Our Freight Transportation Team
MICHAEL GRAHAM
President
Michael opened OFW in April of 2007. Since
its inception, Michael has been involved in
all aspects of the daily running of the
business. His career in the transportation
sector dates back almost 25 years. After
graduating from the University of Western
Ontario in 1992, Mike took his first job as
a sales representative with MSM
Transportation out of Bolton Ontario. After
17 years on the front lines with MSM,
Michael decided to branch out on his own and
opened Onyx Freight Inc.
GREG LUCIER
VP Sales and Marketing
Greg came on board in October 2007, shortly
after the company's inception. Since
then, he has been responsible for all
aspects of the company's sales and
marketing. Greg's tenure in the
transportation industry is also
considerable, dating back over 2 decades.
His knowledge of Canadian domestic trucking
– after a dedicated term at Midland
Transport – is truly invaluable. Although he
is in charge of our sales and marketing,
Greg is also heavily involved in the daily
operations at OFW.
It was a big step to leave a company I
had been at for almost 2 decades but it
was the right decision for my family and
I. My wife and I had just had our first
child – which added to the pressure –
but I was confident I could build an
operation that customers could benefit
from. The hard part of the process was
finding the right name for the
company.
My brother-in-law suggested it over a
breakfast meeting and it immediately
stuck. It symbolizes strength and
sustainability which are both pretty
good attributes to model your company
after.
– Mike Graham
mike@ship-onyx.ca
My background with MSM was strictly
cross-border trucking. When Greg came on
board, he opened up an entire other
avenue I was unfamiliar with. We were
immediately able to offer customers an
added service, which was Canadian
domestic trucking which they began to
take advantage of.
– Mike Graham
Today, Greg has become an expert in handling
dangerous goods and has also opened up our
warehousing division. Being heavily weighted
in the Oil & Gas sector, Greg's resume
of customers has been a significant
contributor to our growth as a company. He
also leads up our flatbed and special
commodity division.
If it's “out of the box”, Greg is
your guy. He has tackled countless
projects for our Refinery customers and
done an excellent job providing
logistical solutions time and time
again.
– Mike Graham