Who are Saia's decision-makers?
Saia's leadership team is centered on Frederick J. Holzgrefe III, President and Chief Executive Officer, plus finance, operations, commercial, legal, and technology leaders who influence major vendor decisions.
- CEO
- Frederick J. Holzgrefe III
- CFO / key exec
- Douglas L. Col
- Founded
- 1924
- Employees
- Approximately 15,000
- HQ
- Johns Creek, GA
- Status
- NASDAQ: SAIA
- Frederick J. Holzgrefe IIIPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCEO since 2020Leads Saia's national expansion and terminal investment strategy.
- Raymond R. RamuExecutive Vice President and Chief Customer OfficerSenior executiveOwns commercial execution and customer strategy.
- Douglas L. ColExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerCFOLeads finance, planning, investor relations, and capital discipline.
- Patrick D. SugarExecutive Vice President, OperationsOperations leaderKey owner for terminal, linehaul, and service-quality execution.
Who leads Saia?
Frederick J. Holzgrefe III serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Leads Saia's national expansion and terminal investment strategy. Raymond R.
Ramu serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer. Owns commercial execution and customer strategy. Douglas L. Col serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Leads finance, planning, investor relations, and capital discipline. Patrick D. Sugar serves as Executive Vice President, Operations. Key owner for terminal, linehaul, and service-quality execution.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Saia?
Enterprise buying usually involves the business owner, finance, procurement, legal, IT/security, and the operating team that owns adoption. For Saia, the most relevant executive sponsor depends on the use case: operations for productivity and safety, finance for planning and controls, commercial leaders for revenue or customer experience, and technology leaders for data, integration, and cybersecurity.
How is Saia organized as it scales?
Saia operates with corporate leadership and business, region, function, or segment operators close to customers and assets. Sellers should map headquarters stakeholders and field-level operators because many business cases require both executive sponsorship and local adoption.
As of June 2026.Sources:Saia management teamSaia 2025 Form 10-K
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