Chief Executive Officer at Ruan Transportation Management Systems

Benjamin McLean serves as Chief Executive Officer of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, one of the largest privately held logistics providers in the United States. Ben joined Ruan in 2007 and held various corporate and operational roles, including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer, before assuming his current role in 2015. 

Prior to joining Ruan, Ben assisted companies with mergers, acquisitions and equity offerings at William Blair & Company in Chicago and the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York. He was also a systems developer and architect at Deloitte Consulting, where his team developed and implemented enterprise software for multiple clients. 

Ben was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He earned his undergraduate degree in computer engineering from Northwestern. 

Ben serves on the boards of UFP Industries and the American Transportation Research Institute, and he is a member of the American Trucking Associations’ Executive Committee and Northwestern University Transportation Center’s Business Advisory Committee. Ben is also a member of the Iowa Business Council and served as chair of the organization from 2016 to 2018. Previous board and philanthropic affiliations include Orchard Place and Reaching Higher Iowa. Ben chaired the Governor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board for the State of Iowa in 2020.