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This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Supply Chain Management space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Christopher Kirchner
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Slync.io
Christopher S. Kirchner is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO at Slync.io. Prior to this, Christopher has worked as a senior vice president of sales and marketing and a director of marketing and sales at Turner Labels. Christopher holds a degree in communications, minor marketing from the University of Kentucky.
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About Slync.io: Slync.io is a provider of process automation for enterprise supply chains and the global logistics industry.
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Kandy Anand
President & Chief Executive Officer, Molson Coors International of Molson Coors
Kandy is President of Molson Coors International (MCI) where he is responsible for the growth and expansion of the company’s business and brand portfolio in global markets outside of the US, Canada and the UK. Appointed in 2009, Kandy has helped significantly expand the company’s footprint in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Previously, he served as Division President of Coca Cola’s Philippines Business Unit. While at Coca Cola, he also served as Vice President of Coca Cola’s Global Revenue Growth Management and Commercial Leadership, as well as the Division Marketing Director for South Latin America. Prior to his time at Coca Cola, Anand served in various senior marketing strategy roles over fifteen years with Unilever in India. Kandy completed his Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management.
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About Molson Coors: Molson Coors is a beer company and distributor that brews the world’s favorite beer brands.
Mark Hunter
President & Chief Executive Officer of Molson Coors
Mark is President and CEO of Molson Coors and serves as a member of the Board. He brings more than 20 years of Molson Coors experience and most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Molson Coors Europe. Prior to that, Mark was President and Chief Executive Officer of Molson Coors UK. Before that, he was Chief Commercial Officer for Molson Coors Canada where he responsible for all sales and marketing activities. Earlier in his career Mark managed the export markets and business unit strategy for Bass Brewers and marketing management of the Carling brand. He has also served on the board of Bass Brewers as Marketing Director and the board of Coors Brewers Ltd. Before joining the Bass in 1989, he held a variety of sales positions with Hallmark Cards and Bulmers Drinks. Mark holds a Bachelor Honours degree in Marketing and Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
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About Molson Coors: Molson Coors is a beer company and distributor that brews the world’s favorite beer brands.
Chris Power
Founder & CEO of Hadrian
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About Hadrian: Hadrian manufactures precision components for cutting-edge technology companies.
Tobin Moore
CEO & Co-Founder of Optoro
Tobin Moore is the Co – Founder & CEO of Optoro.Tobin co-founded Optoro in 2008 after discovering the little-known world of reverse logistics. Rather than dismissing this as a black hole of resources or even a liability, Moore had a mission to efficiently connect the excess inventory of retailers and distributors with the millions of online discount shoppers regularly looking for such items worldwide. He has led Optoro since inception, overseeing its expansion from a regional service provider to a major industry player with a goal to revolutionize the world of reverse logistics. Moore’s vision for a plug-and-play software solution to make excess goods efficiently and effectively leap from warehouses directly to every major online marketplace simultaneously became Optoro. Moore started Optoro’s predecessor, eSpot, during his senior year in college in 2004. This early foray into the world of asset management manifested itself as an online reseller’s dream that helped small businesses and individuals sell their unwanted valuables throughout the Washington, DC area. He lead eSpot for 4 years, driving his team to build the proprietary software and marketing infrastructure that would form the foundation of the cutting-edge enterprise solutions offered by Optoro today.payday loans. During Moore’s rare hours away from the office, he can be found mixing it up with his younger colleagues on the soccer field or doing his best Mick Jagger impression in the Karaoke rooms of DC. Tobin holds a B.A. from Brown University with a Double Major in Business Economics and American History.
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About Optoro: Optoro is a technology company that provides a way to liquidate returned, overstock, and damaged-box products.
Eric Weaver
CEO of Transparent Path spc
Eric Weaver is a long-time digital disrupter who has been at the leading edge of multiple waves of innovation. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Eric’s first career began as a software developer for General Motors and Ford Motor Company. In 1990, he became one of the very first digital marketers, walking brands like P&G, Ford and Johnson & Johnson through their very first digital efforts. Over the years, Eric has created marketing strategies and digital presences for nearly 100 global brands, persuading senior executives around the world to embrace e-commerce, webcasting, social content, blockchain, and augmented reality. Eric’s primary role these days is serving as the founder and CEO of Transparent Path. The company’s mission is to tackle the global food waste issue by creating more trust and transparency in our most critical supply chains. The Transparent Path platform uses continuously connected IoT sensors, edge computing and artificial intelligence to create real-time supply chain visibility. Sensors track products in real time, providing instant alerts when something goes wrong, allowing whoever has custody to preserve shipments and prevent waste, fines, and loss. Other projects include the Weaver Company, through which he counsels global brands, and ARCHIVE, an advanced metaverse and extended reality initiative. During his career, Eric has staffed, managed & grown award-winning creative, strategy & production teams in London, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Seattle, Detroit and Cincinnati. His last role prior to launching Transparent Path was to launch the Xerox Customer Experience Practice, where he managed a $550M services book of business. Eric has been quoted in nearly 30 industry publications. With over 15 awards for marketing excellence, he lectures for universities in the US, Canada, Ireland and elsewhere, and speaks globally on topics like transparency, sustainability, and ethics.
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About Transparent Path spc: Real-time, end-to-end visibility for perishables — using IoT sensors, blockchain security, and predictive AI.
Karl Siebrecht
Co-Founder & CEO of Flexe
Karl is a seasoned technology executive, with leadership experience in both startups and large, global corporations. Prior to co-founding FLEXE, Karl was CEO of AdReady, a Seattle-based advertising technology company. He is also a founding Board member of EnergySavvy, a SaaS-based solution for energy efficiency management. Previously, Karl was President of Atlas at aQuantive, before its $6B acquisition by Microsoft, and earlier in his career he was a Manager at Bain & Company in Boston and a Diving Officer in the U.S. Navy.
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About EnergySavvy, Flexe, NetNavy: Flexe delivers omnichannel logistics programs for eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, same-day delivery, and network capacity.
William Thayer
Co-Founder, CEO of Fillogic
William Thayer is the Co-Founder and CEO at Fillogic. Bill is a veteran in the worlds of retail, eCommerce, and logistics, with 25+ years at major retailers like Macy’s and Loehmann’s in C-level leadership positions. Bill is an advisor to large companies like Macy’s, Barney’s, Hearst, Century 21, and SDI Systems. He supports startups like University Beyond and Cargomatic, where he is an investor.
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About Arteria Network, Fillogic: Fillogic is a New York-based technology company that provides retail and logistics services.
