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RADIANT LOGISTICS ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR THE SECOND FISCAL QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024

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Continues to deliver solid financial results in face of continued market headwinds;
Further progress in green-field and strategic operating partner acquisitions;
Well positioned for further growth with untapped $200 million credit facility

RENTON, Wash., Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Radiant Logistics, Inc. (NYSE American: RLGT), a technology-enabled global transportation and value-added logistics services company, today reported financial results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024.

Financial Highlights – Three Months Ended December 31, 2024

Revenues of $264.5 million for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, up $63.4 million or 31.5%, compared to revenues of $201.1 million for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, revenues for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, were up $60.9 million or 29.9%, compared to revenues of $203.6 million for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.Gross profit of $59.6 million for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, up $0.8 million or 1.4%, compared to gross profit of $58.8 million for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, gross profit for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, was up $5.5 million or 10.2%, compared to gross profit of $54.1 million for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.Adjusted gross profit, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $63.3 million for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, up $1.3 million or 2.1%, compared to adjusted gross profit of $62.0 million for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, adjusted gross profit for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, was up $5.7 million or 9.9%, compared to adjusted gross profit of $57.6 million for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.Net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. of $6.5 million, or $0.14 per basic and $0.13 per fully diluted share for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, up $5.5 million or 550.0%, compared to $1.0 million, or $0.02 per basic and fully diluted share for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, was up $3.1 million or 91.2%, compared to a net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. of $3.4 million for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.Adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $10.7 million, or $0.23 per basic and $0.22 per fully diluted share for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, up $5.2 million or 94.5%, compared to adjusted net income of $5.5 million, or $0.12 per basic and $0.11 per fully diluted share for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, adjusted net income for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, was up $2.8 million or 35.4%, compared to adjusted net income of $7.9 million for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024. Adjusted net income is calculated by applying a normalized tax rate of 24.5% and excluding other items not considered part of regular operating activities.Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $12.0 million for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, up $4.3 million or 55.8%, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $7.7 million for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, adjusted EBITDA for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, was up $2.5 million or 26.3%, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $9.5 million for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.Adjusted EBITDA margin (adjusted EBITDA expressed as a percentage of adjusted gross profit), a non-GAAP financial measure, up to 19.0% or 660 basis points, for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, compared to adjusted EBITDA margin of 12.4% for the comparable prior year period. On a sequential basis, adjusted EBITDA margin for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024 of 19.0% was up 260 basis points when compared to the 16.4% adjusted EBITDA margin for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Acquisition Update

Effective September 1, 2024, the Company acquired Foundation Logistics & Services, LLC, a Humble, Texas based, privately held company that provides a full range of specialized transportation and logistics services for companies involved in the exploration, drilling, and production of oil and gas.

Effective October 1, 2024, the Company acquired the assets and operations of Focus Logistics, Inc. (“Focus”), a privately held company with operations in Romulus, Michigan that has operated under the Company’s Service By Air brand since 2006. Focus combined with the Company’s existing operations in the Detroit, Michigan area to solidify the Company’s offerings in the region.

Effective December 1, 2024, the Company acquired the assets and operations of TCB Transportation Associates, LLC d/b/a TCB Transportation, a St. Louis, Missouri based, privately held intermodal marketing company specializing in the movement of 40 and 53-foot containers across North America.

The Company structured each of these transactions similar to its previous transactions, with a portion of the expected purchase price payable in subsequent periods based on the future performance of the acquired operations.

CEO Bohn Crain Comments on Results

“With the benefit of our diverse service offering, we continue to deliver solid financial results and generated $12.0 million in adjusted EBITDA for our second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, which are generally ahead of results from the comparable prior year period as well as our most recent previous quarter ended September 30, 2024,” said Bohn Crain, Founder and CEO of Radiant Logistics. “We continue to take great pride in our work to support humanitarian and relief related projects around the globe. Our results this quarter reflect our support of a number of such projects, including chartering 49 flights to bring approximately 8 million units of IV fluid to the U.S. as a result of the national shortages resulting from Hurricane Milton.

Notwithstanding these strong results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, we do expect our future near-term results to continue to be challenged by market headwinds. Near-term results could also be further frustrated by the recently introduced tariffs with China, Mexico and Canada, as we head into our slowest seasonal quarter ended March 31.”

