LSP44 Names Andy Simmons Head of Engineering

The appointment strengthens the engineering team building LSP44's AI agents and infrastructure, as the company builds on a quarter of accelerating growth

CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LSP44, the AI-native agent and API infrastructure business for logistics service providers, today announced it has named Andy Simmons as Head of Engineering. Simmons joins as LSP44 builds on Q2 FY27 momentum, including 76% quarter-over-quarter New ARR growth, and will lead the engineering organization building the agents, infrastructure, and developer capabilities LSP44 gives to 3PLs, freight forwarders, and brokers.

Andy Simmons, Head of Engineering

Simmons spent four years at project44, where he led the engineering teams behind Orders and Inventory and then Unified Search, two products built to solve a persistent freight problem: shippers having to chase order, SKU, and shipment data across disconnected systems. Orders and Inventory gave them a single view of purchase orders, SKUs, and shipments, and Unified Search extended that same principle, letting users pull up any shipment, order, or inventory record from one place. Earlier in his career, he worked in software consulting at Crowe before joining the startup Telution, later acquired by CSG, then founded and grew Content Direct through its own acquisition.

Most recently, Simmons worked at Atlassian, where he built controls for Rovo, the company's AI platform, and at iManage, partnering with AI vendors to bring intelligent document management to legal teams.

“Andy has spent his career moving companies from bespoke, disconnected systems to unified, optimized platforms: from Orders and Inventory to Unified Search at project44, then again with AI controls at Atlassian and iManage. He ships agents that hold up under real operations, at scale. That's exactly the discipline LSP44 needs as we scale our agents across the network.”

Jett McCandless, Founder and CEO, LSP44

In his role, Simmons will lead the teams building and scaling LSP44’s agent platform, from the infrastructure that connects carrier and LSP systems to the controls that let operators trust what an agent does with their data. He will also grow the engineering organization to match LSP44’s pace of customer growth, applying the same discipline he brought to shipping Orders and Inventory, Unified Search, and AI controls at scale.

“I've spent my career building systems people can actually rely on, from Orders and Inventory platforms to AI tools for legal teams. The common thread: taking work that used to require constant manual oversight and turning it into something a system can just handle correctly. LSP44 applies that same principle to freight. We’re giving logistics providers AI agents they can trust to run the business, not another dashboard they have to babysit, powered by the best logistics data platform in the industry.”

Andy Simmons, Head of Engineering, LSP44

The hire adds to a leadership bench LSP44 has built quickly since launch, one that pairs deep project44 pedigree with outside AI and logistics experience, and it lands as the company scales its agent platform through a quarter of accelerating growth.

About LSP44

LSP44 is the AI-native agent and API infrastructure business for logistics service providers. Built on the world's largest logistics data graph and carrier network, LSP44 gives 3PLs, freight forwarders, and brokers the AI agents, carrier infrastructure, and developer capabilities to embed intelligence directly into their own products and workflows. LSP44 is profitable and headquartered in Chicago. Learn more at LSP44.ai.

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Andy Simmons, Head of Engineering LSP44

Andy Simmons, Head of Engineering LSP44