Jennifer Bisceglie
Founder and CEO of Interos
Jennifer Bisceglie is the President and CEO of Interos Solutions, Inc. and Vigillence Inc., which are vendor and supply chain risk management (SCRM) companies that serve the US public, and global commercial, sectors. Interos is a leading provider of cyber security solutions and supply chain risk reduction to the Federal Government. Named the AT&T Innovator of the Year for its Global Threat Information Center (GTIC) ™ launched in 2015, Interos is renowned for its expertise in cyber security, supply chain risk management (SCRM) and network security. As such, Jennifer is a sought after expert on the impact of cyber risk and supply chain risk on US and global economies. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience in managing and mitigating risks in supply chains, Jennifer launched Vigillence in 2016, as the world’s leading supply chain risk research and advisory company. Vigillence provides a big data and analytics platform to proactively reduce supply chain threats for its global commercial clients by identifying risks based on each customer’s unique operational requirements and third-party partnerships. Vigillence partners with its customers to define their risk assessment posture based on organizational vulnerabilities related to supply chain vendors, partners and service providers; benchmark current risk profiles and provide “what if” scenario analyses; and provide its clients’ Boards, senior leadership and business managers with the knowledge required to make informed decisions on acceptable vendor risk exposure and how to allocate resources to mitigate it.
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About Interos: Interos helps companies manage risk and continuously monitor their supply chain and business relationships to avoid disruptions.
Na’ama Moran
Co-Founder & CEO of Cheetah
Na’ama Moran is Co-Founder and CEO at Cheetah. Growing up in Israel with a family of farmers and small business owners, she’s seen first-hand the imminent need for a more efficient, accessible food supply. She came to the US to study economics, math, and political science at Cornell University, and started her career with Greylock Capital Management as an analyst. She soon left finance and moved to Silicon Valley to pursue her dream of building products that make people’s lives better with technology. She’s founded several companies including Zappedy and Sourcery, where she encountered many restaurant owners and food entrepreneurs, and discovered the hardships of running a restaurant, including the lack of transparency and ease-of-use in such an important industry. Remaining committed to building products that help food businesses thrive, she saw an opportunity to solve the very real problem that legacy distributors created for independent restaurants with Cheetah. Today, Na’ama is scaling Cheetah at an unprecedented pace. Since its inception in 2015, Cheetah has served over 2,000 independent restaurants with a mission to improve their supply chain. In early 2020, Cheetah turned their fleet of refrigerated trucks into mobile fulfillment centers, to provide the safest option for grocery pickup without contact and away from crowds. Consumers and restaurant owners simply place their order through the Cheetah mobile app and drive to one of multiple designated locations in the Bay Area, where products are placed in the trunk of customer’s cars without leaving the driver’s seat.
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About Cheetah: Cheetah is an e-commerce platform offering contactless pickup and delivery of food and supplies.
Jett McCandless
Co-Founder and CEO of project44
Jett McCandless is Founder and CEO of project44.
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About project44: Project44 is a logistics technology company that provides a visibility solution to span the entire shipment workflow.
Rob Keve
CEO & co-founder of Flow Commerce
Rob Keve is the CEO & co-founder at Flow Commerce.
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About Flow Commerce: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
Harish Abbott
Co-founder and CEO of Deliverr
Harish Abbott is a Co-Founder & CEO of sneakpeeq.com, a leading social shopping company. At sneakpeeq, Harish manages Product and Marketing. Prior to founding sneakpeeq.com, Harish was the Chief Product Officer at Lulu.com—the premier global marketplace for new digital content on the Internet—where he managed Product and Revenues. He led Lulu toward the largest virtually distributed marketplace for digital content. Prior to joining Lulu, Harish was a Co-Founder and President of Ugenie, the company behind weRead.com—the first social recommendation engine for books. At Ugenie, Harish was responsible for setting the overall product direction and management of the engineering center and company operations. Ugenie was acquired by Lulu.com. Prior to Ugenie, Harish was a Senior Program Manager at Amazon.com, leading initiatives on strategic planning, supply chains and order fulfillment. He helped Amazon launch and build its distribution network through warehousing and drop-shipping in North America and Europe. Harish also wrote the promise ship date and promise delivery date concept at Amazon. Before Amazon, Harish was a Solution Architect at i2 Technologies where he played a key role in the consulting and sales teams of the retail division. Harish graduated with top honors from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He also holds a Masters in Operations Research from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and an MBA from Stanford University where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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About Deliverr, Symphony Commerce: Deliverr is a startup company that provides shipping services for e-commerce businesses.
Frederic Trinel
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of EcoVadis
Frédéric is an international Entrepreneur, founder of 4 companies, all in activity today, in Asia, Eastern Europe & UK operating in Global Trade, Software & Human Resources area. The last venture of Frederic was Mr. Ted Ltd, where he was COO in charge of Technology & Operations.
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About EcoVadis: EcoVadis offers a collaborative platform that allows companies to assess the environmental and social performance of their suppliers.
Nicholas Bulcao
CEO & Co-Founder of Airspace
Nick Bulcao has over 12 years of experience in the logistics industry. He owned and operated Sun Distributing and First Delivery, specializing in critical transportation. He also grew a partnership with Amazon servicing last mile deliveries in 11 different locations throughout the west coast with over 600 employees generating over 36 million in revenue per year. First Delivery showed Nick the lack of technology in the time critical logistics industry which drove him to start Airspace Technologies.
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About Airspace: Airspace Technologies is a technology-enabled provider of time critical logistics.
Stephen Barr
CEO of Hollingsworth
As chairman, CEO, and cofounder of Hollingsworth, Steve has witnessed the growth from a two-person operation to a full-service, multinational logistics company. The growth has come organically, through strong relationships with customers that ultimately led to successful joint venture operations that continue to this day. In addition to his continuous improvement efforts to drive excellence into Hollingsworth’s services, Steve is an active board member of the Native American Business Alliance. Participating in the decision-making of this organization as an active board member, Steve also opens the doors of his corporation for the mentorship of aspiring Native American entrepreneurs. He enjoys guiding young Native Americans as they attempt to become a viable part of the American economy.
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About Hollingsworth: Hollingsworth focuses on core business and drive sales by optimizing supply chain.
Dean Foate
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Plexus Corporation
Dean Foate is our Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer. Dean joined Plexus in 1984 as a Design Engineer in our Engineering Solutions Group. After holding a number of leadership roles in our engineering organization, he was named president of the business unit in 1992. He was next promoted to Executive Vice President, where he assumed leadership over the company’s strategic growth initiatives. In 2001, Dean became our Chief Operating Officer, which led to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2002. In 2013, Dean was named the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in engineering management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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About Plexus Corporation: Plexus uses unique Product Realization service model to transform your concepts into branded products and deliver to your target markets.
