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Scott Cannon

I’m a CEO who’s built, scaled and turned around companies. The next arms race in business isn’t about supply chains or rate cuts — it’s about predictability

Scott Cannon (Credit: courtesy of BigRentz)

After 20 years spent building, fixing and scaling companies, I’ve learned the hardest thing to manufacture isn’t growth — it’s predictability. 

I’ve led a global logistics company through a turnaround that tripled revenue and ended in a successful acquisition by UPS. I’ve overseen the transformation of a construction equipment rental marketplace into a vertically integrated, AI-powered procurement platform that’s helping reshape how the massive jobsite economy runs. Across those experiences (and others), from private-equity boardrooms to field operations, the same thing has been true. The real arms race hasn’t been over artificial intelligence, interest rates or supply chains — it’s been over stability.

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