EST. 2003 · FORT WORTH, TX
Built by drivers.
Dan Whitfield drove his own Peterbilt for eleven years before buying a second truck in 2003. Twenty-three years later, Ironline runs 1,850 units — and every dispatcher still answers to the same rule Dan wrote on the first whiteboard: "The driver knows. Ask the driver."
THE ROAD SO FAR
Twenty-three years, one lane at a time.
Two trucks and a fax machine. Dan Whitfield incorporates Ironline in a rented yard off I-35W, hauling building materials between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.
Tractor #100. Through the recession, Ironline grows by taking the freight others dropped — and keeps every driver on payroll.
Cold chain launches. First 40 reefers enter service for Texas produce shippers; FDA registration and FSMA program follow.
Eleventh cross-dock opens. The network reaches all 48 contiguous states with 214 scheduled lanes.
Telemetry goes public. The dispatch-grade tracking API opens to every customer — the same data our own desk runs on.
1,850 units. 640 million miles. Still family-owned, still answering the phone on the second ring.
SAFETY & COMPLIANCE
Boring numbers. Exactly how we like them.
FMCSA AUDITED · LAST REVIEW MARCH 2026
PER 1M MILES
TRAILING 12 MONTHS
FORWARD-FACING CAMERAS
CONDITIONAL RATING
LEADERSHIP
CDLs before MBAs.
Dan Whitfield
FOUNDER & CEO
Eleven years behind the wheel before the first Ironline dispatch. Still holds a current CDL.
Maria Vasquez
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Ran the Dallas cross-dock for six years before building the network she now operates end to end.
Curtis Boone
VP, SAFETY
2.4 million accident-free miles as a driver. Now owns the 0.42 number — and wants it lower.
Priya Raman
VP, NETWORK & TECHNOLOGY
Built the lane-optimization engine and the customer telemetry API on top of it.