Sultan Ahmed Sulayem
Group Chairman and CEO of DP World Group
His Excellency Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem became Chairman of DP World on 30 May 2007. He is a leading UAE and international businessman whose visionary leadership spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free zones, contributing significantly to the stellar growth trajectory of the United Arab Emirates. Mr Bin Sulayem was previously Chairman of Dubai World and in this role oversaw businesses in industries as diverse as real estate development, hospitality, tourism, retail, e-commerce, commodities, transportation and logistics. He previously served as Chairman of Port & Free Zone World FZE and remains one of the two representatives of DP World’s majority shareholder on the Board. Highlights of his career, spanning three decades, comprise DP World’s international expansion, including the $6.85 billion acquisition of P&O Group to become a leading global marine terminals operator, establishing and leading Nakheel, a real estate and tourism property development firm that created many iconic Dubai projects including The Palm, the world’s largest man-made islands; establishing and leading Istithmar World, a major global private equity investment house; and pioneering the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre. Mr. Bin Sulayem holds a BS in Economics from Temple University, United States. A citizen of the United Arab Emirates, he is 59 years old.
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About DP World Group: DP World is an enabler of global trade and a leader in marine terminal operations and development, logistics, and related services.
Matt Schwartz
CEO & Co-Founder of Afresh Technologies
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About Afresh Technologies: Afresh is an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores.
Lily Shen
President & CEO of Transfix
Lily Shen is an entrepreneur and has worked for companies with the likes of Bloomspot, Wealthfront and eBay inc.
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About Transfix: Transfix is a freight marketplace connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers.
Amjad Hussain
Chair & CEO of Algo
Amjad is an entrepreneur at heart. He founded Algo where he is the CEO during the day and AI building blocks designer at night. He has built a passionate team of domain experts, AI architects, scientists and software engineers with deep industry knowledge of manufacturing, distribution and retail. Algo is an always on full stack enterprise class AI platform with deep learning, augmented reality and workflow automation at its core. Algo has a conversational business analyst bot as its main user interface. Algo is rapidly growing and creating tremendous net new value for its customers world-wide. Amjad is an Honors Electrical Engineering & Computer Science graduate and a senior member of IEEE. He earned his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from UMIST, in the United Kingdom with a focus on artificial intelligence and an MBA from MIT. Amjad is an applied researcher and practitioner in the field of natural language understanding and deep reinforcement learning. He has completed flagship management programs at Harvard and Stanford. Amjad was recognized in the Crain’s ‘s ’40 under 40’ program for his pioneering work in advanced analytics.
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About Algo: Enterprise AI powered Supply Chain Planning platform delivered by a Virtual Business Analyst named Algo.
Mathew Joseph Elenjickal
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites
Matt is the founder and chief executive officer of FourKites. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. Prior to founding FourKites, Matt spent 7 years in the enterprise software space working for market leaders such as Oracle Corp and i2 Technologies/JDA Software Group. Matt has led high-impact teams that implemented logistics strategies and systems at P&G, Nestle, Kraft, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Tyco, Argos and Nokia across North America, Western Europe and Latin America. Matt is passionate about logistics and supply chain management and has a keen sense for how technology can disrupt traditional silo-based planning and execution. Matt holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, an MS in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He lives in Chicago.
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About FourKites: FourKites is a supply chain visibility platform designed for transportation into yards, warehouses, and stores.
Deepak Chhugani
Founder and CEO of Nuvocargo
Founder/CEO at Nuvocargo.com. Y Combinator alum. Former M&A Banker at BofA Merrill Lynch. Ecuador native, living in NYC.
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About Nuvocargo, The Lobby: Nuvocargo is the all-in-one digital platform for cross-border trade between USA and Mexico.
Rajesh Kalidindi
Founder & CEO of LevaData
Rajesh has over twelve years of experience managing strategic sourcing and supplier management for large enterprises. He’s delivered significant bottom line savings through data-driven procurement practices for Cisco and Palm. An MBA with concentrations in supply chain management and information systems from Michigan State University, he is a thought leader on fusing human with artificial intelligence for procurement innovation.
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About LevaData: LevaData develops a supply management platform that helps control risks, reduce costs, and accelerate new product development.
David McCalib
CEO and Co-Founder of Printforia
David is CEO and Co-Founder of Printforia Inc. Helping to bring a team together of former Amazon.com, jet.com, Brandless, GearLaunch executives to tackle the highly fragmented and inefficient supply chain for customized apparel. He has over 15 years of experience in E-Commerce Fulfillment and High Tech Manufacturing. He led the development and deployment of Amazon’s largest machine learning assisted inventory inspection systems, RFID/IoT and Worldwide Engineering groups helping to take new consumable businesses global with Amazon Fresh, Pantry and PrimeNow. David has over 10 patents granted in the areas of Robotics, Medical Device Design, AR/VR and Fulfilment and Delivery Systems. He advises two companies in the US and Brazil in the RFID/IoT industry. David has a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and dual bachelors in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering from OIT.
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About Amazon, Printforia: Printforia is a printing service company that offers real-time fulfillment and delivery of customized apparel.
Frederick Smith
CEO & Founder of FedEx
Frederick W. Smith is chairman and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation, a $45-billion global transportation, business services and logistics company. Smith is responsible for providing strategic direction for all FedEx Corporation operating companies, including FedEx Services, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight. FedEx serves more than 220 countries and territories with operations that include 634 aircraft and over 90,000 vehicles. More than 300,000 team members worldwide handle more than 10 million shipments each business day. Since founding FedEx in 1971, Smith has been an active proponent of regulatory reform, free trade and “open skies agreements” for aviation around the world. Most recently, he has advocated for vehicle energy-efficiency standards and a national energy policy. FedEx has continued to strengthen its industry leadership over the past 40 years, and has been widely acknowledged for its commitment to total quality service. FedEx Express was the first service company to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1990. FedEx has consistently been ranked on FORTUNE magazine’s industry lists, including “World’s Most Admired Companies,” “100 Best Companies to Work For” and is on FORTUNE’s “Blue Ribbon Companies List. Smith is co-chairman of the Energy Security Leadership Council, a Trustee for the United States Council for International Business and a member of the Business Roundtable. He served as chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council and is co-chairman of the French-American Business Council. Smith has served on the boards of several large public companies and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Mayo Foundation Boards. He was formerly chairman of the Board of Governors for the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Air Transport Association. Smith has received numerous civic, academic and business awards including the Global Leadership Award from the U.S—India Business Council, the George C. Marshall Foundation Award; and the Circle of Honor Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. In addition, Smith is a member of the Aviation Hall of Fame, served as co-chairman of both the U.S. World War II Memorial Project and the campaign for the National Museum of the Marine Corps and was named a top CEO by both BARRON’S magazine and CHIEF EXECUTIVE magazine. Born in 1944 in Marks, Miss., Smith attended Yale University, where he earned a B.A. in 1966. Smith served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1966-1970.
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About FedEx: FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services.