Mr. Crain continued, “As previously discussed, we believe we are well positioned with a durable business model, diverse service offering and strong balance sheet to navigate through these slower freight markets as we find our way back to more normalized market conditions. We continue to enjoy a strong balance sheet with approximately $20.0 million of cash on hand as of December 31, 2024, no meaningful debt, and an untapped $200 million credit facility. At the same time, we remain focused on delivering profitable growth through a combination of organic and acquisition initiatives and thoughtfully re-levering our balance sheet through a combination of strategic operating partner conversions, synergistic tuck-in acquisitions, and stock buy-backs. Through this approach we believe, over time, we will continue to deliver meaningful value for our shareholders, operating partners, and the end customers that we serve. We made good progress in this regard over this last quarter with the acquisition of Texas-based Foundation Logistics, the conversion of our Michigan-based strategic operating partner location (Focus Logistics) which is combining with our existing Radiant operation in Detroit and the acquisition of TCB Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. We believe these three transactions are representative of our broader pipeline of opportunities which includes both green-field acquisitions (i.e. companies not currently part of our network) as well as acquisition opportunities inherent in our agent-based network where we can support our current operating partners in their exit strategies. We look forward to providing further updates as we progress along these lines.”

Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 – Financial Results

For the three months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. of $6.5 million on $264.5 million of revenues, or $0.14 per basic and $0.13 per fully diluted share. For the three months ended December 31, 2023, the Company reported net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. of $1.0 million on $201.1 million of revenues, or $0.02 per basic and fully diluted share.

For the three months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $10.7 million, or $0.23 per basic and $0.22 per fully diluted share. For the three months ended December 31, 2023, the Company reported adjusted net income of $5.5 million, or $0.12 per basic and $0.11 per fully diluted share.

For the three months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $12.0 million, compared to $7.7 million for the comparable prior year period.

Six Months Ended December 31, 2024 – Financial Results

For the six months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. of $9.8 million on $468.1 million of revenues, or $0.21 per basic and $0.20 per fully diluted share. For the six months ended December 31, 2023, the Company reported net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc. of $3.6 million on $411.9 million of revenues, or $0.08 per basic and $0.07 per fully diluted share.

For the six months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $18.6 million, or $0.40 per basic and $0.38 per fully diluted share. For the six months ended December 31, 2023, the Company reported adjusted net income of $12.0 million, or $0.26 per basic and $0.25 per fully diluted share.

For the six months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $21.5 million, compared to $16.9 million for the comparable prior year period.

Earnings Call and Webcast Access Information

Radiant Logistics, Inc. will host a conference call on Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM Eastern to discuss the contents of this release. The conference call is open to all interested parties, including individual investors and press. Bohn Crain, Founder and CEO will host the call.

Conference Call Details

DATE/TIME:

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM Eastern

DIAL-IN

US (888) 506-0062; Intl. (973) 528-0011 (Participant Access Code: 783564)

REPLAY

February 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM Eastern to February 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM Eastern, US (877) 481-4010;

Intl. (919) 882-2331 (Replay ID number: 51992)

Webcast Details

This call is also being webcast and may be accessed via Radiant’s web site at www.radiantdelivers.com or at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2191/51992

About Radiant Logistics (NYSE American: RLGT)

Radiant Logistics, Inc. (www.radiantdelivers.com) operates as a third-party logistics company, providing technology-enabled global transportation and value-added logistics solutions primarily to customers in the United States and Canada. Through its comprehensive service offering, Radiant provides domestic and international freight forwarding and freight brokerage services to a diversified account base including manufacturers, distributors and retailers, which it supports from an extensive network of company and agent-owned offices throughout North America and other key markets around the world. Radiant’s value-added logistics services include warehouse and distribution, customs brokerage, order fulfillment, inventory management and technology services.

