Welcome

Todd is a strategically focused senior Supply Chain & Industrial Real Estate Executive with over 27yearsofexperience with a proven track record of improvingbusiness performance through industryresearch & insights, experience leading complex supply chains, multi-market tenant representation,and relentless dedication to the success of my clients.Toddhelpslead a national network of the top80 industrial real estate advisors across North America that cover all primary, secondary, and mosttertiary markets, focused on providing my clients with world class market insights, distributionnetwork capacity planning, and transaction management.Prior to Colliers, Todd enjoyed a long career in supply chain leadership at Newell Brands, Walgreens,and EY.

Mary is a Partner with KPMG US and part of the Life Science sector within KPMG’s Deal Advisory andStrategy organization.Mary has25+ years of consulting and industry experience with a specialty inSupply Chain andOperations. Her experience in this space spans a broad spectrum including: DueDiligence and Transactions; Global Expansion; Performance Improvement and Operational Excellence;Manufacturing and Network Strategy; Operating Model Design; Organization and Talent; Digital andSystems.

Kelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, Huffington Post
Contributor, and cast member of The Fashion Hero television show airing on Amazon Prime. She is also
author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Land of If Only, The Story Formula, and The Gutsy Girls Pocket
Guide to Public Speaking. She was a featured entertainer for Holland America Cruise Lines, keynote
speaker for the International Toastmasters Convention, and has keynoted major conferences and
corporate events from coast to coast. She just launched her one-woman show Who Hijacked My Fairy
Tale in theaters and it is being booked all over the country.
Kelly’s wacky wit and powerful stories have charmed hearts and tickled funny bones for over 18 years. In
addition to her role as a funny motivational speaker, Kelly teaches people how she does it by sharing
what she has learned about connecting and engaging to have more influence in business, through the
use of one tool – strategic storytelling. Sharing her own powerful journey through story and the formula
she discovered, you come to that magical place where the art of story meets the business of persuasion.

Michael Jacobs is the Senior Vice President, Supply Chain for Ferguson Enterprises and has been in thisrole since February 2017. In this role, Mr. Jacobs is responsible for all logistics operations, ecommercefulfillment, inventory management and the development of supply chain strategy. Prior to Ferguson, Mr.Jacobs held various roles at Keurig Green Mountain which included leadership of new business venturesas Chief Product Officer and led the re-engineering of Keurig’s supply chain as Chief Logistics Officer. Priorto Keurig, Mr. Jacobs was Senior Vice President, Logistics for Toys”R”Us where he led store, ecommerceand omni-channel fulfillment globally.Mr. Jacobs is a graduate of Penn State University with a Masters inSupply Chain Management. Healso attended Manhattan College where he holds both an MBA and BSBA.Mr. Jacobs lives in Virginia with his wife Karolyn. They have two sons who are also graduates of PennState University and reside in Texas