Robert B. Carter
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer of FedEx
Robert B. Carter is co-chief executive officer and chief information officer of FedEx Corporate Services. Carter is responsible for setting the technology direction of the FedEx applications, infrastructure, networks and data centers that provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for FedEx product offerings. He is a member of the five-person executive committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities. Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has more than 30 years of systems development and implementation experience. Carter was born in Taiwan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida. Recently named as part of FORTUNE magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Carter was also ranked 18th on Fast Company magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” 2010 list. He received Information Week magazine’s Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005. He is also a seven-time recipient of CIO magazine’s 100 Award and was a charter inductee into the publication’s CIO Hall of Fame. Carter is a member of the Saks Incorporated and First Horizon National Corporation Boards of Directors.
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About FedEx: FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services.
Carl Asmus
Senior Vice President eCommerce, President & CEO – FedEx Cross Border of FedEx
Carl W. Asmus is Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions & Market Development for FedEx Services. He is responsible for the development, management and execution of the Global Supply Chain Solutions portfolio as well as the vertical segment strategies including: Crossborder E-Commerce, Healthcare and Aerospace. Asmus joined Federal Express in 1989 as Manager of Advanced Automation Programs. In 1992, he was promoted to Vice President, Strategic Sales Planning and Support. In 1997, he was named Vice President in Global Marketing where he has held numerous positions before assuming his current position in 2013. Before joining FedEx as part of the Federal Express-Flying Tigers merger, Asmus was the Senior Director of Marketing for Flying Tigers. Prior to Flying Tigers, Asmus was a partner with C. William Associates, a marketing consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California. Carl is a graduate of California State University-Northridge.
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About FedEx, FedEx: FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services.
Melonee Wise
CEO of Fetch Robotics
Melonee Wise is the CEO of Fetch Robotics, which is delivering collaborative robotic solutions robots for the logistics industry. Melonee was the second employee at Willow Garage, a research and development laboratory extremely influential in the advancement of robotics. While there, she led a team of engineers developing next-generation robot hardware and software, including ROS, the PR2 and TurtleBot. Melonee is a recipient of MIT Technology Review’s TR 35 award for technology innovators under the age of 35, and has been named to the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Women of Influence and 40 under 40 lists. Under her leadership, the company won the MODEX Innovation award for the materials handling industry, as well as being named to RBR 50, a listing of the 50 most innovative robotics companies in the world.
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About Fetch Robotics: Fetch Robotics provides the market’s only cloud-driven Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution for warehousing intralogistics environments.
Katherine Sizov
CEO & Co-Founder of Strella Biotechnology
Katherine Sizov is the Founder and the Co-President of Strella Biotechnology and Co-President of YouthHack’s.
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About Strella Biotechnology: Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
Brendan Synnott
CEO and Co-Founder of Pact
Brendan Synnott is the Co-Founder and CEO Pact.
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About Pact, Revelry Brands, Wilde Brands: Pact offers a sustainable and ethical fashion that uses organic fabrics and fair trade factories to design stylish essential clothing.
Liam Casey
Founder & CEO of PCH International
Liam is the founder and CEO of PCH. He has lived 23 years in China and is recognized as a thought leader in new product introductions, supply chain orchestration, sustainability and startup initiatives. He is on the boards of the California College for the Arts, and UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.
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About PCH International: PCH provides a unique, intelligent, end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration platform for the world’s best brands.
Sean Henry
Co-Founder and CEO of Stord
Sean Henry is the Founder and CEO of STORD, a platform for networked warehousing and distribution. Sean is recognized in the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and was featured in INC.com as one of the Global Top 50 Emerging Entrepreneurs of 2017 and in Inc.com as America’s Top 30 Emerging Startups of 2017. He is also a member of the 2016 cohort of the Dynamo Accelerator and Fund in Chattanooga, TN. Recognized as a Karios K50 Founder as one of the Top 50 Founders of 2017 under 26 around the Globe. Georgia Tech. Gear Head.
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About Forbes, Kairos Society, Stord: Stord provides cloud supply chain services to brands who seek visibility and control over their inventory.
Girish Rishi
Chief Executive Officer of Blue Yonder
Girish Rishi joined Blue Yonder in 2017. Girish Rishi, 44, is senior vice president of enterprise solutions for Motorola Solutions. He is responsible for product development, product management and engineering for the company’s enterprise solutions portfolio. Rishi joined Motorola in 2005 as director of U.S. sales for the Enterprise business. Most recently, he was corporate vice president, enterprise mobile computing. Prior to joining Motorola, Rishi was senior vice president for strategy and marketing at Matrics, a venture-backed start-up that was acquired by Symbol. Earlier on, Rishi held positions of increasing responsibility at Symbol, starting in product management and eventually leading the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Rishi is a member of the Digi International board of directors, serves on the board of regents at the University of Hartford and was selected as an Emerging Leader, Class of 2011-2013, by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Bombay, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Hartford and a master’s degree in international public policy from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.
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About Blue Yonder, Matrics: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Michael Young
Founder & CEO of Photon Commerce
Michael Young is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Photon Commerce. After leaving a Stanford PhD, Michael was an engineer at IBM prior to starting 4 venture-backed startups. He led advanced R&D programs funded by the Department of Defense, created hundreds of jobs, raised $60M across his venture-backed startups, and took some to acquisitions. Now at Photon Commerce, his payments AI accelerates customer acquisition for fintech leaders using instant payments and invoicing. Photon Commerce works with FIS, Visa, Brex, Settle, and fintech unicorns to deliver instant payments, invoices, remittances, and embedded financing. The AI captures, understands, and standardizes any invoice from around the world. Businesses can get paid in 30 seconds, not 30 days. Having processed over $23B to date, Photon Commerce is supported by the Nasdaq Center, the AngelList fund, and Village Global, a venture firm funded by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
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About IBM, Photon Commerce, Smart Focus: AI for instant payments, invoices and receipts
Sender Shamiss
President, CEO of goTRG
My family and friends may say I am too passionate, and if they do, they’ll get no argument from me. During the day my passion drives me toward unexplored ways to create innovative tech to change the world. But in the evenings and on the weekends, I get just as much joy doing homework, reading stories and making Play-Doh dollhouses with my kids. I am the Co-Founder and CEO of goTRG (The Recon Group Inc.), a leader in Omni-Channel and Supply Chain business solutions and SaaS, receiving awards and accolades from our industry and customers, including Top 500 Internet Retailer and Inc. 5000. Our supply chain solutions and SaaS platforms have solved problems plaguing retailers for decades, redefining the way the industry looks at returns. I love everything tech and spent my life perfecting technology in the space of ecommerce and supply chain. From the moment I sold my first item online in the 90’s, I was hooked, sparking an insatiable desire to innovate the Circular Economy. I have built a career and spent a lifetime pursuing this desire, and I still want more. With the first sale, I realized there was an untapped ecosystem primed for change, both economically and environmentally. To date, I have had the privilege of managing companies that create technology and infrastructure that repurposed over 100 million items preventing 50,000+ MT of CO2 and halting 220,000+ MT from ending up in landfills. My mission is to implement software, hardware, and supply chain solutions that facilitate higher margins, faster sell through, and eliminate our carbon footprint. We are trusted experts in our field by the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers, but we treat every day as if it is our first, continuing to innovate and produce results one day at a time. This is my responsibility to my family, my 1,200 teammates, and the planet.
