Rob Carpenter

About Rob Carpenter

DOT Adviser | Speaker | Author | Defensible Risk Program Developer | Driver turned DOT & Fleet Guru | Pro Cat Herder | VA DMV, Smith System, and National Safety Council Driving Instructor and still a CDL A Driver with all Endorsements Optimizing operational performance through organized, standard processes and systems. Human resources, fleet, DOT, risk, and compliance professional who has spent considerable time building nationwide teams and high-performers through high-support, high-challenge coaching and teaching environment. Developing, implementing, and overseeing corporate strategic plans, vendor procurement for drug and alcohol, telematics, driver intelligence systems, Applicant tracking systems, background checks, TMS, maintenance, HR & Payroll related systems, etc. Leading the collaboration between operations, safety, fleet, and risk management program objectives for countless DOT entities, thousands of drivers, and thousands of vehicles and assets Nationwide through direct, hands-on servant leadership at the front. Experience across all modes of transportation: household goods, hazmat (Sulfur and LPG), drayage, reefer, dry van, passenger, agriculture, heavy haul, and everything in between. Risk Control and Operations Consultant optimizing business operations by analyzing and advising on Compliance, TSA Surface Security, Risk Management, Fire & Life Safety, OSHA, Interstate FMCSA, Intrastate transportation-related entities, Insurance Carriers, and Captive Insurance Groups. Consulting for fleet intelligence, telematics, applicant tracking, and driver intelligence system vendors, i.e, Motive, Samsara, Tenstreet, Driver Reach, Haul, Netradyne, LogRock, and countless other vendors.

Experience

1. Founder, CEO

   Tea Technologies The Tea Intel

   Jan 2026 — Present

   Every insurance underwriter, litigation team, insurance broker, and agent makes decisions about trucking companies based on a DOT number and whatever the FMCSA provides. That\'s not enough. It never has been.THE TEA is a carrier risk intelligence firm that gives the people who insure, broker, and litigate trucking the depth they need to make informed decisions, who\'s really behind a carrier, what their safety profile actually looks like beyond a snapshot score, whether they\'re connected to shell companies or chameleon networks, and what the exposed risk really is before a policy is written, a load is tendered, or a verdict is reached.We work with insurance companies and underwriters to assess carrier risk profiles before binding coverage. We work with agents and brokers who need to qualify carriers and protect their books of business. We work with litigation teams who need deep investigative intelligence on carriers involved in highway accidents. And we work with the good carriers, the ones doing it right, to help them build defensible safety programs, optimize their risk profiles, and earn the premium opportunities they deserve.25+ years of CDL and DOT compliance experience. CDS and CDM/E certified. Expert witness in highway accident litigation. Published investigative journalist at FreightWaves. The platform is the engine. The intelligence is the product. The mission is to get dangerous operators off the road and reward those who take safety seriously.