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This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Supply Chain Management space. If you think a Founder 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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Raj Patel
Co-Founder and CPO of Slync.io
Raj Patel is the Co-Founder and CPO of Slync.io.
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About Slync.io: Slync.io is a provider of process automation for enterprise supply chains and the global logistics industry.
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.
Adam Vitarello
President / Co-Founder of Optoro
Adam Vitarello is the Co – Founder & COO of Optoro. Adam Vitarello co-founded Optoro in 2008 with Moore after working with him at eSpot, which he joined in 2005 as CTO and COO. While at eSpot, Vitarello meticulously designed, programmed, and implemented every feature of the proprietary software, systems and marketing algorithms that put eSpot at the forefront of its industry and created the core for Optoro’s software today. He provides an eye for streamlining the reverse logistics process and an uncompromising attitude always demanding excellence. Vitarello has been responsible for Major Design Elements and Implementation Strategies of Optoro’s proprietary software and systems. As COO, he manages Corporate Headquarters and Remarketing Solutions with a one-on-one approach that puts employees first with the goal of maintaining a small-business feel in a rapidly expanding environment. Vitarello utilizes that same personal interaction strategy with clients and partners in advancing the automation and remarketing technologies that serve as the driving force of Optoro’s service. When he’s not pulling all the strings for Optoro and our partners, he can be found training for marathons, triathlons, or mountain climbing. Even atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, reverse logistics is never far from his thoughts. Adam holds a B.A. from Brown University.
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About Optoro: Optoro is a technology company that provides a way to liquidate returned, overstock, and damaged-box products.
Francis Duong
Co-Founder & CTO of Flexe
Francis has deep experience as a software engineer and a successful track record as an entrepreneur. Prior to co-founding FLEXE, Francis started and built Ignition Mobile, a Y-Combinator backed mobile analytics company, leading it to a successful exit in 2011. Earlier in his career, Francis spent several years at Microsoft as a Developer for Windows and a PM for Xbox.
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About Flexe: Flexe delivers omnichannel logistics programs for eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, same-day delivery, and network capacity.
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.
Edmond Yue
Co-Founder of Flexe
Edmond is an accomplished software engineer and entrepreneur with FLEXE being the third company that he has built with Francis. Edmond was Co-Founder and CTO of Ignition Mobile, a Y-Combinator backed mobile analytics company, leading it to a successful exit in 2011. No stranger to the Cloud, Edmond spent 5+ years as a software engineer on the founding teams of Microsoft Windows Azure and AWS.
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About Flexe: 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.
Rob Caucci
Co-Founder, President of Fillogic
Rob Caucci is the Co-Founder and President at Fillogic.
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About Arteria Network, Fillogic, Pijon, SpaceSplitter: Fillogic is a New York-based technology company that provides retail and logistics services.
Rafael Zakinov
Founder of Ruby Has Fulfillment
Rafael Zakinov is Founder at Ruby Has Fulfillment Services
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About Ruby Has Fulfillment: Ruby Has Fulfillment offers an enterprise level E2E supply chain to omni-channel brands regardless of size, customization or scale.
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.
Christopher Elliott
Co-Founder & COO of Cheetah
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About Cheetah, Cheetah Technologies: 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.
Michael Bryzek
Co-Founder / Chairman / CTO of Flow Commerce
Michael Bryzek is the Co-Founder, Chairman, CTO of Flow.io. Prior to that, he was the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Gilt Groupe. Michael brings to Gilt Groupe extensive experience in developing user-focused Internet software and a deep passion for leveraging technology. Prior to Gilt Groupe, Michael founded Volunteer Solutions, an Internet-application service provider for the philanthropic sector. Volunteer Solutions was acquired by United Way of America in 2001. Michael then served as chief technology officer for United eWay, the United Way of America’s technology subsidiary. He holds a BSc and Masters in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Flow Commerce: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
Michael Krakaris
Co-Founder of Deliverr
Michael Krakaris is a co-founder of Deliverr from Sep 2017.