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About goTRG: The leading returns management solution for the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers
Romil Bahl
Chief Executive Officer of KORE Wireless
Romil Bahl serves as CEO of KORE. He brings almost 30 years of consulting, information technology, professional services, and IoT experience in high-growth and turnaround environments. Throughout his career, Romil has been instrumental in enabling breakthrough growth in information and professional services organizations. He has risen to complex challenges where he has crafted growth strategies, tapped new emerging markets and energized global teams. His leadership approach reflects deep expertise in developing strong client relationships and creating teams that are driven to innovate and excel. Prior to KORE, Romil served as President and CEO of Lochbridge, a leading technology solutions provider in the IoT, Connected Car and digital enablement space. Before that, he was EVP and GM of Global Industries for CSC, leading the industry go-to-market dimension across the entire approximately $9 billion commercial business unit, creating global growth strategies and expanding CSC’s global footprint into offerings such as cloud, cybersecurity and big data. Earlier, Romil was CEO of a data analytics-focused public company and had leadership roles at A.T. Kearney, Infosys and Deloitte Consulting. Romil earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Directorate of Marine Engineering & Technology in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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About KORE Wireless: KORE Wireless is a trusted advisor delivering mission-critical IoT solutions and services.
Chris Richter
Co-Founder & CEO of FloorFound
Chris is a 15 year veteran startup sales leader and entrepreneur with a proven track record of success with high profile, VC backed B2B SAS and enterprise software companies. Chris has expertise across eCommerce and Social Media and developing market opportunities for companies in the media, financial services, retail, CPG and manufacturing verticals. Chris was an early employee and sales leader with companies including Webify, Bazaarvoice and the Founder of Socialware which has become the market leader in the social media compliance solutions category.
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About FloorFound: FloorFound is a developer of an e-commerce software platform that facilitates returns and resales of oversized products for retailers.
William Billiter
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Acertus
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About Acertus: Acertus operates as an automotive logistics company, providing unparalleled service and visibility into the transportation process.
TJ Sangam
CEO and co-founder of SupplyPike
TJ develops and articulates the company’s strategic product direction, and oversees the engineering, design, and product teams. Previously, TJ has worked with companies like Acxiom, J.B. Hunt, and Mercy Hospitals, and has been involved with numerous startups.
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About SupplyPike: SupplyPike uses technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence to inform and build collaborative products.
Scott Bowen
CEO of Tenovos
Scott Bowen is the CEO at Tenovos.
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About Tenovos: Tenovos transforms the way brands connect with customers using stories that inform, inspire, connect, and entertain.
Alfonso De los Rios
CEO & Co-Founder of Nowports
Alfonso De los Rios is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of Nowports.
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About Nowports: Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that automates the supply chain processes of Latin American companies.
Johnny Chou
founder, Chairman & CEO of Best
Johnny Chou is Chairman and CEO of BEST Inc., a leading Smart Supply Chain company that he founded in 2007.With the belief that technology and business model innovation can transform China’s inefficient logistics and supply chain industry, Mr. Chou developed BEST Inc. into a multibillion-dollar giant and took it public in 2017. Prior to founding BEST Inc.,Mr. Chou served as Google’s Greater China president and had decades of management experience in global tech companies including UTStarcom and AT&T Bell Laboratory.
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About Best: Best Logistics is a logistics supply chain service provider.
Sanjay Sharma
CEO of Roambee
Sanjay Sharma is a strategic thought leader with an impressive 17+ years of entrepreneurial experience building technology startups from the ground up. As CEO of Roambee, he is responsible for leading the company’s vision, driving its worldwide business growth, and increasing the company’s value. Sanjay has successfully co-founded and led two successful Silicon Valley technology startups – KeyTone Technologies, which was acquired by Global Asset Tracking Ltd and Plexus Technologies, which became an ICICI Ventures portfolio company. He has also been a part of the engineering teams at EMC, Schlumberger, and NASA. Sanjay has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bombay, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University.
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About Roambee, Roambee: Better Supply Chain Visibility & Intelligence
Christian Gheorghe
CEO and co-Founder of Resonance Companies, Inc.
Always seeking to maximize the value to users from technology innovation,Christian Gheorghe has wide-ranging entrepreneurial experience in the design, architecture, development, and deployment of enterprise performance management software. Gheorghe was formerly senior vice president and chief technology officer at SAP, where he drove the technology direction of SAP’s EPM and GRC business units before, during, and after the acquisition of Business Objects. Gheorghe joined SAP from OutlookSoft, where he significantly expanded the vision of OutlookSoft’s unified application platform with the release of OutlookSoft 5 and the subsequent acquisition of OutlookSoft by SAP. His successful track record of building and leading companies led to the sales of Saxe Marketing (marketing analytics), Customer Insight (customer relationship management), TIAN Software (business activity monitoring), and OutlookSoft (corporate performance management).
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About Resonance Companies, Inc.: Resonance builds creation-driven fashion brands that are valuable and sustainable using our proprietary SaaS platform, create.ONE.
Krenar Komoni
Founder & CEO of Tive
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About Tive: Tive develops a hardware and software platform designed to track the conditions of shipments.
Ryan Droege
Co-Founder and CEO of Relay Payments
Ryan Droege is a Co-Founder at MyLumper.
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About Relay Payments: Relay Payments is an end-to-end payment network providing a new payment option for the logistics industry.
Renee Krug
Chief Executive Officer of GlobalTranz
As GlobalTranz’s Chief Executive Officer, Renee brings tremendous leadership skills, domain knowledge and 30+ years of multi-discipline experience that drive the overall strategy and direction of the company. She is an action-oriented executive who drives meaningful initiatives that create success. Prior to becoming the company’s CEO, she served as the company’s CFO where she helped drive GlobalTranz’s record growth and position as a market leading transportation management solutions and technology.
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About GlobalTranz: GlobalTranz is a logistics management firm that specializes in carrier, supply chain, and warehouse management.
Steve Wen
Co-Founder & CEO of Dray Alliance
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About Dray Alliance: Dray Alliance is a trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent.
