Evan Pohaski

Evan Pohaski is the founder, president, and CEO of JLE Industries and has served as the CEO since inception. Under his leadership, the company has achieved remarkable growth, increasing in size and scope from business plan conception to now one of the largest industrial freight solution platforms in North America. As a recipient of the esteemed EY Entrepreneur of the Year® award in 2022, Evan and his team were globally recognized for their efforts in bringing much needed innovation and impact to the commercial driver workforce that supports the nation’s $782 billion Truckload industry.

Prior to founding JLE Industries, Pohaski was Vice President at the lodging REIT Sunstone Hotel Investors and worked as an investment professional at the Chicago based hedge fund, The Harp Group, where he was Vice President of Structure Private Equity in lodging real estate products. Pohaski began his career working in mergers and acquisitions at Jones Lang LaSalle, advising corporations and private equity firms on a wide variety of debt and equity transactions within the lodging sector.

Mr. Pohaski holds an MBA degree in Finance and Economics from the University of California Paul Merage School of Business where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma, and a BS degree from Cornell University, cum laude.