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About Deliverr: 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.
Fritz H. Wolff
Co-Founder of Katerra
Fritz H. Wolff is the board member and co-founder of Katerra and the executive chairman of The Wolff Company. He is responsible for The Wolff Company’s corporate governance and global strategy. Fritz is an active member of the firm’s Executive Committee and co-heads the Investment Committee. He has more than two decades of institutional real estate investment experience. Fritz attended Gonzaga University and serves as a member of its Board of Regents and its Investment Committee. Fritz completed the OPM Program at Harvard University and is a founding member of YPO Scottsdale.
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About Katerra: Katerra is a developer of a construction technology platform to optimize aspects of building development, design, and construction.
Jim Davidson
Co-Founder of Katerra
Jim Davidson is the board member and co-founder of KATERRA. Jim is a managing partner and managing director of Silver Lake, which he co-founded in 1999. Silver Lake is one of the largest and most successful technology investment managers in the world. Jim has been an active advisor to and investor in the technology industries for more than 30 years. Prior to Silver Lake, Jim was a managing director at Hambrecht & Quist, a technology-focused investment bank and venture capital firm. Jim is an active “angel investor” and advisor to several private technology companies.
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About Katerra: Katerra is a developer of a construction technology platform to optimize aspects of building development, design, and construction.
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.
Jennifer Gill Roberts
Co-Founder, Managing Partner of Grit Ventures
Startup investor, entrepreneur and technologist with a passion for launching startups, both for-profit and non-profit in Silicon Valley. Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Grit Ventures. Grit believes artificial intelligence is changing the world. We fund pre-seed and seed-stage Robotics + AI startups that are disrupting major verticals like construction, transportation, manufacturing, agtech, and logistics.
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About Grit Ventures: Grit Ventures invests the Clean Machine Revolution with investment hubs in the Bay Area, Denver, Austin, and Pittsburgh.
Kelly Coyne
Co-Founder, Managing Partner of Grit Ventures
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About Grit Ventures: Grit Ventures invests the Clean Machine Revolution with investment hubs in the Bay Area, Denver, Austin, and Pittsburgh.
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.
Drew McElroy
Co – Founder, Chairman of Transfix
Drew McElroy is the Co-Founder & CEO of Transfix(transfix.io), a startup committed to radically transforming the way goods move. Previously Drew was the President of Priority Distribution Inc.(PDI), a mid-market transportation management third party logistics provider(3PL). Drew is a graduate of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a BS in Management and International Business with further studies at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
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About Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Transfix: Transfix is a freight marketplace connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers.
Jonathan Salama
Co-Founder, CTO of Transfix
Jonathan Salama is Co-Founder, CTO at Transfix. Before launching Transfix, Jonathan led engineering at Cherry, an on-demand startup acquired by ride-share giant Lyft, where he built Cherry’s mobile app, inventory software and automated payment processing system. Prior to Cherry, Jonathan led the business operations engineering team at Gilt Groupe. One of Gilt’s first employees, he was responsible for developing the company’s infrastructure from the ground up, playing key roles in building Gilt’s proprietary inventory management system, enterprise resource planning software and purchase order system.
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About Transfix: Transfix is a freight marketplace connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers.
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.
Lyn Simon
Founder and president of Simon Transport
Lyn Simon founded Simon Transport in September 2004. In this position, he is in charge of driving the company’s strategy, infusing the company with his extensive transportation background, and increasing the scope and value of services provided to our customers. Lyn began his transportation career in 1980 at Dick Simon Trucking, a North American, temperature-controlled carrier that was once the 6th largest in the country. Throughout his 21 years at Dick Simon Trucking, Inc., Lyn helped the company grow from 20 to 2,300 tractors. Lyn also held various senior positions including Operations Manager, and VP of Sales.
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About OneWay Trailers, Simon Transport: Simon Transport provides trucking and logistic services.
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.