Yasin Abbak
CEO / Founder of The Convoy
Yasin Abbak is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Convoy, a B2B group buying marketplace that helps small and independent businesses access big savings and cut their business expenses. Past: CEO / Founder @FantasyLifeApp (exit), VP @JPMorgan, EFS Director @MorganStanley
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About The Convoy: The Convoy is a B2B Marketplace pooling the buying power of small & independently owned businesses to reduce business expenses.
Keller Rinaudo
Co-Founder and CEO of Zipline
Keller Rinaudo is CEO and co-founder of Zipline, the world’s first drone delivery service whose focus is delivering life saving medicine even to the most difficult to reach places on earth. Prior to Zipline, he was a software engineer and a professional rock climber. A graduate of Harvard University, he built computers out of RNA and DNA that can operate in human cells as molecular doctors. Mr. Rinaudo published this research in Nature Biotechnology, becoming one of the youngest first authors in the publication’s history.
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About Zipline: Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products to everyone, no matter where they live.
Scott N. Miller
Chief Executive Officer of Dragon Innovation
MD at Dragon Ventures.
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About Dragon Innovation, Dragon Ventures, Olin College: We help you navigate the New Product Introduction process as you launch complex products.
Luis Fernando Hidalgo
CEO of Agrizon
Luis Fernando, is the Founder and CEO of Agrizon.com, an e-commerce specialized marketplace for global and domestic agribusiness markets, with 20 years of experience in the Ag sector. Before funding Agrizon in 2018, Luis was the Former CEO of one of the main agricultural companies in Ecuador, Fertisa – Favorita Fruit Company (main exporter of bananas and 2nd producer of shrimp in the world, as a country), managing Terminal Port and 60 Retail stores chain for Ag inputs for bananas, livestock, seeds, rice, corn, palm oil, shrimp. He is a leader in the fertilizers segment.
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About Agrizon: Agribusiness-focused technology platform that offers an end-to-end online buying experience for farmers, from seed-to-sale.
Andrew Stroup
Founder and CEO of Leverage
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About CommonKey, Leverage: Leverage delivers end-to-end supply chain management powered by artificial intelligence.
Alexander Kates
Cofounder & CEO of Vetcove
Cofounder and CEO of Vetcove.
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About Vetcove: Vetcove is the largest B2B veterinary marketplace, enabling veterinary hospitals to compare and buy supplies from all of their vendors.
Neeraj Shah
CEO of supplier.io
Neeraj Shah is the CEO at supplier.io
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About CVM Solutions, supplier.io: Supplier data and analytics to power supply chain solutions.
Kevin Frechette
Co-Founder & CEO of Fairmarkit
Kevin Frechette is the CEO and Co-Founder at Fairmarkit.
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About Fairmarkit: Fairmarkit is an intelligent sourcing platform that empowers organizations to more efficiently purchase the goods and services they need.
Joseph Heller
CEO and Founder of The/Studio
Joseph Heller is the CEO and founder of The/Studio.
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About The/Studio: The/Studio is an on-demand product creation and manufacturing platform for businesses to easily bring products to market.
Ophir Gaathon
Co-Founder & CEO of DUST Identity
Ophir Gaathon is the CEO and co-founder of DUST Identity.
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About DUST Identity: DUST Identity is a proprietary technology which utilizes nanodiamonds to create an unclonable identity layer on any object.
Anshu Prasad
Co-Founder & CEO of Leaf Logistics
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About Leaf Logistics: Leaf Logistics connects shippers, providers, and partners to bring financial market efficiency to the transportation marketplace.
Ken Tighe
CEO of Hybrent
An experienced technology entrepreneur and investor, Ken has started and successfully exited several software companies over the last 25 years. Ken was the former CEO of CareFusion (NYSE:CFN) and helped scale the business from start-up to its acquisition by Cardinal Health in 2006. Ken is a director of early stage venture funds India Venture Partners and Militello Capital.
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About Hybrent: Hybrent is committed to improving the current state of healthcare by providing groundbreaking technology
Aman Mann
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Procurify
Crazy Passion for Innovation or just Crazy! Aman is our Chief Executive Officer. He creates, communicates, and implements the organization’s vision, mission, and overall direction. His experience in the business world and understanding of needs is a tremendous asset to the company. When he is not working, he is usually working out or trying to expand his mind with new adventures. Recently, he participated in the Tough Mudder 2012 competition in Whistler, BC.
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About Procurify: Procurify streamlines purchases, gives optimized spending, and increases visibility throughout the entire procure-to-pay process.
Pavan Maheshwari
Founder & CEO of FleetPanda
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About FleetPanda: FleetPanda provides a logistics platform that helps manage fleet operations.
Michael Long
President & CEO of Arrow Electronics
Michael Long is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Arrow Electronics, Inc. since May 2009. Previously, Michael served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Arrow, with responsibility for all of the company’s operations and business units. Before that, Michael served as Senior Vice President at Arrow and President of the company’s Global Components business with responsibility for overseeing Arrow’s semiconductor, passive, electromechanical and connector products and services businesses worldwide. Michael has been with Arrow since 1991 when Arrow merged with Schweber Electronics, a company where he held various leadership roles from 1983 to 1990. In 1994, Michael was President, Capstone Electronics, an Arrow company, and from 1995 to 1999, he was President of Gates / Arrow Distributing. From 1998 to 2005, Long was President and Chief Operating Officer, Arrow North American Computer Products (now Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions). As a result of his success in running and growing this business, Long was named one of Computer Reseller News’ “Top 25 Executives” in 2002 and 2004. Long also served as president, North America and Asia/Pacific components. Michael is active in the Young Presidents’ Organization, a global peer networking group. Michael serves on the Board of Directors of AmerisourceBergen. Michael is also on the Board of Directors for the Denver Zoo. Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin and attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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About Arrow Electronics: Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Jiaji Zhou
Co-Founder and CEO of XYZ Robotics
CEO and Chief Scientist Jiaji Zhou has a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He also worked on pushing modeling based-on machine learning and his paper won the best paper award at 2016 International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
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About XYZ Robotics: XYZ Robotics develops AI-enabled robotic perception and manipulation technology for logistics and manufacturing automation.
Julian Rodriguez
Founder & CEO of Bazaar
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About Bazaar: Bazaar is New York City’s largest online B2B food service distributor.
Ikenna Nzewi
Co-founder & CEO of Releaf
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About Releaf: Releaf is an agriculture company that develops novel industrial processing technology in Africa’s sustainable oil palm sector.
Adam Compain
CEO of ClearMetal
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About ClearMetal: Leading Supply Chain & Logistics Solution Utilizing Continuous Delivery Experience (CDX)
Brian O’Kelley
Co-Founder and CEO of Waybridge
Brian O’Kelley is CEO and Co-Founder of Waybridge.
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About Waybridge: Waybridge offers a suite of digital tools that targets fundamental inefficiencies in the raw materials supply chain.
