Nicole Glenn is known for walking the talk—what you see is what you get. She gives her heart and soul to everything she does and does so with purpose and candor.
But when she thinks back to the past 23 years of her logistics career, it’s the lack of candor and honesty in transportation that prompted her to develop Candor Expedite Inc., an expedited delivery and logistics service provider.
“The name Candor was selected based on my experiences of being in logistics for 18 years. I had witnessed time and time again the dishonesty that ripples throughout our industry. This dishonesty comes in all forms and creates a domino effect within the supply chain for a client; it stops production lines from running and causes manufacturers to lose clients. It has an unidentifiable amount of time spent for a company tied to it; whether it’s chasing answers or making contingency plans, it’s a waste,” Glenn says.
“I knew we could develop a company that cut through this issue and bring clarity, honesty, transparency and deserved service to the manufacturing world, allowing our clients to become the hero of their stories when partnering with us,” she adds.
Since then, under Glenn’s leadership, Candor Expedite has seen a 158% increase in revenue from $4 million to $11.1 million in 2021 and into 2022. She’s doubled Candor’s staff with a focus on hiring and empowering females in logistics. She was awarded by the Women’s Best Enterprise
Network Council for giving female logistics leaders the opportunity to connect with supplier diversity programs across the United States. She also developed the Ladies Leadership Coalition podcast, which spotlights women in supply chain and logistics making a difference in the industry and their respective communities.
What’s more, Candor Expedite has helped many companies reduce their freight budgets by re-evaluating how they are moving freight, some saving 30-40%.
“When entering transportation, I never envisioned it would become my entire career until I quickly realized that I would love the chaos to help the world move. I would tell people that I worked in logistics, and they would look at me strangely; trucking was not a place for a young woman in their minds. Yet, I pressed on with my love of solution-generating and developing a profound learning on ‘making things happen’ for my clients and partners,” says Glenn.
It's these reasons and more that warrant
Glenn, founder and CEO of Candor Expedite, the overall winner of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2023 Pros to Know award.
What differentiates Glenn from the 400plus nominations is her ability to build the smartest and most efficient freight business while advocating for supply chain education and mentoring other women in a male-dominated industry.
For the past 6 years, “we have since evolved our company due to the candidness that has come back from our clients on what matters most to them. This has led to the growth of our truckload division, our white glove services, our air freight services and our first and final-mile division,” Glenn says. “We grew a company focusing on candidness, which led to growth for all parties involved, including our employees, vendors and clients.”
Glenn entered the transportation space at just 18 years old, after being recruited by a small transportation brokerage. There, she learned the inner workings of handling a small business and working with manufacturers, carriers and drivers, all while attending community college courses at
night.
Then, in 2008, Glenn accepted a position in transportation sales, where she was eager to learn more from others and experience all there is to the transportation segment.
In 2011, she took on her first executive role as president of a transportation brokerage company, where she planned to prevail as a leader, but instead was very uncomfortable in the space.
“I would be frustrated with where individuals desired change from my experiences with them in the past. Then it happened; I fell in love with the development of people. I decided then that I was never going back to a sole contributor role as this space became the most fulfilling role I could ever want. During this time, not only did the people also grow in their positions, the company flourished,” Glenn says.
That’s when Candor Expedite was born. Glenn and her team continue to evolve Candor Expedite to be more things to all customers. For instance, it helps reduce empty truck miles with distribution points at 80 partner warehouses across the country. Candor Expedite also maximizes its customers’ equipment usage, eliminates claims and brings in centralized communication from the start of purchasing materials through delivery.
What also really separates Glenn from other award winners is her candidness with regards to her journey and her mission to diversify the supply chain.
“Being a female in transportation has taught me to be audacious to seek challenges and turn them into opportunities. But also, it's humbling to me that a mid-size company can be acknowledged for striving for excellence,” Glenn says. “Receiving this award is very humbling as it makes me reflect upon the many positive things in my career, and hopefully, the impact I have made on others.”
APros to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive standards is an outstanding leader who reinvents what it means to be a supply chain professional.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2023 Pros to Know winners consist of supply chain professionals who are doing just that, and more.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive received close to 400 nominations this year, the highest number of nominations ever for this award. It’s proof that today’s supply chain professionals are
Hannah Kain, president and CEO of ALOM, a company she founded in 1997, spends her time providing strategic planning and oversight in global operations, financial performance, staffing and compliance. For the past 8 years, Kain has been recognized as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know winner, and remains highly engaged with her leadership team to monitor status of all ALOM supply chain client programs as well as direct new business development opportunities. This past summer, Kain was recognized with the top achiever Manufacturing Leadership award by the Manufacturing Leadership Council in the category of cultural transformation for ALOM’s DOING initiative, which was later named a recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Top Supply Chain Project award. The strategy that Kain has championed and fast-tracked is a full court press supplier nearsourcing push,
doing great things for the supply chain. Congratulations to all of this year’s Pros to Know winners, who are leading the pack in terms of innovation, enhancement and providing problem-solving solutions to the supply chain.
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where today, 80% of ALOM global suppliers are located less than 100 miles from production and fulfillment facilities.
