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    Marc Brazeau
    Head of Logistics
    FCA US LLC

    2019-08-21T10:03:00Z

    Marc Brazeau was appointed to his current role in January, in which he is responsible for FCA US vehicle transportation activities and other North American and worldwide logistics management, including developing logistics strategy; designing and optimizing networks; purchasing transportation services; controlling logistics operations; and ensuring supply chain ...

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    Eric Thorsen
    GVP Technical Presales and Field CTO
    JDA Software

    2019-08-21T09:25:00Z

    Eric Thorsen has been part of innovative technology for nearly 20 years, starting his Enterprise software career as a NetWeaver Technical Solutions Engineer at SAP. Eric helped to craft and deliver the NetWeaver story as a competitive advantage, winning strategic deals at Luxottica, Target, and Walmart ...

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    Joseph Gemma Jr
    CEO - Americas
    KUKA Robotics Corporation US

    2019-08-19T13:30:00Z

    Mr. Joe Gemma has 30 plus years of experience working in the automation industry, 12 years working for a System Integrator and the last 20+ years working for a Robotics OEM. Strongly supporting the industry by participating on the RIA Board of Directors as Vice-Chair and has ...

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    Amy Paulsen
    Vice President, Logistics
    Rivian Automotive

    Amy joined electric vehicle start-up Rivian in May 2018, after previous tenures at Tesla and Byton. Her role there encompasses global logistics operations, trade compliance and development of transportation and trade IT architecture. Amy, who has studied maritime and international law as well as business ...

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    Kendra Phillips
    CTO & VP New Products
    Ryder System, Inc.

    2019-08-19T12:16:00Z

    Kendra Phillips is Chief Technology Officer and Vice President New Products for Ryder System, Inc, a Fortune 500 commercial fleet management and supply chain solutions company. In this position, she is responsible for overseeing the evaluation, development and deployment of new technologies and digital products for the Supply Chain and Dedicated Transportation Solution businesses.

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    Jeffrey Richards
    President
    JSR Supply Chain Solutions

    2019-08-19T12:07:00Z

    Jeffrey Richards has spent his career in the automotive industry with General Motors, Delphi, and Aptiv. After receiving his Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, he spent the first part of his career in Engineering before focusing on Supply Chain. Since 2000, he has been responsible for Supply Chain Operations and had various Sr. Executive roles in Logistics, Production Control (Materials Management) and Supplier Quality. He has also spent 3 years located in Shanghai, China, responsible for Asia Pacific Logistics for Delphi. Jeff has led all elements of Supply Chain Operations and has had responsibility for more than $1B in inventory, $700M in logistics, and Supplier Quality for more than 7B parts received per month. Jeff left Aptiv and formed JSR Supply Chain Solutions LLC, a Supply Chain Management Consulting company, in April 2019. He is now focused on applying his leadership experience and knowledge to other companies and industries.

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    Trish Zarik
    Consultant Finished Vehicle Logistics
    AIAG

    2019-08-19T12:03:00Z

    Trish Zarik joined AIAG as a Consultant to lead the Finished Vehicle Logistics Group. Zarik is an innovative thinker with broad-based expertise in automotive logistics and supply chain management. Her previous leadership positions include Vice-President/Managing Director of the Automotive Logistics Group at Circle International (now known as ...

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    Oleg Gusikhin
    IoT and Analytics Innovation Technical Leader
    Ford Motor Company

    2019-08-14T14:44:00Z

    Dr. Oleg Gusikhin is Technical Leader in IoT and Analytics Innovations in the Ford Global Data, Insight and Analytics Organization (GDI&A). Before joining GDI&A in January 2018, he led the Advanced Connected Services and Mobility Applications department at Ford Research & Advanced Engineering. He has over 25 ...

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    Christoph Nobbe
    Manager Logistics Consulting North America
    Robert Bosch

    2019-08-12T08:02:00Z

    Originally from Germany, Christoph studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsrule before starting his career at the Karlsrule Institute of Technology (KIT) as a Research Associate within KIT’s Institute for Conveying Technology and Logistics. During his time at KIT, Christoph completed his PHD in ...

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    Martin Wehner
    Global Vice President Automotive
    Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

    Martin Wehner is married with 2 children and lives in the HQ City of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Osnabrueck. In April 2002 he joined the company as Head of Seafreight Export in Hamburg. In 2004 he then joined the Automotive Logistics Team to take of the role as ...

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    Faith Wandrie
    Vice-President, Global Supply Chain Management
    American Axle & Manufacturing

    2019-08-06T17:37:00Z

    With over 30 years of broad experience in the tier one automotive environment, Faith has a proven track record as a versatile professional and has mainly concentrated on supply chain transformation over the last 10 years. She has a solid history of leveraging organisational improvement through design ...

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    Govin Ranganathan
    Head of Logistics
    NIO USA

    2019-08-05T13:52:00Z

    Govin manages logistics for start-up electric vehicle manufacturer NIO’s Silicon Valley-based operations, including product R&D, vehicle imports, logistics planning and launch, while supporting processes and best practice globally. He has more than 20 years’ experience in designing, implementing and optimising production, logistics and supply chain operations, including ...

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    George Grahovac
    Senior Manager, NA Supply Chain
    Honda of America Mfg

    2019-08-01T14:48:00Z

    George leads the teams at Honda that manage the import and distribution of parts from five global regions, the consolidation and export of parts to ten global production hubs, the management of Honda’s massive North American transport network and several supply chain supporting functions. He has been ...

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    Eva Ames
    Logistics Lead
    Mahindra Automotive North America

    2019-06-20T16:18:00Z

    Eva graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 2009 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and has been with Mahindra Automotive North America since 2015. Prior to joining Mahindra, Eva worked at Honda R&D, Tesla Motors, and the US Department of Transportation National ...

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    Christine Krathwohl
    VP Global Business Development
    FreightVerify

    2019-06-17T12:04:00Z

    Christine has over 25 years of experience in logistics, supply chain and purchasing and prior to joining FreightVerify held progressively responsible roles at Cooper Standard, Jack Cooper Holdings, General Motors and Ford. Christine, who has an executive master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in ...

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    Albert Zapanta
    President and CEO
    United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

    2019-06-10T15:09:00Z

    Before joining the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Albert held a variety of senior public and private sector roles including at ARCO. He has been a member of the Department of State′s Advisory Committee on International Trade, a delegate to the US-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity, and Chairman of ...

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    Simon Pitout
    VP – Commercial & Marketing
    DP World

    Simon Pitout’s career spans over 20 years in the logistics, shipping and terminal industry. He joined DP World in 2008, initially as Commercial Director for DP World’s Middle East and Africa Regions, before being appointed as Vice President, Commercial in 2012. Previously, he held roles ...