

It wasn’t that he had won the 1997 Masters by twelve strokes. Or pocketed a $60 million Nike endorsement deal. It wasn’t that he had won five PGA Tour tournaments. In 1997, with barely seven months under his belt as a professional golfer, 20-year old Tiger stunned the golf world. Who are you?” I told him I was just a member, but that I had read an interesting Time magazine cover story on him the previous year, the gist of which was about how he took the biggest risk of his career immediately upon turning pro. I guess I was watching him more intently than I realized, because he said “You obviously know who I am. The fact that he was the only golfer in there pumping iron told me something.

On this particular Monday, the Monday of the tournament week, it was just him and me in the gym. Proceeds benefit Tiger's educational foundation for disadvantaged youths. Each year in December he hosts the last PGA event of the year: a small invitation-only challenge tourney at the course. I walked into the small workout room of the country club I belong to in southern California, to find none other than Tiger Woods. Prince has written extensively about the intermodal industry and has published more than 300 articles and columns.The year was 2001. He brings extensive experience to Tiger Cool Express, including as Partner of Surface Intermodal Solutions, Board of Directors Member of SeaCo, President of Consolidated Chassis Management, Vice President of Intermodal and International for Kansas City Southern, and Chief Operating Officer for “K” Line America. He is a member of the Eno Transportation Foundation Board of Advisors. He is a Founding Board member of ITI where he served as ViceChairman for Freight and Vice-Chairman for Research and Policy. Prince is the past chairman of the Intermodal Association of North America and a founding board member of the Foundation for Intermodal Research and Education. Secretary of Transportation to the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Council and served as Intermodal Vice Chairman for four years. Theodore Prince serves Tiger Cool Express as Chief Strategy Officer and is one of its co-founders.