As the VP of supply chain strategy for ALOM, Lisa Dolan excels in conceptualizing and implementing new solutions to solve real-world supply chain challenges for ALOM customers. Primarily, Dolan focuses on improving or expanding existing client supply chain delivery programs or proposing and closing sales for new client services. She draws up the complex process flow diagrams for each new program proposal, and is an expert at technology and database administration. She also spends time defining supply chain opportunities for electric vehicle charging stations and other infrastructure material commodities and experts. Dolan is a seven-time winner of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Pros to Know award,
and was named overall Pros to Know winner in 2019. Additional accomplishments include the planning and on-time launch of new client service programs, and was instrumental in advocating with the ALOM supply base team to nearsource a rapidly increasing number of suppliers to mitigate this challenge. Today 80% of ALOM suppliers are located under 100 miles from ALOM facilities.
In August 2022, Brandon Marugg was promoted to COO, tasked with ensuring ALOM’s operational capacity and supply chain performance scales to meet projected growth and quality objectives. Marugg was named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Pros to Know winner in 2018. Marugg directs the operational resources responsible for developing and implementing the systems that support each unique client need as well as internal business support functions, including supplier management and human capital management tools. Additional accomplishments include a 100% on-time program launch record for all new and existing client programs; a four-times growth in client adoption of the ALOM open API interface for fully automated and secure order intake, visibility and reporting; and joining president and CEO Hannah Kain in opening a new 95,000-squarefoot production and fulfillment facility.
Faith Wilmoth is director of managed operations at ArcBest, where she oversees a team of more than 100 operations and configurations experts who create integrated and tailored solutions for ArcBest’s customers. Structurally, Wilmoth’s team sits under ArcBest’s Managed Transportation segment, where they work closely with ArcBest’s vast network of
over 80,000 carriers and partners across LTL and TL divisions. Through her collaborative approach, her responsibilities include everything from determining freight locations and managing team member allocations to identifying ways to integrate solutions for customers better. Wilmoth also formed a dedicated reporting team to drive better visibility within ArcBest’s transportation management system, and a warehouse auditing team to ensure invoicing accuracy.
Bill Benton is part of a supply chain legacy dating back to his father’s founding of the company, which became GAINS in 1971. He later became CEO of GAINS, following earlier roles in professional services and product/ algorithm design. In 2022, he took on the role of co-founder, which allowed him to focus more on product strategy, customer relationships and global partnerships. He is also dedicated to social responsibility and making a sustainable global impact, contributing to the construction of a solar well in Haiti for every new GAINS client and using upcycled glass in the construction of the GAINS Chicago headquarters. Under his leadership, the company will be carbon neutral in 2023. Benton also advocates for incremental, measurable success for his customers. Under Benton’s leadership, GAINS has sought to “democratize world-class supply chain planning.” In 2022, GAINS formalized its innovation efforts by creating GAINS Labs, a part of the organization staffed by data scientists applying AI and ML to real-world problems in partnership with customers.
KEITH HARTLEY CEO & Board Member, LevaDataKeith Hartley joined LevaData as new CEO in November 2022, with
decades of experience leading go-to-market and sales teams at Blue Yonder and iValua. Hartley maintains a bold vision for the next stage of the company because he believes LevaData can fundamentally create economic opportunities for all companies across the supply chain. His initial months were focused on speaking with LevaData’s customers, partners and employees to fully assess the opportunities ahead and outline the company’s priorities for the next year. He’s also been actively working with the leadership team to clearly articulate the problem LevaData solves for its customers, for example, getting companies to reinvent their current workflow and replace spreadsheets and manual processes with robust insights and intelligence. From engineers and marketers to sales and general management roles, Hartley is proud of building supply chain teams that organically connect to the broader organization.
Victoria Ma serves as head of digital and innovation for Miebach Consulting, responsible for identifying and leading client projects relative to the digitalization of supply chain processes; designing solutions that leverage the power of data and enhanced analytics; supporting digital transformation; and developing innovative digital solutions and making them accessible to clients in software-as-a-service. Ma has built, developed and led her team of 6 individuals who have successfully delivered multiple projects this year, including proof of concept for the client, development of the solution and implementation of the application. She also developed three different intellectual properties for supply chain models and algorithms, currently under copyright review. Her solutions help to reduce costs, increase resiliency and improve product availability to the market. Ma is also a 2020 recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Women in Supply Chain award.
As the co-founder and president of the Next Generation in Trucking Association
as well as the Next Generation in Trucking Foundation, Lindsey Trent’s mission is to educate youth on the opportunities within the trucking sector and provide free assistance and support to high schools in developing truck driving training programs. Trent’s daily tasks and responsibilities include meeting with high schools and providing hands-on assistance on how to start a CDL training program; building relationships with industry partners to support the mission; creating awareness opportunities; and overseeing and facilitating organizational board meetings and action committees, among other functions. In 2022, she was named a recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Women in Supply Chain award and served as a panelist at Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Women in Supply Chain Forum. In the past year, she created Next Generation in Trucking State Action Committees, and created an NGT Career Presentation Task Force responsible for creating a high school career presentation that anyone from the trucking industry can use to teach a one-day class.
Jason Tham, CEO of Nulogy, is otherwise known as the “keeper of the vision” for the company, primarily responsible for aligning the organization toward both long- and short-term strategic goals. Tham’s biggest accomplishments have been launching new products for Nulogy to drive improved performance for customers and the industry as a whole; welcoming new customers onto the
Nulogy platform; and delivering continuous value to partners, employees and other stakeholders. He created what he calls Moonshot, an innovation pipeline of products. Tham’s vision also helped launch Data as a Service, Nulogy’s newest product capability that helps customers harness their operational data for deeper insights and collaboration with trading partners. He was instrumental in landing and servicing new clients in Nulogy’s target industries, and hiring more senior women executives in the company. He’s also very active in Nulogy’s employee relations committee, and helped establish an education fund for all employees where they can apply funds toward learning opportunities.