This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning set forth in United States securities laws and regulations – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business, financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimates,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “see,” “seek,” “strategy,” or “will” or the negative thereof or any variation thereon or similar terminology or expressions. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We have developed our forward-looking statements based on management’s beliefs and assumptions, which in turn rely upon information available to them at the time such statements were made. Such forward-looking statements reflect our current perspectives on our business, future performance, existing trends and information as of the date of this report. These include, but are not limited to, our beliefs about future revenue and expense levels, growth rates, prospects related to our strategic initiatives and business strategies, along with express or implied assumptions about, among other things: our continued relationships with our strategic operating partners; the performance of our historic business, as well as the businesses we have recently acquired, at levels consistent with recent trends and reflective of the synergies we believe will be available to us as a result of such acquisitions; our ability to successfully integrate our recently acquired businesses; our ability to locate suitable acquisition opportunities and secure the financing necessary to complete such acquisitions; transportation costs remaining in-line with recent levels and expected trends; our ability to mitigate, to the best extent possible, our dependence on current management and certain larger strategic operating partners; our compliance with financial and other covenants under our indebtedness; the absence of any adverse laws or governmental regulations affecting the transportation industry in general, and our operations in particular; our ability to continue to respond to macroeconomic factors that have recently had a negative effect on worldwide freight markets; the impact of any health pandemic or environmental event on our operations and financial results; continued disruptions in the global supply chain; higher inflationary pressures particularly surrounding the costs of fuel, labor, and other components of our operations; potential adverse legal, reputational and financial effects on the Company resulting from the cybersecurity incident that we reported in March 2024 or future cyber incidents and the effectiveness of the Company’s business continuity plans in response to cyber incidents; the commercial, reputational and regulatory risks to our business that may arise as a consequence of our inability to remediate during fiscal year 2024 a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting, and the further risks that may arise should we be unable to remediate that material weakness during fiscal year 2025; and such other factors that may be identified from time to time in our U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings and other public announcements including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part 1 Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, as they speak only as of the date made. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

 

 RADIANT LOGISTICS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

December 31,

June 30,

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

2024

2024

(unaudited)

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

19,908

$

24,874

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,255 and $2,103, respectively

113,440

118,016

Contract assets

8,197

7,615

Income tax receivable

3,101

3,133

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

8,222

10,567

Total current assets

152,868

164,205

Property, technology, and equipment, net

24,946

25,558

Goodwill

104,269

93,043

Intangible assets, net

44,451

34,943

Operating lease right-of-use assets

57,561

49,850

Deposits and other assets

2,666

3,586

Total other long-term assets

208,947

181,422

Total assets

$

386,761

$

371,185

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

64,346

$

73,558

Operating partner commissions payable

10,198

13,291

Accrued expenses

10,322

8,948

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

12,598

11,629

Current portion of finance lease liabilities

699

643

Current portion of contingent consideration

4,825

455

Other current liabilities

5,114

1,927

Total current liabilities

108,102

110,451

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

52,372

45,026

Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion

1,109

677

Contingent consideration, net of current portion

9,427

4,710

Deferred tax liabilities

1,003

812

Other long-term liabilities

200

Total long-term liabilities

64,111

51,225

Total liabilities

172,213

161,676

Equity:

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 52,162,136 and
  51,844,249 shares issued, and 46,997,470 and 46,808,943 shares outstanding,
  respectively

34

33

Additional paid-in capital

108,985

110,763

Treasury stock, at cost, 5,164,666 and 5,035,306 shares, respectively

(31,874)

(31,166)

Retained earnings

143,121

133,278

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(5,817)

(3,546)

Total Radiant Logistics, Inc. stockholders’ equity

214,449

209,362

Non-controlling interest

99

147

Total equity

214,548

209,509

Total liabilities and equity

$

386,761

$

371,185

 

RADIANT LOGISTICS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

Six Months Ended December 31,

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

2024

2023

2024

2023

Revenues

$

264,544

$

201,082

$

468,109

$

411,880

Operating expenses:

Cost of transportation and other services

201,239

139,085

347,250

289,057

Operating partner commissions

19,291

25,818

38,092

49,601

Personnel costs

19,554

19,760

39,177

39,387

Selling, general and administrative expenses

10,834

10,519

21,155

19,993

Depreciation and amortization

5,038

4,364

9,843

8,890

Lease termination costs

1,166

76

1,166

76

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(1,300)

(204)

(1,100)

(450)

Total operating expenses

255,822

199,418

455,583

406,554

Income from operations

8,722

1,664

12,526

5,326

Other income (expense):

Interest income

367

621

832

1,207

Interest expense

(311)

(291)

(548)

(593)

Foreign currency transaction gain (loss)

181

(79)

119

15

Change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts

(301)

(531)

(741)

(733)

Other

14

135

1,053

162

Total other income (expense)

(50)

(145)

715

58

Income before income taxes

8,672

1,519

13,241

5,384

Income tax expense

(2,163)

(404)

(3,308)

(1,418)

Net income

6,509

1,115

9,933

3,966

Less: net income attributable to non-controlling interest

(42)

(130)

(90)

(359)

Net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc.

