Monday Mar 03, 2025

Matt Silverberg, CEO of Associated Couriers & CCO of Life Couriers, Real Leadership

The Psychologist Who Built a Life-Saving Logistics Empire

Most people don’t wake up thinking they’ll run a high-stakes logistics company. Matt Silverberg didn’t either.

Armed with a master’s in clinical psychology, he was working in the nonprofit sector—until a phone call changed everything. His father-in-law needed help in a niche logistics business. What started as a favor turned into a full-scale leadership pivot.

Today, Matt is the CEO of Associated Couriers and Chief Commercial Officer of Life Couriers, leading an industry where:

  • Every second counts when lives are on the line
  • Scaling a company means merging business with purpose
  • Drones will soon deliver life-saving medicine

In this episode, Matt shares:

  • The strategy that drove three times revenue growth before acquisition
  • Hard-earned lessons from merging company cultures
  • How logistics innovation—from drones to Big Pharma—is reshaping healthcare
  • Why Conscious Capitalism is the key to sustainable success

Timestamps:

[03:22] – The hidden world of life-critical logistics
[10:36] – From psychologist to CEO—Matt’s unexpected career shift
[13:23] – Tough calls and big wins that fueled explosive growth
[16:27] – Merging company cultures and the battles that came with it
[24:08] – Rebranding to Life Couriers and a new vision for the future
[27:23] – The biggest lesson from a failed acquisition
[32:36] – What’s next for logistics? Drones, AI, and global expansion

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