About us

We engineer shipments for success before they ever move.

Advanced Cargo works with companies whose shipments are too important to get wrong. Acting as an extension of your team, we design the right shipping strategy for your operation upfront – reducing risk and ensuring consistent execution.

We don’t just arrange freight.
We design outcomes.

Our Story

Advanced Cargo was founded in 1990 by Joe Burke with a simple belief: logistics works best when it’s built on trust, accountability, and real relationships.

From the beginning, the company differentiated itself by showing up when it counts – answering the phone, understanding each customer’s business, and taking ownership to ensure shipments are delivered the right way. That foundation still defines how we operate today.

As our customers’ needs have evolved, so has our role. What started as a traditional freight brokerage has grown into something more — a partner that helps design and execute the right shipping strategy, not just cover loads.

Today, Advanced Cargo combines that hands-on service approach with modern tools, data, and systems to better support our customers and carrier network. The focus remains the same: consistent execution, strong relationships, and getting it right the first time.

You’ll see increased involvement from the next generation of leadership as we build on this foundation with continued investment in our people, processes, and technology to support our customers for the long term.

Advanced Cargo’s Core Principles & Values

Be good and do right

It’s that simple and non-negotiable. Always choose good over evil and do the right thing. Or another way of putting it, treat others as you want to be treated.

Obsess over the customer

Use every interaction as an opportunity to delight them and put a smile on their face. Listen to them, empathize with them, and anticipate for them to help create more value than they ever thought possible.

Own it

Owners take better care of things, so all employees are empowered to act like entrepreneurs and leaders in their roles. That means taking full responsibility for what is happening or has happened regardless of the situation.

As simple as possible but no simpler

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. We value simple things because they do all the things we need easily, and none of the things we don’t. That said, be careful not to oversimplify (e.g., getting rid of the head of a hammer would make the hammer simpler, but also too simple.

1% better everyday

Small choices don’t appear to make much of a difference at the time but add up big over the long haul. In fact, if you get one percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done. To win we must continuously improve like this, while also taking the right moonshots.

Work with passion and pride

As Abraham Maslow put it “what one can be, one must be”. A big part of achieving that is enjoying what you do and showing it in the quality of your work. Success starts with passion.

Earn and enable trust

It’s the foundation of every relationship so it’s kind of a big deal. Strive daily to earn and enable trust with our customers, partners, and employees. Two great ways to achieve this are by showing humility and embracing vulnerability.

Ideas are easy. Execution is everything

To be clear, ideas are extremely necessary. They just don’t mean anything unless they can be executed effectively - which require the right level of focus and resources. As a result, we often have to say no to good, so we can say yes to great.

Challenge, commit, experiment, & repeat

Everyone needs to bring their ideas and beliefs to the table. After doing so if you don’t agree with the decision made then disagree and commit. It’s an excellent opportunity to experiment and help validate your belief or self-discover a new belief. Embrace fail fast, learn fast.

Creatively destroy and transform

Status quo is enemy number one. We must destroy and transform our technology and prcoesses before others do it for us. Different is always better, but better is always different.

Leadership Team

Joe Burke

CEO & Founder

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Hunter Burke

Chief Operating Officer

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Ben Stover

Sr. Systems & Carrier Ops Manager

Chad Rogstad

Sr. Logistics & Carrier Ops Manager

Stacy Miller

Administrative Manager

Additional Team &
Independent Freight Agents

We also have a team of associates who, while not physically located at one of our offices, are out there working to make Advanced Cargo and its customers better each day. These include our independent Freight Agents who we partner with to better serve mutual customers, along with our very own “Cargo Margo” (Meg Burke) who supports many of our Human Resource and Project Management related activities.

If you are interested in a career at Advanced Cargo, including becoming your own independent Freight Agent, please make sure to contact us today. We’d love to talk!