David Blandford

Chief Financial Officer RK Logistics Group

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

David Blandford is Chief Financial Officer of RK Logistics Group, a Fremont, California logistics company founded in Silicon Valley in 1991 to support the region’s high-technology manufacturers. He took the role in October 2024 and oversees much more than finance: accounting, financial planning and audit, human resources and information technology all sit under him, along with treasury, compensation and benefits design and the integration of acquisitions. RK now describes his remit as leading finance, capital planning and commercial strategy across its operating companies. He came to RK after more than a decade running accounting, treasury and financial operations at growth companies in several industries.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of RK Logistics Group since October 2024, part of the company’s five-person executive leadership.
• Responsible for RK’s back-office functions — accounting, financial planning and audit, human resources and IT — and for treasury management and merger and acquisition integration.
• Earlier held financial operations management positions at PrePass, Payment Alliance International and TEC Equipment.
• Master’s degree in accounting from the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business, where he was also a graduate teaching fellow.

Professional Journey

Blandford trained in accounting at the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business, earning a master’s degree and serving as a graduate teaching fellow while there. He went on to spend more than ten years directing accounting, treasury and financial management at growth companies across several industries. RK names three of them: PrePass, Payment Alliance International and TEC Equipment. The specific titles he held there are not given in the company’s announcements.

In October 2024 RK Logistics Group named him Chief Financial Officer, announcing him alongside Peter O’Donnell, who joined as Vice President of Business Development. Chairman, CEO and President Joe MacLean called them “two proven executives” who would “drive RK’s continued growth and profitability.” The CFO job at RK was defined broadly from the start. Beyond finance, he took on human resources and IT and was given responsibility for personnel structures, compensation and benefits programmes, M&A integration and treasury.

RK, founded in Silicon Valley in 1991, specialises in what it calls zero-fault-tolerance logistics for semiconductor equipment, advanced mobility, energy storage, high-precision electronics and direct-to-consumer brands. At the time of his appointment it ran about 1.7 million square feet of warehousing, mainly in Northern California in Fremont, Hayward, Newark and Livermore, with further facilities in Michigan, Texas, New York and Arizona. It now reports more than 700 staff. The company’s current leadership page lists him among five executives, alongside MacLean, Chief Operating Officer James Bryant, O’Donnell, who is now Chief Commercial Officer, and the head of its Innovation Center. It describes him as leading finance, capital planning and commercial strategy across RK’s operating companies, and as driving “the discipline that lets RK invest ahead of customer growth.”

Education

University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business

Master’s degree, Accounting