Steve Hogan
Founder of Fetch Robotics
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About Fetch Robotics, Tech-Rx, Tech-Rx, Thiel Fellowship: 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.
Jacob Boudreau
Co-Founder and CTO of Stord
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About Stord: Stord provides cloud supply chain services to brands who seek visibility and control over their inventory.
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
Ife Oyedele ll
Co-Founder of Kobo360
Ife Oyedele II is the co-founder of Kobo360. Prior to this, he spent more than one year with General Fuels Company as business manager.
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About Kobo360: Kobo360 is a tech-enabled digital logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations.
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.
Scott Naz
Co-Founder, CSO & Board Member of Acertus
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About Acertus: Acertus operates as an automotive logistics company, providing unparalleled service and visibility into the transportation process.
Santosh Sankar
Co-Founder and Partner of Dynamo
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About Dynamo: Dynamo invests in founders building technology businesses in supply chain and mobility.
Barry Large
Co-Founder and Partner of Dynamo
Barry Large is a General Partner at Lamp Post Ventures. He is currently employed at Lamp Post Group. Barry Large is responsible for financial and investment decisions. He also manages Dynamo accelerator program. He is the founder of Nooga Media. In 2003, he was co-founder of Horizon Stone. Previously, Barry Large Co-founded Access America Transport in 2002. He also served as its Chief Financial Officer. From 2000 to 2006, he was employed at Key-James Brick. He has a background in finance. Barry Large earned bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and History from Samford University.
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About Dynamo, Lamp Post Group, Nooga.com: Dynamo invests in founders building technology businesses in supply chain and mobility.
Sal Hakimi
Co-Founder of Tenovos
Sal Hakimi is the Co-Founder 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.
Maximiliano Casal
Co-Founder & COO of Nowports
Co-founder Nowports (YC W19 & YCG S20), a Logistics & trade SaaS platform. Max is a Software Engineer with more than 9 years of experience in different projects. Persistent, methodical & innovative.
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About Nowports: Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that automates the supply chain processes of Latin American companies.
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.
Toby Brzoznowski
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of LLamasoft
Toby is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of LLamasoft. Over the last decade, he has helped bring supply chain design into the corporate mainstream as a key business process and competitive weapon, and has positioned LLamasoft as the leading global supply chain design technology provider. Toby is a frequent presenter and panelist at supply chain and logistics leadership forums, has been named a ‘Pro to Know’ and has authored dozens of articles on the growing importance of supply chain design as a key competitive weapon. Toby has over 20 years of experience in building and growing technology businesses, primarily focused on process improvement and analytics. His expertise has been used to launch new technologies into mainstream use at global Fortune 500 businesses. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
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About LLamasoft: LLamasoft is a supply-chain planning company that elevates lives and organizations through the science of smarter decision-making.
Donald Hicks
Co-Founder of LLamasoft
Donald Hicks is the co-founder and former President and CEO of LLamasoft, Inc. Currently, Don is the Chairman of the Board. Don is a supply chain industry visionary, specializing in strategy and technology issues and a highly sought after speaker and author. Over the last 20 years, he has personally consulted with and coached supply chain professionals at hundreds of companies around the world to optimize and improve their operations. Don has a BS in Systems Engineering from the US Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
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About LLamasoft: LLamasoft is a supply-chain planning company that elevates lives and organizations through the science of smarter decision-making.
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.
Andrew Leto
Founder of GlobalTranz
Andrew Leto has 13+ years in the Transportation Industry starting at Logistics Freight Systems based in Phoenix, Arizona. His mission with CarrierRate.com is to provide a “one-stop shop” for supply chain management. Andrew Leto started GlobalTranz in 2003 out of his bedroom with only an unemployment check as his investment and until 2011, had not received any outside investment capital. He teaches other entrepreneurs how to start a company using the resources available and capitalizing on cash flow and profit. Prior to being in the transportation industry, Andrew Leto honorably served 5 years in the United States Navy.
