February 8, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) has named Matt Ferguson, president and chief executive officer of CareerBuilder.com, to the company’s board of directors.

Prior to joining CareerBuilder.com, Ferguson held management positions at Headhunter.net, serving as the senior vice president of business development, and at DigitalWork.com, where he helped develop strategic partnerships for the company.

Ferguson also started two entrepreneurial ventures and was an attorney at Baker & McKenzie.

Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics is a provider of technology enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Echo procures transportation and provides logistics services for more than 11,600 clients across a range of industries, such as manufacturing, construction, consumer products and retail.

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