LinkAmerica Names Simone CEO

LinkAmerica Corp., a Tulsa, Okla., trucking and logistics company, has named John Simone its new CEO.

Simone has more than 20 years of experience in transportation and logistics and was most recently president of Dallas-based Greatwide Logistics Services.

Prior to that he was senior vice president of the truckload division at UPS Freight and was with Ryder Transportation Services for 16 years, where he led the company’s Northeast fleet operations.

New York private equity firm Tenex Capital Management acquired LinkAmerica in June.