Christine Barnhart is VP of product marketing and go-to-market at Nulogy, responsible for leveraging her 15-plus years of experience with internal and external stakeholders to drive supply chain innovation and improve supply chain excellence. Barnhart active in a number of organizations, including serving on the board of directors of the Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM) to ensure the advancement of end-toend supply chain management through a body of knowledge, innovative research, systems and methods. She also serves as president of TriState Women in STEM, a non-profit group that provides professional development, networking and outreach opportunities for women in STEM fields. Barnhart is also a member of Chief, sits on the board of directors for Women of Action, an advisor to the University of Evansville Logistics and Supply Chain Program, a member of the Senior Leadership group for Supply Chain Leaders in Action, an active participant in Supply Chain Insights Network of Networks group, and was named one of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2022 Women in Supply Chain award winners. Previously, she served as VP of strategy and go-to-market at Verusen, where she
championed the creation of Verusen’s Network of Women.
As VP of client services, Eric (Mac) McPherson oversees implementation and integration projects for Open Sky Group clients. He is a former Marine officer and military police officer with over 27 years of supply chain and warehouse management experience, including 11 years at Blue Yonder spanning both delivery and service sales. He is also a dedicated, team-oriented professional with a strong background in business management, professional services, customer service and supply chain technology. He provides internal support to the sales and marketing team, and often spends his days helping clients manage supply chain execution system design and implementation programs. McPherson has supervised several high-profile WMS projects over the last year, one that saved 15-25% in labor efficiencies, increased customer satisfaction via more accurate shipping and saw 10-15% overall inventory reductions. McPherson also helps clients pinpoint solutions that span the gap, and grew his team from three resources to 12 and two directors in 11 months.
Jason Milbrandt serves as senior director of client services for Open Sky Group, where he leads a team of industrial engineers in providing advisory services, software implementations and program development for clients in the supply chain. As a Blue Yonder WMS and WLM software specialist, Milbrandt guides clients through the process of adopting Blue Yonder software by helping them analyze their existing processes, uncover opportunities
for improvement and create optimized solutions. He also develops scopes of work for Open Sky Group client engagements, manages resource planning for the delivery of projects, supports the marketing and sales teams with price estimates, software demonstrations and company promotions and is the face of the company on many fronts. In the past 12 months, Milbrandt has been instrumental in training clients on how to effectively utilize their systems to increase throughput and cost to serve.
Michelle Sodomka joined Open Sky Group in January 2022 as senior director for client services, where she oversees the implementation of client solutions and pricing. She maintains in-depth experience leading supply chain operations management, IT transformations, cross-functional teams and complex problem-solving across a broad range of verticals, including manufacturing, healthcare, high-tech and more. As the transportation management practice leader, Sodomka directs a group of 10 seasoned consultants responsible for executing full lifecycle implementations and support for Tier 1 and Tier 2 TMS. In this capacity, she provides advisory services for Open Sky Group clients, covering partner interaction, opportunity qualifying, proposal responses, bids, lead development, solution financing, training, customer engagement, succession planning and retention, as well as departmental operations, resources and economic activities. Over the past 12 months, Sodomka has focused on expanding the company’s TMS and service offerings, expanding partner resources to address full lifecycle services and solutions, boosting prospects for passive income from 11% to 33% and closed two major accounts representing $500,000-plus a year in revenue.
As ORTEC’s SVP, Mathew Witte directly owns ORTEC’s “impact” on its customers by leading the business development and operations teams to fully understand the performance of each customer, recognizing their operational goals and metrics and guiding them to sustainable success. Witte also took on several additional initiatives and roles in 2022. For instance, he served as the executive in charge of Optimus, ORTEC’s user conference, and launched ORTEC Academy, ORTEC’s user education program for both user training and certification. He also initiated ORTEC’s Performance Audit program, a specific engagement at the customer level that fully assesses their final-mile performance and sets an appropriate go-forward strategy. In 2022, his theme frequently revolved around the fact that the “broken supply chain” actually had many broken parts prior to the pandemic, and unless an organization takes specific action to resolve those issues, they will not fix themselves. Also in 2022, Witte consulted with multiple customers on their business expansion plans, assisting with their strategy to serve new markets, open new distribution centers and hire additional workforce.
Tomasz Jamroz is head of technology and operations for Roadrunner, specializing in applied quantitative and algorithmic modeling, innovation and human-centric process and technology design to optimize operations and enable customer, organization and partner interactions. Jamroz helped launched Haul Now, and was integral in getting Roadrunner to become a member of the Digital LTL Council and supporting the eBOL initiative. What’s more, Jamroz made the critical
business decision to treat the development of Roadrunner’s next-generation logistics technology as a start-up enterprise and promote workforce development via the global supply chain, and created a “Band of Engineers” team that is integrated into each critical business function running from operations, maintenance, linehaul, pricing, and technology and fully empowered to make the most critical strategic decisions and process changes.
