Sep 7, 2026
Ryan Kalisky is the Co-founder and CEO of WareMatch, a 3PL warehousing marketplace and bidding platform that helps brands find qualified providers and compare bids. He guides WareMatch’s growth as it develops tools that help logistics providers showcase facility capabilities and win better-fit business. With a background in medical supply distribution and experience sourcing warehouse partners, Ryan focuses on modernizing 3PL discovery, marketing, quoting, and procurement.
Finding the right 3PL partner can be difficult when every warehouse offers a different mix of capabilities, pricing, certifications, and technology. For logistics providers, clearly communicating those differences can be just as challenging. How can better data and technology make 3PL sourcing and warehouse marketing more efficient?
A more effective approach starts with better data, clearer project requirements, and a centralized way to compare options. Logistics technology entrepreneur Ryan Kalisky maintains that project-specific information can help brands identify suitable providers while giving warehouses a better way to showcase their capabilities. He also highlights the value of streamlining RFQs, organizing bids in one place, and using facility-level details rather than relying on broad company profiles. As AI-driven search changes how businesses discover logistics partners, keeping accurate service and capability information accessible online can also improve visibility. The result is a more transparent, efficient process that helps both shippers and 3PLs make better-fit decisions.
In this episode of The Tao of Pizza Podcast, Mark Hiddleson talks with Ryan Kalisky, Co-Founder and CEO of WareMatch, about modernizing 3PL sourcing and warehouse marketing. Ryan shares how better facility data can improve provider selection, why centralized RFPs simplify bidding, and how AI search is changing logistics visibility. He also touches on entrepreneurship and lessons from building a logistics technology company.