Evan Pohaski is the founder of JLE Industries and has served as its CEO and CFO since its inception. Under his leadership, the company has achieved remarkable growth, increasing in size and scope from business plan conception to now one of the largest industrial freight solution platforms in North America. Bringing to market an effective growth system comprised of traditional techniques and advanced capabilities, JLE represents a modern, Technology-Enabled story that also comes with the benefit of American industrial durability. As a recipient of the esteemed EY Entrepreneur of the Year® award in 2022, Evan and his team were globally recognized for their efforts in bringing much needed innovation and impact to the commercial driver workforce that supports the nation’s $782 billion Truckload industry.
Prior to founding JLE Industries, Mr. Pohaski was Vice President at the lodging REIT Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE: SHO) in Newport Beach, CA where we served in leadership roles including corporate finance and portfolio management. He worked as an investment professional at Chicago based hedge fund, The Harp Group, where he was Vice President of Structure Private Equity in lodging real estate products. Mr. Pohaski began his career out of college working in the mergers and acquisitions group at Jones Lang LaSalle in Los Angeles, advising corporations and private equity firms
on a wide variety of debt and equity transactions within the lodging sector.
Mr. Pohaski holds an MBA degree in Finance and Economics from the University of California Paul Merage School of Business where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma, and a BS degree from Cornell University where he graduated cum laude.
Mr. Pohaski is a resident of Pittsburgh, PA where he resides with his wife, Leslie, and two young children, Maxwell and Vivienne.