Carmit Glik, founding member and CEO of Ship4wd, advocates for small and mediumsize enterprises to ensure that the supply chain obstacles, customs hassles and neverending anxiety of international shipping never distract growth-minded companies from their core mission. At the helm, Glik operates as a steward of solutions for the company’s clients, focusing on people, process and profit. Glik ensures that employees align with company values and goals, instilling team morale and helping clients navigate a myriad of import and export issues. In the past year, Glik spearheaded the development of Ship4wd’s newest platform that provides an efficient, quick and transparent shipping and logistics process for business owners. Prior to Ship4wd, Glik served as an Advisory Board Member at theDock, was Europe CEO and managing director at Cogoport and director global head of sales at Damco. She also established operations and new businesses in multiple countries, including China, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States.
As CEO of spend automation at Simfoni, David Bush leads a team of experts that help businesses worldwide
streamline operations, reduce costs and transform their procurement processes. Bush was brought on a year ago to help organizations leverage technology and strategic resourcing to gain control of their organization's unmanaged indirect spend. He focuses on minimizing negative impacts on supply chain continuity and inflation. With strategic category management, he helps take the burden off the other pieces of tail spend and composable technology by automating as much o procurement as possible with built-in predictive analytics to allow procurement professionals and practitioners to focus on the truly strategic issues inside their organization. Bush previously served as chief revenue officer of SpendHQ and co-founder and CEO of IASTA. He also founded and authored the eSourcing Forum to help branding for IASTA.
Zoya Ali Khan serves as Simfoni’s commercial director for the UAE region, tasked with bringing significant saving for clients through sustainable, practical solutions, managing large projects and delivering high-quality, cost-effective solutions. Khan delivers 2.4 times ROI for her clients, specifically from driving spend automation solutions in the Middle East. In addition, she encourages clients to lessen their reliance on imported materials and instead purchase locally manufactured items. She also introduced an automated approval process within the Simfoni platform, expanded upon touchless catalog content and pre-negotiated deals within the system, making sourcing processes a seamless, user-friendly experience. She’s also a recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2022 Women in Supply Chain award. As a current student working toward her Master’s in Supply Chain, she builds awareness through her university and CIPS network.
Matthew Wright is founder and CEO of Specright, a company he launched in 2016 to help companies across various industries better manage their supply chains.
Wright maintains more than two decades of packaging experience. In 2022, he helped launch Spec Academy, an online education platform that trains workers on specification management best practices. Wright’s commitment to academia and the future workforce of the supply chain is highlighted through Specright’s recent $500,000 sponsorship of Michigan State University’s School of Packaging to update the program’s computer lab to help prepare the next generation of packaging experts through hands-on training with industry leading technology. Another achievement was launching Specright’s first Specification Management Summit, which hosted more than 200 attendees to learn more about the critical role that a spec-first approach plays within the supply chain.
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Ayman Shoukry is CTO at Specright, a role he’s held since 2019. As CTO, Shoukry is responsible for leading the technology development behind the Specright product, and is now building upon key integrations with Salesforce and AWS, while increasing Specright’s customer base among Fortune 500 and challenger brands. Shoukry was instrumental in developing a patent for Specright’s Specification Data Management platform, which validates its specfirst approach to the packaging and supply chain industry. Shoukry’s role primarily focuses on building the technology infrastructure behind the SDM product, which ultimately allows for data accuracy and visibility within the supply chain.
Laura Foti has been with Specright for over four years, beginning as the company’s director of marketing, to SVP marketing and investor relations to her most recent promotion of CMO, responsible for maintaining the company’s marketing direction and strategy. Since joining Specright in 2018 as one of the company’s first few employees, Foti has played a key role in building out and promoting the Specification Data Management category. Foti has been instrumental in helping to tell the Specright story from early evangelization and establishing the SDM category. Foti also hosts “Beyond the Shelf: The Product and Packaging Podcast,” where she brings on a diverse set of experts on the front lines to discuss behind-the-scenes insights and educate the next generation of packaging and supply chain leaders.
As CEO of Trailer Bridge, Mitch Luciano spends his days helping to foster innovation across the supply chain. Luciano leads the strategic direction of Trailer Bridge and advocates for a company culture built on love, kindness and service. He also works alongside local leaders in Jacksonville, Fla., and Puerto Rico, to advocate for the maritime and transportation industry. In the last 12 months, Luciano has led the business to achieve significant growth, opening three new branches in 2022 and hiring 125 people. He also led leadership development sessions for employees, invested time with local college and high school students talking about a career in logistics and implemented the MasterMind TMS with partner Mastery Logistics Systems, Inc. Luciano also worked with leadership at the Jacksonville Port Authority to execute a longterm lease agreement at the port’s Blount Island
terminal ensuring consistent, weekly service to the island through at least 2041.
JEFF VAUGHN CCO, Trailer Bridge, Inc.Jeff Vaughn serves as chief commercial officer for Trailer Bridge, responsible for developing and leading the strategic commercial goals and spearheading the company’s sales efforts across all business lines. With more than 25 years in the industry, Vaughn maintains a wide array of experience navigating supply chain challenges. Vaughn supported the initiative to reach a long-term lease agreement with the Jacksonville Port Authority to ensure continued, consistent ocean service through at least 2041. Vaughn also supported the launch of the company’s new MasterMind TMS; was instrumental in leading the growth of revenue; and launched Trailer Bridge International to move freight globally.
