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Last-Mile Delivery Platform The Eighth Notch Expands Board of Directors

The members of T8N’s board represent a diverse group of executives who bring a depth of experience that will help guide the Company through its next phases of growth and evolution.

Last-Mile Delivery Platform The Eighth Notch Expands Board of Directors

The Eighth Notch (T8N), an innovative technology platform focused on sustainable logistics for last-mile deliveries is thrilled to announce the expansion of its board of directors. The members of T8N’s board represent a diverse group of executives who bring a depth of experience that will help guide the Company through its next phases of growth and evolution.

The Eighth Notch was founded on the principle that delivery efficiency and sustainability go hand in hand. With patent-pending technology, the platform enables shippers and carriers to share data, coordinate, and ultimately synchronize deliveries, resulting in cost savings, improved operations, and a reduced environmental impact.


T8N established an expansion of its Board of Directors with three key external additions:
Duncan Angove: CEO at Blue Yonder and board member at Honeywell.
Sasha Brown: Partner at the Ecosystem Integrity Fund, board member at Ambient Photonics, For Days, Upflex, and Opti, and observer on the boards of Bluon and Energicity.
Miron Washington: CDO at Parts Town and previously the VP of Customer Experience at Home Depot.

These external Directors join the following members of T8N Management to comprise the full five-person board:

Jamie Sapp, CEO and Founder, The Eighth Notch
Lenny Jordan, Head of Final Mile and Founding Member, The Eighth Notch

“We're honored to have such a diverse group of industry leaders on our Board, each bringing unique perspectives and knowledge to the table," said Jamie Sapp, CEO of T8N. "Their expertise across logistics, retail, and technology will be instrumental in shaping our strategy, guiding us through new challenges, and ultimately, helping us achieve our vision of revolutionizing last-mile deliveries."

“We all believe that the road to sustainability has many paths - and fundamentally changing how last mile deliveries operate is a crucial addition. The composition of this board ensures we will look at it through all lenses as we drive to scale.” - Sasha Brown, Partner at the Ecosystem Integrity Fund

About The Eighth Notch, Inc.
The Eighth Notch, Inc. (T8N) has created a patent-pending, first-of-its-kind technology platform enabling shippers and carriers to eliminate unnecessary delivery truck stops by sharing data further upstream, better coordinating, and ultimately synchronizing deliveries. By synchronizing deliveries, T8N unlocks significant cost savings, operational improvements and contributes to more environmentally sustainable deliveries. In the process, we’ve addressed a critical challenge that carriers have wrestled with since the rise of e-commerce, how to increase delivery density while keeping customers happy. https://t8notch.com/

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