$

6,467

$

985

$

9,843

$

3,607

Other comprehensive income:

Foreign currency translation gain (loss)

(2,911)

1,397

(2,271)

269

Comprehensive income

$

3,598

$

2,512

$

7,662

$

4,235

Income per share:

Basic

$

0.14

$

0.02

$

0.21

$

0.08

Diluted

$

0.13

$

0.02

$

0.20

$

0.07

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

46,942,639

46,990,818

46,831,938

47,144,388

Diluted

48,983,153

48,907,452

48,784,482

48,991,819

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
RADIANT LOGISTICS, INC.

Reconciliation of Gross Profit to Adjusted Gross Profit, Net Income Attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc.
to Adjusted Net Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
(unaudited)

As used in this report adjusted gross profit, adjusted net income, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin are not measures of financial performance or liquidity under United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Adjusted gross profit, adjusted net income, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin are presented herein because they are important metrics used by management to evaluate and understand the performance of the ongoing operations of Radiant’s business. For adjusted net income, management uses a 24.5% tax rate to calculate the provision for income taxes to normalize Radiant’s tax rate to that of its competitors and to compare Radiant’s reporting periods with different effective tax rates. In addition, in arriving at adjusted net income, the Company adjusts for certain non-cash charges and significant items that are not part of regular operating activities. These adjustments include income taxes, depreciation and amortization, net interest expense, share-based compensation, change in fair value of contingent consideration, transition costs, lease termination costs, acquisition related costs, cybersecurity related costs, litigation costs, change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts, and gain on foreign currency transaction.

We commonly refer to the term “adjusted gross profit” when commenting about our Company and the results of operations. Adjusted gross profit is a non-GAAP measure calculated as revenues less directly related operations and expenses attributed to the Company’s services. Adjusted gross profit is calculated as GAAP gross profit exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which are reported separately. We believe adjusted gross profit is a better measurement than are total revenues when analyzing and discussing the effectiveness of our business and is used as a portion of a key metric the Company uses to discuss its progress.

EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of income and does not include the effects of interest, taxes, and the “non-cash” effects of depreciation and amortization on long-term assets. Companies have some discretion as to which elements of depreciation and amortization are excluded in the EBITDA calculation. We exclude all depreciation charges related to property, technology, and equipment and all amortization charges (including amortization of leasehold improvements). We then further adjust EBITDA to exclude share-based compensation, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, expenses specifically attributable to acquisitions, cybersecurity incident related costs, changes in fair value of interest rate swap contracts, lease termination costs, foreign currency transaction gains and losses, litigation expenses unrelated to our core operations, and other non-cash charges. While management considers EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA useful in analyzing our results, it is not intended to replace any presentation included in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, represent a useful method of assessing the performance of our operating activities, as they reflect our earnings trends without the impact of certain non-cash charges and other non-recurring charges. These non-GAAP financial measures are intended to supplement the GAAP financial information by providing additional insight regarding results of operations to allow a comparison to other companies, many of whom use similar non-GAAP financial measures to supplement their GAAP results. However, these non-GAAP financial measures will not be defined in the same manner by all companies and may not be comparable to other companies. Adjusted gross profit, adjusted net income, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any of the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income prepared in accordance with GAAP, or as an indication of Radiant’s operating performance or liquidity.

 

(In thousands)

Three Months Ended December 31,

Six Months Ended December 31,

Reconciliation of adjusted gross profit to GAAP gross profit

2024

2023

2024

2023

Revenues

$

264,544

$

201,082

$

468,109

$

411,880

Cost of transportation and other services (exclusive of depreciation
    and amortization, shown separately below)

(201,239)

(139,085)

(347,250)

(289,057)

Depreciation and amortization

(3,707)

(3,205)

(7,195)

(6,538)

GAAP gross profit

$

59,598

$

58,792

$

113,664

$

116,285

Depreciation and amortization

3,707

3,205

7,195

6,538

Adjusted gross profit

$

63,305

$

61,997

$

120,859

$

122,823

GAAP gross profit percentage

22.5

%

29.2

%

24.3

%

28.2

%

Adjusted gross profit percentage

23.9

%

30.8

%

25.8

%

29.8

%

(In thousands)

Three Months Ended December 31,

Six Months Ended December 31,

Reconciliation of GAAP net income to adjusted EBITDA

2024

2023

2024

2023

Net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc.