INDIE B. BOLLMAN Chief People Officer, Trailer Bridge, Inc.
As chief people officer of Trailer Bridge, Indie Bollman is responsible for supporting the company’s growth to 1,000 employees by 2027 and for setting and implementing strategies, including oversight and strategy design and implementation in the organization development and people operations areas of human resources and employee services, marketing, training and development and talent acquisition. In the past 12 months, Bollman launched an internal training and development team focused on creating and facilitating programs that provide employees the tools they need to be successful in their current roles but also their next career move with Trailer Bridge. She led an internal Upskilling Program to support employee’s knowledge base for all aspects of their role from office basics to industry expertise and more. She also created and co-leads Trailer
Bridge’s in-house Extreme Leadership program and established a training and development team prioritizing the human element of logistics, developing and teaching both the soft and hard skills to support workforce success in today’s industry, and served as a mentor for Mentoring Monday, an annual initiative of Jacksonville Business Journal bringing mentoring opportunities to local women in business.
Jennifer Karpus-Romain serves as executive director of Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA), tasked with managing sales, developing TMSA’s long-term strategy to working hand-in-hand with TMSA’s volunteer network to execute initiatives, planning events, coordinating with the education committee on the association’s educational lineup, developing a marketing strategy, working with the sales department, holding prospect and new member meetings and developing thought leadership material to put out into the market. KarpusRomain became executive director of TMSA at the end of 2021 and hit the ground running to modernize the association and gain better brand recognition throughout the supply chain. Within the first year of leadership, she upgraded all internal systems and streamlined processes, as well as launched a new website and member portal. She breathed life into TMSA’s annual ELEVATE Conference, and held the association’s first Executive Summit. Plus, she was named one of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Women in Supply Chain recipients in 2022.
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Ron Lee
Chief Product Officer | 3Gtms
Mike Lindquist
Director of Market Research | A. Duie Pyle
Alan Gardner
Director of Business Development |
A. Oliveri & Sons
Paul Barnaba
Strategy Principal | Accenture
Nathan Johnson
Chief Information Officer | AFS Logistics
Mingshu Bates
Chief Analytics Officer | AFS Logistics
Trevor Read
President | Agistix
Marc El Khoury
CEO & Co-Founder | aifleet
Harley Hess
EVP Head of Supply Chain Transformation |
All State Ag Parts
Lisa Dolan
VP of Supply Chain Strategy | ALOM
Brandon Marugg
Chief Operating Officer | ALOM
Hannah Kain
President & CEO | ALOM
Michael Wohlwend
Managing Principal | Alpine Supply Chain Solutions
Faith Wilmoth
Director of Managed Operations | ArcBest
Edmund Zagorin
CEO | Arkestro
Blair Blake
VP of Carrier Strategy | Arrive Logistics
Michael Senftleber
Chief Technology Officer | Arrive Logistics
David Spencer
VP of Market Intelligence | Arrive Logistics
Abhro Choudhury
Principal Solutions Consultant |
Aspen Technology
James Calder
VP, Compliance & Regulatory Programs |
Assent
Katie Martin
Lead Sustainability & ESG Principal | Avetta
Christian Peterson
Senior Supply Chain Solutions Architect |
Avnet
Ron Daggett
SVP, Technology & Engineering |
Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company
Rohit Joshi
SVP, Supply Chain Transformation
| Baxter Planning
Benjamin Price Laflamme
Director of Product Management
| Baxter Planning
Chet Taff
CEO & Founder | Beltrees Consulting Services
Traci Nichols
Partner, Head of Digital Procurement Delivery
| Beltrees Consulting Services
Charles Ickes
President & COO | Bergen Logistics
Mark Canes
President & CEO | Blue Link Associates
Chirag Modi
Corporate VP, Industry Strategy, Supply Chain
Execution | Blue Yonder
Matt Muenster
Chief Economist | Breakthrough
Cam Aukeman
Director of Client Delivery | Breakthrough
Jenny Vander Zanden COO | Breakthrough
Sam Polakoff
CEO | BrillDog
Nicole Glenn
Founder & CEO | Candor Expedite, Inc.
Bryan Most
EVP Strategic Accounts | Cargomatic
Geoff Coltman
VP | Catena Solutions
Andrew Sobko
Founder & CEO | CDL 1000
Julien Brun
Managing Partner & Founder | CEL
Jag Lamba
Founder & CEO | Certa
Christa Hinkel
VP, Customer Success | Chain.io
Hiral Nisar
Director, Supply Chain Design | Chainalytics, an NTT DATA company
Tim Brindley
Principal, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics, an NTT Data company
Dan Sobbott
Principal, Supply Chain Design | Chainalytics, an NTT DATA company
Bill Mrzlak
President | ChainSequence, Inc.
Adam Gurga
Sales Manager, North America | Cimcorp Automation Ltd.
Derek Rickard
Director of Sales | Cimcorp Automation Ltd.