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About 10-4 Systems, Emerge, GlobalTranz, Leto Ventures, Vantage Freight: GlobalTranz is a logistics management firm that specializes in carrier, supply chain, and warehouse management.
David Barber
Founder & Managing Partner of Almanac Insights
David is the Founder and Managing Partner of Almanac Insights. He is also a co-owner of Blue Hill–a working farm, restaurant, and consulting company supporting agriculture that positively contributes to the world’s food system. The 138-acre farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts has been in the Barber family for four generations. Blue Hill restaurant has locations in Greenwich Village and Pocantico Hills, New York. David is a founding partner of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Westchester County. This unique nonprofit advances community and ecologically based food production-demonstrating alternative ways to farm and eat. Stone Barns Center works in association with Blue Hill’s second restaurant located on the campus. Blue Hill (NYC) received the James Beard Outstanding Restaurant Award in 2013. Blue Hill at Stone Barns received the same honor in 2015 and was added to the San Pellegrino World 50 list. David is an early stage investor in the food and hospitality space through Almanac Investments and advisor to S2G Ventures and Acre Investments. He serves on the Board of BlueCart Corp, and is a Trustee for Stone Barns Center, Caramoor Center for the Arts and the Collegiate School in New York City.
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About Almanac Insights, Blue Hill: Almanac Insights is a food and tech venture fund seeking companies making a positive, transformative impact on food systems.
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.
Hank Cui
Co-Founder & CTO 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.
Melanie Deziel
VP of Marketing, Co-Founder of The Convoy
Melanie Deziel is a keynote speaker, author, award-winning branded content creator and lifelong storyteller. Melanie is the author of “The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas”, and the founder of StoryFuel, which teaches marketers, creator, and companies of all sizes how to create better content. Melanie was the first editor of branded content at The New York Times, a founding member of HuffPost’s brand storytelling team, and served as Director of Creative Strategy for Time Inc.
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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.
Ceazarr Townsend
CTO / Founder of The Convoy
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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.
Keenan Wyrobek
Founder, Head of Product & Engineering of Zipline
Keenan Wyrobek is co-founder and head of product and engineering at Zipline, the world’s first drone delivery service whose focus is delivering life-saving medicine to the most difficult to reach places on earth. Zipline has been contracted by the Government of Rwanda to deliver blood to transfusion clinics across the country. The company plans to expand its medical delivery service to countries across Africa and Latin America over the course of 2017. In addition, Zipline recently announced plans to bring its life-saving technology to help underserved Native American populations the United States. Prior to Zipline, Keenan was a co-founder and director of the Personal Robotics Program at Willow Garage. He was involved in launching and growing the Robot Operating System (ROS) and shipping PR2, the first personal robot for software R&D. Keenan has spent years delivering high tech products to market across a range of fields including consumer electronics, sportswear, and medical robotics. He is passionate about creating magical customer experiences and hiring world-class teams.
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About Zipline: Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products to everyone, no matter where they live.
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.
Akmann Van-Mary
Co-Founder, President of Fleeting
CoFounder President at Fleeting | Founder and CEO at RoadSync | Founder CEO at Track Logistics Group. Founder CEO at Dimanche Chic
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About Fleeting: Fleeting is a digital network of freight and trucks open to over 3.5M drivers across America.
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.
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.
Tarek Alaruri
Co-Founder & COO of Fairmarkit
Tarek Alaruri is the COO 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.
Dirk Englund
Co-Founder of DUST Identity
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About DUST Identity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, QuEra Computing: DUST Identity is a proprietary technology which utilizes nanodiamonds to create an unclonable identity layer on any object.
Jonathan Hodges
Co-Founder & VP of Engineering of DUST Identity
Jonathan Hodges is a Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering at DUST Identity Inc. He is a former Vice President of Engineering at Diamond Nanotechnologies Inc and Research Physicist at MITRE. Mr. Hodges graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a BS in Applied Physics and received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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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.
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.
