Entrepreneur Name: Heith Frost
Company: Frost Express LLC
Summary: specializes in long haul logistics, predominately transporting goods to and from the Southeast, West, and Northwest Regions of the United States.
Frost Express provides time-valued
logistics and transportation services aimed at niche markets with specific
emphasis placed on the textile industry and temperature-controlled goods and products.
Mr. Frost started Frost Express in
2002, during his sophomore year of college. Upon graduation in 2005, he wanted
the company to become organizationally independent from his family's company so
he undertook the process of becoming an LLC and gaining his own federal motor
carrier authority. Since becoming an LLC, the company has grown six-fold.
Drawing on the 30+ years of experience and relationships of their parent
company, they have been able to continue to strengthen and gain new customers
along the way. Some of their notable customers include Mohawk Industries,
Beaulieu of America, Xpress Global Systems, Publix Supermarkets, and General Produce
Inc. The equipment of Frost Express LLC
and of Mike Frost Trucking Inc. has been responsible for handling the logistical
needs of some notable events including the National Carpet & Flooring Show,
the National Produce Market, the Grand Opening of the Ritz Carlton Resort in
Lake Tahoe, and expansions in the Bellagio Casino & Hotel, the Luxor Hotel
& Casino, and Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada just to name a few.
Heith Frost lives in
Tunnel Hill,
Georgia with his wife, Nikki (05C)
and their Golden Retriever, Jack.