$

6,467

$

985

$

9,843

$

3,607

Income tax expense

2,163

404

3,308

1,418

Depreciation and amortization (1)

5,038

4,479

9,957

9,118

Net interest expense (income)

(56)

(330)

(284)

(614)

EBITDA

13,612

5,538

22,824

13,529

Share-based compensation

(1,813)

695

(1,650)

1,575

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(1,300)

(204)

(1,100)

(450)

Acquisition related costs

101

252

185

321

Litigation costs

130

741

421

1,105

Gain on litigation settlement

(1,000)

Lease termination costs

1,166

76

1,166

76

Change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts

301

531

741

733

Foreign currency transaction loss (gain)

(181)

79

(119)

(15)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

12,016

$

7,708

$

21,468

$

16,874

Adjusted EBITDA margin (adjusted EBITDA as a % of adjusted gross profit)

19.0

%

12.4

%

17.8

%

13.7

%

(1)  Depreciation and amortization for the purposes of calculating adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, includes depreciation expenses recognized on
      certain computer software as a service.

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

Three Months Ended December 31,

Six Months Ended December 31,

Reconciliation of GAAP net income to adjusted net income

2024

2023

2024

2023

GAAP net income attributable to Radiant Logistics, Inc.

$

6,467

$

985

$

9,843

$

3,607

Adjustments to net income:

Income tax expense

2,163

404

3,308

1,418

Depreciation and amortization

5,038

4,364

9,843

8,890

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(1,300)

(204)

(1,100)

(450)

Acquisition related costs

101

252

185

321

Litigation costs

130

741

421

1,105

Lease termination costs

1,166

76

1,166

76

Change in fair value of interest rate swap contracts

301

531

741

733

Amortization of debt issuance costs

100

130

200

255

Adjusted net income before income taxes

14,166

7,279

24,607

15,955

Provision for income taxes at 24.5%

(3,471)

(1,783)

(6,029)

(3,909)

Adjusted net income

$

10,695

$

5,496

$

18,578

$

12,046

Adjusted net income per common share:

Basic

$

0.23

$

0.12

$

0.40

$

0.26

Diluted

$

0.22

$

0.11

$

0.38

$

0.25

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

46,942,639

46,990,818

46,831,938

47,144,388

Diluted

48,983,153

48,907,452

48,784,482

48,991,819

 

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Coming from a family of engineers, Mr. Chothani was naturally drawn to the profession. This inclination was reinforced by comprehensive aptitude and attitude tests administered at the age of 14, which highlighted his strengths in engineering and architecture. Ultimately, this direction reinforced his determination to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

By 2003, Mr. Chothani earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mumbai. After a brief role as a junior manufacturing engineer at Artech Cooling Tower Pvt. Ltd., he completed a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport in 2006. In addition to these degrees, Mr. Chothani later achieved AutoCAD certification.

Following his graduation in 2006, Mr. Chothani joined CB&I Lummus / ABB Lummus Heat Transfer (now Lummus Technology) as a thermal engineer. Though his work at Lummus Technology lasted only three years, Mr. Chothani was greatly influenced by mentor figures at the company. These mentors, including Ken Catala, Peter Harvard, Chin Dang and Miller Alanath Carter, provided essential guidance.

Building a Family

In December 2008, Mr. Chothani married his wife, Cathy. Along with his son and daughter, his family has contributed richly to his success in engineering and they continue to inspire him to excel. In addition to their support, Mr. Chothani recognizes that there is no alternative to hard work and dedicated learning.

From Lummus Technology to Technip Energies N.V.

Following his work at Lummus Technology, Mr. Chothani worked with Maco Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. By 2011, he joined Complete Heat Transfer Solutions – Environ Energy Systems as a thermal and mechanical engineer. By 2013, Mr. Chothani became a part of Technip Energies N.V. as a furnace mechanical engineer. By 2023, he added to this role and became a project manager, project engineer and proposal manager at the company.