Ricardo Salgado
Founder & CEO of Loadsmart
I’m passionate about technology, innovation and improving the world. Loadsmart is revolutionizing transportation logistics by inserting transformative technology to reimagine the entire truckload shipment lifecycle. We are not happy with the status quo. We believe there is a better, more efficient and socially responsible way to move freight across the world. After a career in global finance, I chose to roll up my sleeves and actually build a company. I returned to my engineering roots and I’m applying everything I learned at Goldman Sachs across New York, London, and Brazil in Loadsmart. I’m energized about giving back in dynamic and collaborative settings. As a Georgia Tech alum, member of their ISyE Advisory Board and a “Mentor Jacket” I’m able to participate in a thriving tech ecosystem which promotes creativity, entrepreneurship, and progress. I firmly believe in learning by doing. My favorite quote: “you don’t regret what you do, you regret what you don’t do.“ In my spare time (which is very limited), I love to kitesurf!
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About Loadsmart: Loadsmart helps shippers move their freight fast and carriers keep trucks full.
Frank Pica
CEO & Co-Founder of Native
Frank is the president and co-founder of Native AgTech. Previously, Frank was the vice president at ADYOULIKE for over one year.
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About Native: A platform using A.I. to understand consumer preferences and helping companies create products that people love!
Mahesh Veerina
President & CEO of Cloudleaf
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About Cloudleaf: ParkourSC is a logistics and supply chain company that specializes in digital transformation, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical.
Barry Conlon
CEO and Founder of Overhaul
I am a dedicated supply chain security professional, with more than 30 years of experience within that discipline. One of the originators of the global, modern-day supply chain security industry – as a Chief Executive Officer I reorganized and grew the risk management firm FreightWatch into the global leader of innovative, supply chain security solutions – solutions which have been adopted as best-practices by shippers of high-value freight worldwide.
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About Overhaul: Overhaul is a supply chain integrity technology solution, leveraging visibility to detect and correct non-compliance within supply chains.
Shakeia Kegler
Founder and CEO of GovLia
Founder of GovLia.
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About Camelback Ventures, Code To Eat, Envolve Entrepreneurship, GovLia, OPERATION120: GovLia simplifies procurement and certification processes for diverse businesses to increase participation and foster economic growth.
Ben Eachus
Co-founder & CEO of Flowspace
Ben has spent his career working in fulfillment and operations. Flowspace was started to solve a problem he experienced firsthand. Prior to starting Flowspace, Ben oversaw fulfillment and operations at The Honest Company, helping the company scale rapidly during his tenure there, and managing fulfillment operations at McMaster Carr, a leading industrial supply distributor specializing in same-day delivery. Ben received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his MBA from UCLA Anderson. Ben is a native of South Jersey.
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About Flowspace: Flowspace offers an on-demand warehousing and fulfillment network.
Erik Kiser
Founder and CEO of Orderful
Solving the integration problem for enterprises.
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About Orderful: API for EDI powering supply chains
Annemarie Omrod
President & CEO of John Galt Solutions
As the founder of John Galt Solutions, Annemarie currently serves as its President and CEO. She ensures the daily operations and strategic vision of the company closely align with our customers’ needs. She has helped customers such as Hasbro, Fidelity Investments, and DuPont build their forecasting and demand planning processes. Annemarie was one of the chief designers of John Galt’s award-winning ForecastX Wizard software. Annemarie is a frequent expert speaker at APICS, the Institute of Business Forecasting, DC Expo and others. She was recently published in the Harvard Business Review and has written for Start Magazine. Annemarie earned her BS and Masters from Drexel University, and is also a Certified Professional Forecaster.
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About John Galt Solutions: John Galt Solutions provides forecasting and supply chain planning solutions to increase forecast accuracy, enhance collaboration.
Chris Ripley
Co-Founder and CEO of Smarter Sorting
Chris Ripley is the co-founder and CEO of Smarter Sorting.
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About Smarter Sorting: Smarter Sorting helps companies know more about consumer products to make, market and move them better.
Steve Flagg
Founder & CEO of SupplyFrame
Currently CEO & Founder at Supplyframe where we are organizing the world of engineering knowledge to help people build better hardware products. Before founding SupplyFrame, Steve was VP of Sales & Business Development at eConnections, a pioneering supply chain management platform for high-tech manufacturing. Previously, Steve ran business units at electronic component distributors Avnet and Marshall Industries. Specialties: General Management, corporate development, strategy, M&A, product development, business operations, international expansion, product marketing, sales, business models
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About EEFOCUS, Hackaday, SupplyFrame: Supplyframe is the Industry Network for electronics design and manufacturing.
Terrence Smith
Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Associates
Terrence Smith is Chief Executive Officer at Smith & Associates.
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About Smith & Associates: Global semiconductor distributor
Jesse Genet
Co-Founder and CEO of Lumi
Jesse Genet is the CEO and co-founder of Lumi.com — a modern packaging partner for e-commerce brands.
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About Lumi: Lumi is a packaging supply chain platform for online brands.
Chris Nicholson
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Pathmind
Chris Nicholson is the CEO of Skymind and co-creator of Deeplearning4j, the most popular open-source deep-learning framework on the JVM. In a prior life, Chris led communications and recruiting for FutureAdvisor, a Sequoia-backed YCombinator startup which was acquired by BlackRock in 2015. He also spent a decade reporting on tech and finance for The New York Times, Businessweek and Bloomberg, among others.
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About Pathmind: Pathmind helps simulation modelers optimize industrial operations and supply chains with deep reinforcement learning.
Darren Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer of YRC Worldwide
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About YRC Worldwide, YRC Worldwide, YRC Worldwide: YRC Worldwide Inc. is a provider of transportation and global logistics services.
William F. Austen
President & CEO of Bemis Company
William F. Austen has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Bemis Company since 2014. Bill was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2014. Previously, Bill held the position of Group President since 2012 where he was responsible for operations in the United States, Latin America, and Asia. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Operations at Bemis Company, a position he held since May 2004. He joined Bemis Company in 2000 as President of Bemis Company’s MACtac Division. Prior to joining Bemis, Austen spent 20 years in various leadership positions at General Electric Company. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Marine Engineering from the State University of New York Maritime College and a Master’s degree in Engineering Administration from George Washington University.
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About Bemis Company: Bemis Company, Inc. is a multinational company and a major supplier of flexible packaging
Jamie Teets
Founder & CEO of Transportation One
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About Transportation One: Transportation One is a full-service, multi-modal logistics provider dedicated to meeting the demands of the transportation industry.
Jan Bednar
Chief Executive Officer of ShipMonk
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About ShipMonk: ShipMonk offers direct-to-consumer fulfillment and technology tools for e-commerce companies.
