Hugh Ekberg was appointed President and CEO of CRST, The Transportation Solution in October 2018. He joined CRST in 2016 as Group President & Chief Operating Officer. Ekberg brings over 25 years of strategic business leadership to the CRST family of companies. He last served as President – Kitchen & Bath Americas for Kohler Company.
Prior to Kohler he was Division President and a Board Member at Weitz Company, (a full-service general construction and design build firm). Prior to Weitz, Ekberg was with Hirsh Industries (manufacturer of consumer and commercial storage products), in various progressive roles, including EVP of Operations, COO and President.
Ekberg holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, an MBA in marketing and organizational design from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Ekberg is a Member of the Advisory Board for Master of Product Design and Development Management Program at Northwestern University, an educational counselor for MIT, Chair of the Policy Board for the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, member of the Advisory Board of Directors of Uline, member of the Board of Directors of the American Transportation Research Institute, member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Iowa Motor Truck Association and Chair of the Independent Contractor Policy Committee of the American Trucking Associations.