork

Together we achieve what individualism cannot. Individual skills + constant collaboration = optimal results for our partners.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Dan DeSpain

President | Founder

Dan has enjoyed an extensive career as an extremely well-liked leader across various successful companies over the last 35+ years, founding 8 separate companies. Ranging in duties from being a former hedge fund President, co-creator of Freight Lanes, RVP at a top industry 3pl as well as creator of Project Cargo, he knows this business and greatly values relationships.

Hobbies: Married 37 years, father of 2 great daughters and loves spending time with his grandsons. (2 more on the way!)

“I love business and continuously talking about how to make it better. Our team at Project Cargo is hands down the best in the industry, I am in awe daily of the talent pool we have on our team. We love our clients even

Aaron Mason

Vice President of Growth | Managing Partner

Years in the industry: 16+

Saginaw Valley State University Alumni / Semester at Sea Alumni

Interests: World Exploration, History, Boating, Detroit Sports, Hiking, Wine / Bourbon Tasting.

Fun Fact: At 21, Aaron pioneered the Semester at Sea program for his university and has traveled to 45+ countries on 6 continents. Aaron has made a full-time career out of listening to the needs of clients and streamlining solutions for meaningful results. Family is everything to him.

“The world we live in today is ultra-fast and ever evolving. The harmonization of truly understanding our client’s specific needs, creating constantly evolving solutions with such a talented internal team and seeing the immense value we provide our clients through meaningful results daily is amongst the greatest things I have had the privilege of being a part of. There is nothing we cannot do with this team!”

Erica Krugh

Sr. Director of Business Development | Managing Partner

Years in the industry: 18+ years

Hobbies: Gardening, Movies, Classic Cars and all water sports.

Fun fact: I have 3 classic cars that keep me busy! I also love playing pool and get excited when called a “pool-shark”.

“I love being part of a company that I am helping grow from the ground up. It’s a rewarding experience that I never dreamed of. I work with some of the most amazing and talented people, and I enjoy meeting all kinds of new people all over the US and beyond.”

RJ Bonfiglio

Vice President of Operations | Managing Partner

Years in the industry: 16+

Hobbies / Interests: All Motorsports, Golf, Cincinatti Bengals, Oregon Ducks, Blazers.

Fun Fact: Once did 183 mph during a ride along at Texas Motor Speedway.

“Helping clients make the impossible possible, is the most rewarding feeling to me. I love what we do daily and my passion is to grow our grassroots business with our amazing team.”

Parker Wooldridge

Director of Operations | Managing Partner

Years in the industry: 8+

Hobbies: Anything outdoors, hunting, fishing, camping, ski biking, golfing & spending time with my family.

Western Oregon University Alumni.

Fun Fact – Former baseball pitcher for the Bend Elks, used to be able to throw 92mph.

“My goal is to help build Project Cargo into an industry logistical leader through servicing our clients exceptionally.”

Tyler Perry

Vice President of Business Development | Managing Partner

Years in the industry: 10+ years

Interests: Sports, Boating, Rafting, Camping, Outdoors, World Travel

Oregon State University Alumni

Fun Fact: Worked internationally as a multi-program educator for 7+ years!

“I want to live life to the fullest every single day and surround myself with the most fantastic people I know both professionally and privately. Making clients happy is what drives me. Project Cargo allows me the perfect balance to accomplish all of these things and that is exciting to me.”