Co-Founder of Hybrent
Navneet Gosal Former CTO, and founding team member of the original Carefusion, Navneet now enjoys creating and operating new businesses with technology focus – like working with entrepreneurs as they try to build something that can scale and be interesting. Solving problems in small gaps in existing systems that can yield big efficiencies.
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About Hybrent, India Venture Partners: Hybrent is committed to improving the current state of healthcare by providing groundbreaking technology
Harold Richards
President & Co-Founder of Hybrent
During his twenty years in the Healthcare Supply Chain world, Harold has become an influential voice from the trenches and has been interviewed by leading healthcare publications on building innovative Supply Chain departments, creating strong relationships with the C-Suite and clinical departments as well as getting the most out of your GPO relationship.
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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.
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.
Lianglibo Xing
Co-Founder and CFO of XYZ Robotics
CFO Lianglibo Xing has a master degree in Economics from Peking University. He formerly worked in the headquarter of ICBC, the world’s leading commercial bank.
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About XYZ Robotics: XYZ Robotics develops AI-enabled robotic perception and manipulation technology for logistics and manufacturing automation.
Peter KT Yu
Co-Founder and CTO of XYZ Robotics
CTO Peter has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work on experimental data set for pushing manipulation was a best paper finalist at 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. At the 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge, he was the technical lead for the MIT-Princeton team that championed the stowing task. At RoboCup in Nagoya, Japan, his team’s system was capable of picking and placing a wide variety of novel warehouse goods and finished the task the fastest.
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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.
Will Harvey
Founder, Head of Technology of ClearMetal
Will Harvey is a Engineering & Founder at 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!
Sarah Sanders
Co-Founder, COO & Board Member of Native
Sarah Sanders is a co-founder at Native AgTech, a B2B platform designed to democratize agricultural data. Previously, Sarah was a territory account executive at Toast. Sarah Sanders holds a bachelor of business administration degree in management from the University of Kentucky.
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About Native: A platform using A.I. to understand consumer preferences and helping companies create products that people love!
Ravi Roopreddy
VP of Software Engineering & Co-Founder of Cloudleaf
Ravi is a founder and technical leader of Cloudleaf. He has deep expertise developing enterprise applications and infrastructure on a wide variety of platforms for companies including CallidusCloud, Zaplet and Electronic Arts. Ravi enjoys the outdoors, traveling and video games.
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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.
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
Charlie Vallely
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Smarter Sorting
Charlie Vallely is the co-founder and chief product officer 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.
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.
Ryan Gibson
Co-Founder, CTO of Agora
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About Agora: Agora is a materials management platform for construction companies.
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.
Stephan Ango
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer of Lumi
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About Lumi, Slash Packaging: 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.
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.
Ken Woody
Founder, President & Partner of Innova Memphis
As President of Innova, Ken leads our team focused on finding, funding and growing startup technology businesses in Tennessee and helps them achieve commercial success. Using his extensive operations and sales background, he provides strategic guidance to portfolio companies both in times of need, as well as times of opportunity. Ken currently serves on the boards for Cagenix, S2 Interactive, Tensor Surgical, ACT, and BioNova Medical. He was a Director for ExtraOrtho when it was acquired by Zimmer Orthopedics. Before founding Innova Memphis, Ken was Senior Vice-President for Global Sales with Smith&Nephew Orthopedics. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President of Sales for DePuy Spine, a J&J Company. He worked for GE for more than 16 years, serving as a VP and General Manager in Healthcare and Capital businesses. Ken has enjoyed great success as an Army Officer, an entrepreneur and a Fortune 500 Executive. He has successfully owned and operated his own businesses and managed multi-billion dollar global enterprises. He serves on the Entrepreneur Advisory Council at Vanderbilt University’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, and as a Board Member at Tech 20/20. Ken is also part of the Advisory Panel of the Boyd Venture Challenge at UT Knoxville. Ken received his BS as a pre-med student from North Carolina State University.
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About Innova Memphis: Innova Memphis invests in early stage businesses related to biosciences, healthcare, technology, and AgTech.
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.