In his current role at Technip Energies N.V., Mr. Chothani is responsible for a variety of essential duties. He manages and executes on engineering projects for ethylene cracking furnaces and heaters, and oversees proprietary technologies. Additionally, he actively coordinates with procurement, logistics, mechanical engineering and process engineering teams to ensure effective results.

Plans for the Future

Moving forward, Mr. Chothani hopes to advance his project management skills, particularly within the firejet industry. At the same time, he aims to share his knowledge of the industry with the next generation of professionals. Outside of his professional ambitions, Mr. Chothani intends to prepare his children to find success, inspiring them and their peers with hands-on experiments and full-day events.

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COALITION OF INDEPENDENT INTERNET PROVIDERS ASKS CRTC TO FIX ERRORS IN WHOLESALE FIBRE RATES

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Coalition of competitive ISPs say current fibre rates make competition impossible and threatens to harm millions of Canadian consumers

CHATHAM, ON, July 23, 2026 /CNW/ — A coalition of independent internet service providers (the Coalition) led by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy) today applied to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to review and vary Telecom Order 2026-77, which set final wholesale rates for fibre internet services. In that decision, the CRTC approved wholesale rates for fibre internet services that are higher than the retail prices charged by the large carriers. This makes competition impossible, as independent providers are forced to either sell at a loss or set prices above the large carriers, leaving millions of Canadian consumers without competitive options for essential internet services.

The application identifies key errors that led the CRTC to approve severely inflated final wholesale rates, which make it economically impossible for independent providers to compete. The Coalition argues that the CRTC’s incorrect rates negate the very purpose of Canada’s wholesale framework, which is to foster competition in retail broadband markets. Specifically, the Coalition asks the CRTC to make three key changes to Telecom Order 2026-77:

Eliminate one cost factor that is inconsistent with the CRTC’s established costing principles, which artificially increased fibre wholesale rates by an estimated 25% to 30% (the Adjustment Factor).Reduce another element of the costing that is inflated above reasonable levels: The Coalition calls on the CRTC to reduce the markup applied to wholesale fibre services from 30% to 15%, reflecting declining costs, operational efficiencies, and the need to support competition.Correct technical errors relating to certain wholesale fibre speed descriptions.

“Canadians were promised greater competition for fibre internet services, but these rates make competition impossible.” said Andy Kaplan-Myrth, TekSavvy’s Vice President of Regulatory and Carrier Affairs. “The CRTC must correct these errors to ensure its wholesale rates promote broadband competition that challenges the market power of monopoly incumbents, lowers prices, and increases consumer choice.”

About the Coalition

The Coalition consists of competitive telecommunications providers and industry associations advocating for fair wholesale access to fibre networks and a competitive broadband marketplace that delivers affordable, high-quality Internet services to Canadians, including: TekSavvy Solutions Inc., BC Broadband Association (“BCBA”), Canada-Wide Internet Service Providers Association (“CanWISP”), Fibernetics Inc., ISP Telecom Inc., National Capital FreeNet Inc., Novus Entertainment Inc. and Purple Cow Internet Inc.

About TekSavvy Solution Inc.

Based in Chatham, Ontario, TekSavvy is Canada’s largest independent telecom service company. TekSavvy has been proudly delivering award-winning services and fighting for consumers’ rights for nearly 30 years. TekSavvy is committed to providing quality competitive choice and closing Canada’s digital divide.

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Monk Launches Voice Collections, Bringing AI Phone Calls and Callbacks to Accounts Receivable

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Monk’s collections agent, Julia, can now place outbound collection calls and answer inbound AR questions from a dedicated business number, so finance teams can use the channel that collects best without adding headcount.

Multimedia: Watch Voice Collections in action: https://youtu.be/w09PoN1yACE 

NEW YORK, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Monk, the AI-native accounts receivable platform, today launched Voice Collections. Its collections agent, Julia, can now place outbound collection calls and answer inbound customer questions about invoices and payments from a dedicated phone number for each organization. The feature brings the phone, long the most effective collections channel and the hardest one to scale, into Monk’s Intelligent Collections.

Roughly $10 trillion sits in unpaid invoices worldwide, and the average invoice now takes 59 days to clear (Allianz). Most accounts receivable runs on email, and most of it waits. More than half of B2B invoices in the United States are overdue at any given time, and 92% of businesses are typically paid after their due date (Chaser, 2026). Phone calls recover overdue invoices two to three times better than email (Dunwise), yet 91% of finance teams still rely on email as their main follow-up channel and only 56% use the phone, because calling every overdue account by hand does not scale and a single human dunning call can cost $12 to $18 (HighRadius).

