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The founding story

We saw the same problem from different sides.

We came to ParcelAdvisor from carrier operations, engineering, product, and growth. We built it to turn complicated parcel data into clear answers shippers can act on.

Meet the founders.

G. Scott Knight

Co-Founder

Parcel Industry & Strategy

Give shippers the context to negotiate on equal footing.

Scott has seen parcel from both sides of the table. At UPS, he managed IT, led the DIAD rollout across the Northwest and Canada, and advised some of the carrier’s largest shippers. He also founded and scaled a machine-learning parcel technology business serving specialty pharmacies, helping lead it to a successful sale. At ParcelAdvisor, he turns deep carrier knowledge into evidence shippers can test, understand, and use.

  • Carrier operations
  • Shipper technology
  • Parcel strategy

Chris Olszewski

Co-Founder

Founding Engineer

Build a platform worthy of the decision.

Chris has built and led technology organizations from hands-on software development through company-scale growth. He has led an engineering organization of more than 100 people, modernized high-volume platforms, integrated acquired software companies, and built systems across healthcare and logistics. As ParcelAdvisor’s founding engineer, he owns the technical foundation that turns complex parcel knowledge into dependable analysis.

  • Software architecture
  • Engineering leadership
  • Data and AI systems

Joseph Knight

Co-Founder

Product & Operations

Make complex parcel decisions feel clear.

Joseph has built and scaled technology at the intersection of parcel operations, product, and customer implementation. He oversaw the technical integration of two companies, designed systems used by some of the world’s largest specialty pharmacies, and worked directly with customers to turn shipment tracking and machine learning into workflows that reduced reships and improved on-time delivery. He helped scale the business through a successful sale. At ParcelAdvisor, he leads product experience, front-end design, user flows, and business operations.

  • Parcel operations
  • Product experience
  • Business operations

Doug Dawson

Co-Founder

Growth & Partnerships

Build where the standard logistics playbook stops.

Doug has built logistics businesses around complex problems that don’t fit an off-the-shelf solution. With more than 35 years of experience in parcel operations, commercial growth, supply-chain design, pharmaceutical logistics, and entrepreneurship, he founded Dawson Logistics in 2000 and grew it into a national logistics company recognized as one of the Inc. 500 fastest-growing private companies in America. He later led the company through a successful sale. At ParcelAdvisor, Doug leads growth, strategic partnerships, and product direction, keeping the company focused on solving the real-world challenges shippers face every day.

  • Custom logistics
  • Customer growth
  • Industry partnerships

We will earn trust by showing the work.

Shippers should be able to see what changed, understand why a proposal holds up, and trace ongoing results back to the agreement. Deep analysis should become easier to use without hiding its assumptions, evidence, or limits.