Donna Palumbo-Miele
Founder & CEO |
Concordia Supply Chain Group LLC
Ken Tock
VP, Product Development |
Consolidated Chassis Management
Michael Mitchell
SVP & COO |
Consolidated Chassis Management
Tom Martucci
VP & Chief Technology Officer |
Consolidated Intermodal Technologies
Christine McKechnie
Director, Value Solutions Consulting | Coupa Software
Michael Bucci
Senior Director, Customer Solution Partner | Coupa Software
Nari Viswanathan
Senior Director | Coupa Software
Mike Doherty
Partner | Demand Clarity Inc
Justin Stone
SVP, Business Development & Customer Success | Deposco
Sally Miller
CIO, North America & Digital Transformation
Officer | DHL Supply Chain
Denise Lingenfelter
Global Corporate Accounts Director | Digi-Key Electronics
Adolph Colaco
Founder & CEO | e2log
Pawan Joshi
EVP of Products & Strategy | E2open
Doug Waggoner
CEO | Echo Global Logistics
Pierre-François Thaler
Co-CEO | EcoVadis
Edward Cox
Principal | Efficio
Simon Lipscomb
VP | Efficio
Cody Steigerwald
Director of Operations | ELITE Transit Solutions
Larry Cuddy
CEO | Envase Technologies
Coby Nilsson
CEO & Co-Founder | Enveyo
Amit Kirpalani
VP, Supply Chain Solutions | enVista
Michael Krabbe
Strategic Account Executive | enVista
Ulf Venne
Leader, Center of Excellence | Everstream Analytics
Mirko Woitzik
Director, Intelligence Solutions | Everstream Analytics
Heather Kosztowny
Senior Data Scientist | Everstream Analytics
Pauline Potter
Procurement Director | EVRi
Carrie Wibben
President, Government Solutions | Exiger
Brandon Daniels
CEO | Exiger
Andy Lloyd
CEO | Extensiv
Shelly Shingadia
VP, Strategic Sourcing | Federal Reserve
Jose Manuel Del Angel
VP Operations, Development & Services | Fictiv
Bill Thayer
CEO | Fillogic
Bob Schreiner
VP of Security & Guard Services |
Fine Tune Expense Management
Kristopher Dolch
VP of Strategic Fleet Solutions |
Fleet Advantage
John Flynn
CEO | Fleet Advantage
Kaitlyn Glancy
VP Head of North America | Flexport
Oren Zaslansky
CEO & Founder | Flock Freight
Leonardo Amigoni
COO | Fluid Truck
Anders Lillevik
CEO & Founder | Focal Point
Robert McKeel
CEO | FORTNA
Matt Lawrence
CEO | Fox Logistics
Harshida Acharya
Partner and CMO | Fulfillment IQ
Dan Coll
Partner and CRO | Fulfillment IQ
Ninaad Acharya
CEO, CPO & Co-Founder | Fulfillment IQ
Bill Benton
Co-Founder | GAINS
Daniela Hendricks
Chief Compliance & Process Officer |
Gebrüder Weiss
Pal Narayanan
EVP & CIO | GEODIS, Americas
Richard Herrin
Director SI&OP/Integrated Business Planning | GEON Performance Solutions
John Piatek
VP, Consulting | GEP
Krista Canton
Executive Director, Services | Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)
Mark Ang
CEO & Co-Founder | GoBolt
Samay Kohli
Co-Founder & CEO | GreyOrange
Samantha Preston
Senior Director of Supply Chain | Grover Gaming, Inc
Steve Lewis
SVP, Commercial Strategy | GXO Logistics
Maureen Findley
Senior Director, Operations Project Management Office | GXO Logistics
Joanna Borkowska-Iwanek
HR Director, Poland and Czech Republic | GXO Logistics
Diane Blair
Global Senior Director, Field Operations | Honeywell
George Koutsaftes
President & CEO, Safety and Productivity Solutions | Honeywell
Patricia Moser
Principal (Owner) | i3 Advantage Inc.
Pushpinder Singh
Partner, Finance & Supply Chain
Transformation | IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
Takshay Aggarwal
Practice Leader, Supply Chain & Manufacturing | IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
Art Van Der Stuyf
Director of Supply Chain Strategy | iGPS Logistics
Thomas Borders
VP & General Manager for ProductLifeCycle Cloud | Inmar Intelligence
Karen Puchalsky
CEO | Innovate E-Commerce, Inc.
Lior Elazary
CEO & Co-Founder | inVia Robotics
Jared Williams
Director, Logistics Operations | Jarrett
Anne Omrod
CEO & Founder | John Galt Solutions
See Jean Lau
General Manager and VP, APAC | Kaleris
Kim Kuesel
General Manager and VP, Americas | Kaleris
Dylan Alperin
Head of Professional Services | Keelvar
Sheraz Kashif
Chief Supply Chain Officer | K-Electric Limited
Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
VP of Industry Outreach & Thought
Leadership | Kinaxis
Giovanni Pizzoferrato
CTO | Kinaxis
Glen Wegel
VP of Operations & IT |
Kitchen Cabinet Distributors
Seth Hayes
Director of Operations |
Kitchen Cabinet Distributors
Rick Tellez
Co-Founder | KlearNow
Larry Strayhorn
CEO | KPI Integrated Solutions
Jim Kuecker
Chief Commercial Officer |
KPI Integrated Solutions
Phillip Kiss
Purchasing Manager | LA Vapor Inc.
Thaddeus Puccini
Senior Executive, Packaging & Global Business Development | Labelmaster
Richard Lebovitz
President & CEO | LeanDNA
Keith Hartley
CEO & Board Member | LevaData
Elizabeth Maxted
VP and General Manager, Capital Assets
Group, North America | Liquidity Services
Brett Suma
CEO | Loadsmith
Nishith Rastogi
Founder & CEO | Locus
Jasmine Lombardi
Chief Customer Officer | Locus Robotics
Allan Dow
President | Logility, Inc.