Rodney Manzo
CEO & Founder of Anvyl
Rodney Manzo is the founder and CEO of Anvyl. Prior to founding Anvyl, Rodney served as the senior director of supply chain at Harry’s Grooming. He also served as a global supply manager at Apple. Rodney holds an MBA in finance and operations from Columbia University – Columbia Business School.
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About Anvyl: Anvyl is a technology platform that uses data analytics to reinvent supply chain processes, making products better, smarter, and easier.
Anthony Zografos
Founder & CEO of Akorn Technology
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About Akorn Technology: Akorn uses upcycled, non-GMO corn by-products to manufacture edible coatings that makes the shelf life of fresh produce last.
Riana Lynn
Founder and CEO of Journey Foods
Riana Lynn is a leader in food innovation, technology, and venture strategy. As a serial entrepreneur, she develops high-growth, nationally recognized technology and food businesses. Scaling a family juice company inspired her to develop FoodTrace, supply chain software that impacts thousands of food businesses across the US and beyond. Riana’s development strategies are pivotal to some of the world’s most innovative food and agriculture startups. She also works with Fortune 500 companies on new innovations. Her accomplishments have been featured on CNBC, Forbes, USA Today, Wired, TechCrunch, INC, Entrepreneur Magazine, Crain’s “20 in their 20s”, among others.
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About Journey Foods: Journey Foods solves food science and supply chain inefficiencies with enterprise software to help companies feed 8 billion people better.
Gregory Price
CEO and Co-Founder of Shipwell
Gregory Price is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shipwell.
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About Shipwell: Shipwell is a freight trucking startup that provides business with automated way transport of goods and services.
Luke Schneider
Chief Executive Officer of Refraction AI
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About Refraction AI: Refraction AI is a robot delivery startup offering food delivery service from restaurants to customers through its self-driving robot REV-1.
Shaun Rothwell
Founder & CEO of iDrive Logistics
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About iDrive Logistics, ShipCaddie: iDrive Logistics is the market-leading supply chain consulting and technology firm.
David Hasbun
Co-founder and CEO of Distritech
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About Distritech: Distritech is a consumer electronics distributor and trader that caries stock of over 200 known brands.
Susanne Somerville
CEO of Chronicled
Susanne was the program sponsor for implementation of Serialization for the US market for Genentech, which spanned manufacturing implementation of unit level bar coding, case and pallet level aggregation, system management of product movement, warehousing and distribution processes to ship product. They succeeded in delivering serialized product to market 3 years before the DSCSA deadlines. Her team also played a strong role in providing strategic guidance for Roche’s delivery of serialization in Brazil, finished in 12 months from project initiation. She has a reputation for strong collaboration while driving results, especially as the processes and systems had to align with global manufacturing and other global serialization requirements. Former VP Supply Chain, Genentech. 25+ years of experience in the development and delivery of best-in-class supply chain solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
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About Chronicled, The LinkLab: Chronicled builds trust and automation in the life science industry, powered by blockchain.
JC Herz
CEO of Ion Channel
JC Herz is cofounder of Ion Channel, a data and microservices platform that automates situational awareness and enables risk management of the software supply chain. She has 15 years of analytics experience in healthcare and national security. JC was a White House Special Consultant to the Pentagon’s CIO office and coauthored the DoD’s Open Technology Development roadmap. A published author, she has been contributing to Wired magazine since 1993.
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About Ion Channel, National Security Institute (NSI): Ion Channel is a data platform and service that allows organizations to risk-manage their software supply chain.
Jeff Cripe
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Cargo
After graduating from Yale, Jeff was an early team member at Birchbox, and a founding Ecommerce team member at Christie’s, where he helped build the world’s leading digital art-commerce platform. Jeff has also worked as an Advisor to Loehmann’s and ARTCUBE. Outside of work, Jeff is on the Junior Board of Project Art, enjoys golf, and is an amateur paleontologist credited with the discovery of new species and genuses, including T. cripeosaurus.
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About Cargo: Cargo helps rideshare drivers earn more money and better ratings by providing products to passengers.
Joel Beal
Co-Founder and CEO of Alloy
Joel Beal is the CEO and founder of Alloy.
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About Alloy: Alloy equips consumer goods brands to adapt quickly to change by aligning execution and planning to real-time consumer demand.
Jim Gattoni
President and Chief Executive Officer of Landstar System Inc
Jim Gattoni serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for Landstar, a worldwide, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions. Mr. Gattoni, a Certified Public Accountant, has been a key member of the management team since he joined Landstar in 1995 as Corporate Controller, a position he held until 2001. In 2001, he was promoted to Vice President and Corporate Controller and held that position until April 2007, when he was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gattoni was again promoted in 2013 when he was named Executive Vice President and CFO. He was named President and CFO in January 2014 and subsequently promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in December, 2014. In January of 2015, he was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors.
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About Landstar System Inc: Landstar System, Inc. (Landstar) is a non-asset based provider of freight transportation services and supply chain solutions
Michael Averto
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of ChannelApe
Founder at ChannelApe, a SaaS commerce company that helps businesses automate their product catalog, inventory and orders across all commerce channels.
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About ChannelApe: ChannelApe’s enterprise fulfillment SaaS scales direct-to-consumer brands by separating supply chain software from physical operations.
Jordan Graft
CEO of TriumphPay
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About TriumphPay: TriumphPay is a payment processing platform dedicated to the supply chain industry.
Payson Johnston
CEO, Co-Founder & President of Crowdz
Payson serves as the CEO of Crowdz, a Blockchain startup in the Silicon Valley, focused on digitizing, automating, and accelerating supply chains. Payson has worked for 20+ years in diverse areas including value chains and supply chain management, building analytic platforms, supply chain and commerce systems, demand management, technology, and designing from scratch the company he co-founded. This coupled with his interest, work, teaching, and research in areas such as sustainability, business & robotic ethics, and philosophical theology brings to the table a unique combination of skills and leadership that drives innovation, helps form strategic and lasting partnerships with very diverse groups, and delivers real results. Payson also has the understanding of hardware and software applications & platforms and how they can transform and improve our business and personal lives. Payson’s combination of skills is what Steve Case, in his book “The Third Wave,” says is absolutely needed in the next wave of the Internet. Over the last several years, Payson has taught at the University of San Francisco as an Adjunct Professor and recently as an Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley Extension. He has lectured on the topics of sustainability & ethics, supply chains, operations, risk management, and distribution channels. Payson’s most important calling and vocation is being a father to 3 kids and spending time with his wife while enjoying hobbies of travel, visiting old bookstores, participating in his faith community, watching movies, raising children, and living life together. Life motto: Change the world in a radical, visionary, innovative and positive way, without losing your soul, all while making an unequivocal and lasting impact on family, friends, colleagues, individuals, communities, society, and the world; an impact that promotes goodness and human flourishing.
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About Crowdz: Nasdaq for Receivables