Voice Collections gives teams that coverage. Julia can call on the accounts a playbook flags for phone follow-up, and answer when a customer calls the same number back to ask about an invoice, a payment, or a bank detail. Businesses that follow up on 100% of overdue invoices are 76% more likely to be paid within a week (Chaser), and a voice agent is what makes full coverage possible.

Monk’s collections agent is already proven on the accounts it handles by email. Across Monk’s first 100 customers, Julia reaches customers with a 24% higher response rate than standard dunning and resolves 88.2% of collections with zero human intervention. Voice extends that reach to the phone.

“For years the assumption was that customers would not talk to an AI on the phone,” said George Kurdin, Founder and CEO of Monk. “The evidence now points the other way. People engage with a good voice agent, and in AR the phone was always the channel that collected best. We built Voice Collections so finance teams can finally use it at the scale email gave them.”

That assumption is worth retiring. In a University of Chicago Booth field study of roughly 70,000 interviews, people interviewed by a voice AI agent were 12% more likely to receive an offer, 18% more likely to start, and 17% more likely to still be there after 30 days, and 80% chose the voice AI over a human when given the choice. The setting was recruiting rather than collections, but the finding travels: given a capable voice agent, people lean in rather than hang up. A call also does something email cannot, which is secure a verbal promise to pay in the moment.

Built for finance, with the phone agents kept with strict guardrails

Voice in finance has to be constrained, and Monk designed Voice Collections around that from the start. The agent is read-only on the phone. It answers questions, confirms details, and routes the next step. It will not rewrite an invoice, change a payment status, or accept a sensitive payment change by voice.

The agent is also reference-based. If a caller asks about an invoice, Julia asks for both the company name and the invoice number before looking anything up, and it will not search broadly from a single detail. Every inbound and outbound call is kept in the collection record alongside the email history, so a callback is part of the same thread the team already sees, and anything that needs judgment escalates to a person.

“Voice in finance has to be careful by design,” said Joe Zhou, Co-Founder and CTO of Monk. “Julia will not browse across accounts or move money over the phone. A caller has to bring the company name and invoice number before it confirms anything, and every call lands in the record. In finance a 1% mistake is still unacceptable, so we built for that first and added the reach second.”

Teams run autonomous collections on Monk

Monk runs collections for finance teams at companies like Unify, Pump, Siro, and Elate, and Voice Collections extends what those teams already do by email onto the phone.

“We chose Monk to help automate our collections, a process previously demanding several hours a week of manual, one-off outreach,” said Will Stewart, Head of Finance and BizOps at Unify. “Today, our Monk agent is always running in the background and I have a single dashboard to manage AR from.”

At Pump, which manages volume across more than 1,500 customers, Monk has helped collect over $10 million in recent months.

Voice AI is now infrastructure

The timing reflects how far voice AI has come. It has moved from demo to infrastructure: Vapi has processed more than 1 billion calls, Bland handles over 3.5 million calls a week, and ElevenLabs raised a $500 million round at an $11 billion valuation in early 2026. Monk builds Voice Collections on that foundation and adds the part finance actually needs, which is the AR context, the controls, and the audit trail.

Voice Collections is available now as an opt-in feature. Monk configures the dedicated number and call behavior with each organization before turning it on in Collections. See it in action: https://youtu.be/w09PoN1yACE.

About Monk

Monk is the AI-native accounts receivable platform that helps finance teams turn revenue into cash. Its agent, Julia, runs collections, cash application, and forecasting as one connected system. Monk resolves 88.2% of collections with zero human intervention, reaches customers with a 24% higher response rate than standard dunning, reduces DSO by more than 40%, automatically matches 80% of incoming payments with a full audit trail, and gives finance teams back roughly 26 hours a month. Teams onboard in under a week and see results in their first month. More than $1.5 billion in receivables is managed on the platform, including for customers like Profound and ElevenLabs. Monk has raised $25 million and is based in New York.

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Sources: Chaser 2026 Accounts Receivable research; Dunwise dunning research; HighRadius collection call cost analysis; University of Chicago Booth field study on AI in recruiting; voice AI figures compiled by Enterprise DNA; Federal Reserve data; Allianz Worldwide DSO survey.

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