• Earned bachelor’s degree from KU School of Business, 1989

• Emeritus member of KU School of Business Dean’s Board of Advisors

• KU School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, 2015

Entrepreneur Tim Barton founded Freightquote.com in 1998, leveraging Internet technology to create a better way for trucking companies and commercial shippers to work together. Barton grew Freightquote to more than 1,000 employees with annual revenue exceeding $600 million prior to an acquisition by C.H. Robinson Worldwide in early January 2015.

Freightquote was not Barton’s first venture. In 1991, he and four fellow Jayhawk alumni founded United WATS Inc. Association Programs from offices in Lawrence. UWI grew organically and through acquisitions into publicly traded Network Long Distance before selling to IXC Communications/Broadwing in June 1998.

Barton’s vision, innovation and leadership earned him the honor of being named Regional Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young (2003) and by UMKC Bloch School of Management (2014). Induction into the Greater Kansas City Business Hall of Fame rounded out 2014. In 2015, he received the KU School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award.

Barton holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in finance from Louisiana State University.