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Alpega Group, a leading pan-European provider of an end-to-end transportation and logistics platform, today announced a planned leadership transition. After a successful tenure as Chief Executive Officer, Todd DeLaughter will be retiring, stepping down from his role and transitioning to a Board Advisor role for the company. The Board of Directors has appointed Daniel Cohen as the incoming CEO, effective January 1st, 2026.
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Daniel Cohen brings three decades of experience leading B2B SaaS businesses through periods of change, scale, and value realization. Most recently, as CEO of PayU, he led a full financial, operational, and cultural transformation returning the business to sustained profitable growth. He subsequently steered the company through a highly complex, multi-jurisdictional process that culminated in the successful sale to Rapyd. Daniel is recognized for pairing strategic focus with disciplined execution, and for building leadership teams and operating cultures capable of sustained high performance. He joins Alpega Group at a pivotal moment, with the mandate and experience to drive its next phase of profitable growth.
“Alpega brings together strong software assets and a meaningful presence across the transportation ecosystem,” said Daniel Cohen. “As the industry becomes more complex and fragmented, the opportunity is to simplify how transportation is managed and executed through solutions that increase trust and efficiency across the value chain. I’m looking forward to working closely with the team and the Board to build on our strong foundation and continue delivering market-leading products, supported by operational excellence and a culture that drives sustained performance.”
Under DeLaughter’s leadership, Alpega Group has strengthened its position as an industry innovator, expanded its product capabilities, and deepened relationships with shippers, carriers, and logistics partners around the world. His guidance has been instrumental in enhancing Alpega’s suite of software solutions and driving sustainable growth across key markets.
Alpega’s platform has evolved from a number of acquisitions including iNet, Transwide, Teleroute, TenderEasy and Wtransnet. This powerful set of tools includes a comprehensive TMS, transport execution capability, freight procurement and freight exchanges which make up Alpega’s digital transportation platform.
The Board expressed deep appreciation for DeLaughter’s leadership and continuity during the transition.
“On behalf of the entire Board, we thank Todd for his exceptional contributions as CEO,” said Chairman Nikolay Pargov. “We are delighted that he will continue to support the company as a trusted advisor. We have a strong conviction that under Daniel's guidance, Alpega will enter a new phase of accelerated growth and innovation. The group has strong foundations, refreshed strategy, and a renewed, very talented leadership team. We continue pursuing our goal to deliver industry-leading performance.”
“It has been a privilege to lead Alpega Group through such an important chapter,” said Todd DeLaughter. “I am incredibly proud of what our teams have accomplished and confident that the company is well-positioned for growth above market expectations, Daniel is a strong, visionary leader, and I look forward to supporting him and the company in my advisory role.”
About Alpega Group
Alpega Group is a leading pan-European logistics software company offering end-to-end solutions that empower shippers, carriers, and logistics professionals to streamline and optimize supply chain operations. With decades of industry expertise, Alpega provides powerful Transportation Management Systems (TMS), a well-connected and collaborative Transport Execution Platform, Freight Exchange solutions, and digital tools that drive efficiency, visibility, and collaboration across the transportation ecosystem.
Daniel Cohen, CEO Alpega
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — UConn starting guard Solo Ball limped from room to room Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, a protective boot on his sprained left foot. Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg didn't even do that much because of an injured left ankle and an injured left knee.
Just one day before the teams meet in Monday night's national championship game, the big question for both was the health of two key playmakers.
Neither was expected to practice Sunday as they focused instead on getting as much treatment as possible, even as teammates and the players themselves insisted the stars would play Monday night. The coaches, Dan Hurley and Dusty May, also tried to lighten the mood before college basketball's biggest game of the season.
“I’m sure he’ll give it a go tomorrow, but that will be entirely up to him and the medical staff,” May said as he updated the playing status of Lendeborg, a first team All-American. “He’ll tell me if he can go and we were laughing because he played the second half, but he played the second half like a 38-year-old at the YMCA — a really good 38-year-old at the YMCA. So whatever version we get of Yaxel we get, it’s going to be somebody that helps us play better basketball.”
Lendeborg played just five minutes of the first half before getting hurt in Saturday's 91-73 victory over Arizona, which sent Michigan (36-3) to its first title game since 2018. He finished with 11 points and three rebounds in 15 minutes and made two 3-pointers in the second half.
But he hardly resembled the guy who was named the Big Ten's Player of the Year.
When Lendeborg was asked whether missing Monday night's game was a possibility, Lendeborg emphatically told reporters in the locker room, “absolutely not.” He reinjured the ankle he initially hurt in the Big Ten Tournament championship game. The knee injury was a new one and Lendeborg said, at worst, he was told it was a sprained medial collateral ligament. May said MRI results came back clean Sunday.
Still, the combination prevented him from doing the traditional between-games media circuit.
While everyone saw Lendeborg's injury Saturday's, Ball's injury seemed to surprise everyone including Hurley, who said he saw Ball in a walking boot before being told what happened.
Ball has played a key role in helping UConn (34-5) reach its third title game in four years, averaging 12.9 points and starting all 38 games he appeared in this season.
He scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half of Saturday’s 91-72 victory over Illinois — after getting hurt in the first half — and told reporters played through the injury on pure adrenaline. The injury occurred when Ball and teammate Tarris Reed Jr. got tangled.
“I've just been doing everything I can to take care of it,” Ball said Sunday. “It's just a bump in the road, so you've got to keep moving forward. Pain is temporary. People say it pushes you through your toughest performance, so it's only what you're made of. This is the championship game.”
Hurley had other questions, though, as UConn attempts to win its third national championship in four years and the seventh in school history. The Huskies are tied with North Carolina for the third-highest total of national championships, behind UCLA (11) and Kentucky (eight).
UConn has won all six of its titles since 1999 and remains hopeful Ball will be a go on Monday.
“I think we’ll see whether this turns into — it’s going to be tough to get an MRI on Easter, on a Sunday,” Hurley said. “I don’t know what the hospitals are like in Indiana. Hospitals stay open.”
Michigan, apparently, had already resolved that issue.
But the Wolverines don't expect Lendeborg's injury to change their mission, snapping a four-game losing streak in NCAA Tournament title games and capturing the school's first national title since 1989 and the second in program history. Nor do they expect it to change their game plan.
“I'll still play the four outs,” Michigan forward Morez Johnson Jr. said. “And Yax is fine.”
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Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg (23) falls after play against Arizona during the first half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
UConn guard Solo Ball (1) celebrates his basket as Illinois guard Andrej Stojakovic (2) looks on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg reacts after an injury on the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
UConn's Solo Ball (1) dunks as Illinois' Andrej Stojakovic, left, watches during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
