#14 - From Everest to Freight - Johnny Davison, Hitrak Founder & CEO

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Previously titled “From Everest to Freight - Johnny Davison, Hitrak Founder & CEO” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 17, 2026

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Recorded17 Sep 2026

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In this episode, I sit down with Johnny Davison, founder of Hightrak, a transport management system built by freight people for freight operators.Johnny's path into logistics is anything but typical. He grew up in Auckland, became a certified mountain guide, spent six months in Antarctica, guided Denali and summited Everest in 2010. Endless logistics planning in base camps turned out to be the perfect training for a career in freight.We cover:How a Mainfreight director convinced him to swap mountains for depotsStarting his own freight company in 2019 and building a TMS in-houseWinning big box retailers like Bunnings, JB Hi-Fi and Farmers as a two-truck operatorWhy they sold the freight business and kept the techGetting drivers and ops teams to actually adopt new systemsHightrak's expansion into Fiji, Singapore and Australia

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