Marti Kirsch
EVP of Marketing | Logility, Inc.
Erhan Musaoglu
CEO & Founder | Logiwa Inc.
Duff Davidson
President & CEO | Made4net
Thierry Jaffry
Chief Growth Officer | MDF Commerce
Joe Juliano
President & CEO |
MercuryGate International, Inc.
Edna Conway
VP, Security & Risk Officer, Cloud
Infrastructure Supply Chain | Microsoft
Victoria Ma
Head of Digital and Innovation | Miebach Consulting
Dan Weinberger
CEO | Morpheus.Network
Tim Krauskopf
CEO | Motiv Power Systems
Krystal Jackson
VP of Supplier Management |
Mouser Electronics
Jeff Newell
SVP of Products | Mouser Electronics
Lindsey Trent
Co-Founder & President |
Next Generation in Trucking Association
Walter Pataky
SVP of Brokerage Sales | Nolan Transportation Group
Dana Magliola
Program Manager, Freight & Logistics | North Carolina Department of Transportation
Christine Barnhart
VP, Product Marketing & Go-to-Market |
Nulogy
Jason Tham
CEO | Nulogy
Henry C. Canitz
VP, Industry Strategy | (formerly with) Nulogy
Andy Tribble
Chief Transformation Officer | Omni Logistics
Nate Nevens
Director, International Business Services | Omni Logistics
Jim Blaeser
Chief Procurement Officer | Omni Logistics
Robert Mietus
Managing Director, Central | OMNIA Partners
Tim Holland
Managing Director, Contingent Labor Solutions | OMNIA Partners
Ara Arslanian
Senior VP, Private Equity | OMNIA Partners
Akhil Oltikar
Co-Founder & CEO | Omnics
Jason Milbrandt
Senior Director, Client Services | Open Sky Group
Mchelle Sodomka
Senior Director, Client Services | Open Sky Group
Eric (Mac) McPherson
VP, Client Services | Open Sky Group
Rebecca Janowiak
VP, Product Management | Optilogic
Mathew Witte SVP | ORTEC
Jay Judkowitz
VP, Product | OTTO Motors
Anurag Vaidya
Manager of Industrial Engineering | Outrider
Frankie Mossman
Chief Customer Officer | Overhaul
Pat Flynn-Cherenzia
VP, Enterprise Division | Overhaul
David Warrick
EVP, Enterprise Division | Overhaul
Chris Poelma
CEO | PCS
Steve Beverly
SVP of Financial Administration | Penske Logistics
Sandra Frances Scanlon
Purchasing Department Manager | Phoenix Composite Solutions, LLC
Brian Kava
CEO | PICKUP
Jared Simons
Senior Solutions Architect | Plantensive, a MorganFranklin company
Violet Jaramillo
Director, Senior Solution Architect | Plantensive, a MorganFranklin company
Kristen D’Amore Solutions Architect, PaaS & Lab Manager | Plantensive, a MorganFranklin company
Joseph Genova VP | Poly Print, Inc.
Mike Alkire
President & CEO | Premier Inc.
Kyle MacKinnon
Senior Director, Operational Excellence | Premier Inc.
Colin Bain
President of Direct Sourcing | Premier Inc.
Kimberley Kirton
SVP, Supply Chain | Princess Auto Ltd.
Jeremy Van Puffelen
President | PRISM Logistics
Shelly Salmon
Director of Operations, Baytown Export | Quantix
Jennifer de Souza
VP of Energy Solutions, Procurement & Leasing | Raymond Corporation, The
Alberto Lupano
SVP Group Supply Services Transformation | Reckitt
John Rattay
Chief Commercial Officer | Redwood Logistics
Emily Weiser
SVP of Sales | Redwood Logistics
Brian Laung Aoaeh
Founder & Co-Managing General Partner | Refashiond Ventures
Chris Shipp
VP of Sales | Reibus International
Mikko Kärkkäinen
CEO & Co-founder | RELEX Solutions
Peter Guinto
VP of Government Affairs | Resilinc
Rick Freeman
Director of Advisory Services Group | Resilinc
David Houser
Chief Revenue Officer | ReverseLogix
Chris Haynes
VP, Global Procurement | Rheem Manufacturing
Nancy Jorgensen
Senior Director, Global Procurement | Rimini Street, Inc
Steve Keener
Partner | River Rock Advisors
Tomasz Jamroz
Head of Technology and Operations | Roadrunner
Sanjay Sharma
CEO | Roambee
Lana Burrell, RPh, Ph.D
Head, Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization, Global Supply Chain | Roche
Justin Bailie
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer | Rose Rocket
Jennifer Kaczmarczyk
VP, Brokerage Operations | RXO
Heidi Ratti
Chief Human Resources Officer | RXO
Paul Boothe
President, Managed Transportation | RXO
Muhammad Alam
President & Chief Product Officer, Intelligent Spend & Business Network | SAP
Valerie Blatt
Global Head for Business Network Customer Success & Go-to-Market | SAP SE
Paige Wei-Cox
SVP, Chief Product Officer & Head of Business Network | SAP SE
Claire Sexton
VP of Sales | Scoutbee GmbH
Roger D. Blumberg
SVP of Global Marketing | Scoutbee GmbH
Bryan Nella
Director, Account Management | SemiCab Inc
Thomas Kowal
President | Seraph
Tiffany Pankratz-Umbehr
Senior Managing Director, Head of Consumer
Goods & Retail | SGS Maine Pointe
Alfred Baumbusch
COO | SGS Maine Pointe
Carmit Glik
CEO | Ship4wd
Chris Preboth
VP of Logistics | Shipwell
Jerome Holbus
VP of Product | Shipwell
Zoya Ali Khan
Commercial Director, UAE | Simfoni
David Bush
CEO, Spend Automation | Simfoni
Harold Baro
SVP | SIMOS Solutions
Michal Yariv
VP & GM, Strategic Initiatives | Solera
Ron Harper
SVP Supply Chain & Logistics | Sonepar
Sarah Scudder
Chief Marketing Officer | SourceDay
Phil Oliveira
VP of Support Services & Supply Chain Management | Southcoast Health Systems, Inc.
