Ben Zietlow, Freight Planning & Optimization Solutions Practice Leader

Ben Zietlow is Quetica’s Freight Planning & Optimization Solutions Practice Leader. Mr. Zietlow works as a freight planning consultant and technology solutions professional helping public and private organizations and agencies across the nation navigate increasingly complex transportation environments. He has extensive experience leading and managing a wide variety of national, statewide, and regional transportation planning, data analysis, GIS/mapping, and optimization efforts. Ben is a proven, innovative leader in the application of cutting-edge technologies for transportation management needs. Prior to joining Quetica, Ben spent many years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison serving as Geoeconomist for the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE) and the Mid-America Freight Coalition (MAFC) where he provided freight transportation research, policy analysis, and technical support to CFIRE and the ten states of the MAFC.

Ben received his B.S. in Economics and Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse and his M.S. in Geographic Information Science from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Ben speaks about fleet route optimization and management and freight transportation planning at events and conventions around the nation and is a past member of the National Academies of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Winter Maintenance.

Phone: 651.964.4646 ext.862
Email: benjamin.zietlow@quetica.com