Sean Webb
Director of Sales and Services, North America | Sparck Technologies
Ayman Shoukry
Chief Technology Officer | Specright
Laura Foti
Chief Marketing Officer | Specright
Matthew Wright
President & CEO | Specright
Nick Heinzmann
VP Research | (formerly with) Spend Matters
Jason Treida
SVP Clients & Partners | SpendHQ/Per Angusta
Tom Flynn
VP of Marketing | SpendMend
Heiko Schwarz
Global Supply Chain Risk Advisor | Sphera (formerly riskmethods)
Tiffanie Stanard
Founder & CEO | Stimulus, Inc.
Meagan Kinmonth Bowman
Founder & CEO | Stonehenge Technology Labs
Ryan Chan
VP Solutions Consulting | Supplyframe
Trevor Stansbury
Founder & CEO | Supply Dynamics, an Exiger company
Viviane Danemberg Gomes Licht
Head of Procurement and Logistics Inbound | SUZANO S.A.
Smitha Raphael
Chief Product & Delivery Officer | Synergy North America Inc.
Jason Mancuso
Product & Supply Chain Practice Director | Synkrato
Amin Sikander
President & Co-Founder | Synkrato
Brian Malinowski
VP of Business Development | TA Services
David Mascitto
Product Marketing Manager for Retail & E-Commerce Supply Chain | Tecsys Inc.
Jamie Miron
Director of Point-of-Use Delivery Tower & Platinum Healthcare Consultant | Tecsys Inc.
Khadar Mohammed
Business Solutions Architect | Tecsys Inc.
Doug Niemeyer
President & General Manager | TEKLYNX Americas
Tim Story
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Third Axiom Solutions
Krenar Komoni
CEO & Founder | Tive
Mike Futch
CEO & President | Tompkins Robotics
Jeff Vaughn
Chief Commercial Officer | Trailer Bridge, Inc.
Mitch Luciano
CEO | Trailer Bridge, Inc.
Indie B. Bollman
Chief People Officer | Trailer Bridge, Inc.
Nick Reasoner
CEO & Founder | TransLoop
Danny Dever
Product Manager, RailSight Suite of Applications | TransmetriQ – Powered by Railinc
Melanie Burns
Director of Sales Strategy | Transportation Insight
Brian Broadhurst
SVP of Supply Chain Consulting | Transportation Insight
Jennifer Karpus-Romain
Executive Director |
Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA)
Josh Bouk
President | Trax
Sudha Chandrasekharan
GM | Trelleborg
Kelly Williams
Product Manager, Engage Lane | Trimble Transportation
Raj Subbiah
Head of Product | Uber Freight
Josh Ornstein
VP of Engineering & Product Development, Chief Architect | Vecna Robotics
Brent Stringer
CFO & COO | Verusen
Paul Noble
Founder & CEO | Verusen
Ross Sonnabend
SVP, Head of Product, Customer Success & Onboarding | Verusen
Quyen Nguyen
Co-Founder |
Vietnam Supply Chain Community
Richard J. Mansilla
VP, Global Procurement | Wabash
Stephen Spulick
VP, Supply Chain Management | Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Julia Hoult
Senior Director of Logistics | Werner Enterprises
Amanda Prochask
Founder | Wonder Services
Kathy Mayerhofer
Chief Sales Officer | Xometry
Marissa Christensen
VP, National Sales | XPO
Jay Silberkleit
Chief Information Officer | XPO
Diana Brown
SVP, Sales Operations & Customer Experience | XPO
Charley Dehoney
VP | ZEBOX America
John Wirthlin
Industry Principal – Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics | Zebra Technologies Corporation
James Lawton
VP & GM, Robotics Automation | Zebra Technologies Corporation
Kimberly Bradley-Hiatt
VP of Customer Experience | Zethcon, a Made4net company
Annually, Supply & Demand Chain Chain Executive showcases individual and corporate leaders in the end-to-end supply chain. Plan now to enter your company - or a cuttingedge client or vendor - in one of these industry-leading recognition programs.
2023
Profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain.
Nomination deadline: March 27, 2023
Honors female supply chain leaders whose accomplishments, mentorship & examples set a foundation for other women.
Nomination deadline: July 14, 2023
2023
Spotlights top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.
COMING SOON IN OCTOBER 2023
Recognizes executives whose success offers a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage the supply chain.
COMING SOON IN OCTOBER 2023