Admiral Heinrich is a Founder andthe Chief Executive Officer ofOakleafSoftwareInc(https://oakleafsoftware.net/).Oakleaf is aService-DisabledVeteran Owned small business thatis focused on all aspects of supply chains fromplanning to execution.This includescloud-based enterprise software, petroleum andPPESupply Chainsolutions,end-to-endCOVID solutions, and a Platform as a Serviceto support improved international trade with our coalitionand allied partners.This includes the acquisition of DPRA (www.dpra.com),a 60 year old Kansas-based softwareandconsultingcompany with offices in ManhattanKS, Knoxville TN, O’Fallon IL,andToronto Canada.Oakleaf also has aninvestment in EKS (www.eks.ca), which is committed to remediatingthepersistenttailings ponds associated with theoil sands of Northern Canada.He currently serves as an active member of the board of advisors of Academy Securities(), the first Post-9/11 veteranand disabled veteran owned and operated investment bank with strength in capital markets, public finance, fixedincome,and equitytrading.Admiral Heinrich retired from the Navy in November 2013 after a naval career that spanned nearly 35 years ofleadership inpetroleum supply chaining,operations, finance, logistics, and supply chain management. In his finalassignment in the Navy, he served as the Commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command and the 46th Chief ofSupply Corps, where he led 25,000 military and civilian members of the Navy’s global supply chain practice.Prior to founding Oakleaf, Admiral Heinrich was a General Managerat Microsoft for two years, where he led thesupply chain and logistics effort which is building Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mark wasthe CEO of AAMSI(www.aamsi.com), a global aerospacemanufacturing & repair firm located in Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Additionally, he was a Managing DirectoratAlvarez & Marsal, a global performance improvement andturnaround firm with annual revenue of over $3Billion.He is a graduate of La Jolla HighSchool, and attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, graduating withabachelor’s degree in engineering, where he was also captain of the Men’s Swimming & Diving team.He won threegold medals inswimmingat the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv.He holds an MBA from the University of Kansas,as well as a Master of Science in Petroleum Management. In 2012, he was inducted into the University of KansasSchool of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Hall of Fame and was also named the KU Business School’sdistinguished MBA graduate for 2012. He also attended the Kellogg Graduate School of Management's AdvancedExecutive program.Finally, Admiral Heinrich has a passion for supporting people with disabilities, as well as Navy & Veteran focusednon-profit organizations. He is a current member of the board of the United States Navy Memorial. He wasappointed by President Obama as a member of the Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or SeverelyDisabled. He has been a past board member of Navy FederalCredit Union, as well as a former Vice President of theNavy League, where he wrote the Navy League’s 2015 Maritime Policy Statement. He recently completed a five-yearterm on the board of the Penn Mutual Center for Veterans Affairs

Chris Tiné is Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Richardson Sales Performance. He leads
the company’s product development and innovation activities, including global responsibility for
Content Development, Facilitation, Consulting, Data Analytics, and Digital Products.
Prior to joining Richardson Sales Performance, Chris was Vice President of Product Development at
TwentyEighty Strategy Execution (formerly ESI International and IPS Learning) and Head of Product
Solutions at Macmillan Learning, where he led a full redesign of the company’s higher education
interactive courseware products.
Chris brings together expertise in digital consumer and education products with a background in media
production. From 2007 – 2013, he worked at NBC as a digital content producer and digital product
leader. He helped launch iCue.com and NBC Learn — the company’s first digital education businesses —
and, in 2011, was tapped as Head of Digital for NBC News Education Nation, where his responsibilities
included websites, blogs, social media, interactive journalism, and content partnerships.
Chris is the recipient of a 2010 Emmy Award, four Emmy nominations, and a 2012 Webby Award. He
lives in New York City and enjoys traveling and Instagramming.

Marcus Olsen is the Vice President, Purchasing for Leggett & Platt, Incorporated. He has been serving in this capacity since 2014 and has responsibility for the corporate wide Purchasing function as well as well as the Global Services (customs, trade, and systems) function. Prior to his current role, he served in the US Army Reserves (active duty for Desert Storm / Desert Shield) while attending Purdue University where he received his BS in Mechanical Engineering and his MS in Industrial Administration. In addition, he earned a MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Science from Northwestern University. His early career experience was with Whirlpool and LogicTools (now IBM) and more recently with Panduit Corporation and Xchanging Procurement Services all in sourcing or logistics related roles.

Program Leadership / Supply Chain / Outsourcing / Site Operations / Product Development / Regulated
Industries / Talent Development / LEAN / Change Management
George is an energetic leader of strategic end-to-end transformation. Consistently delivers results with
expertise in the development and implementation of complex improvement programs spanning the
enterprise across multiple businesses, functions, geographies, and cultures. Understands the business
and supply chain requirements to evolve towards solutions delivery and customer lifecycle value
creation.
In-depth experience with global regulated industries across all points in the development, delivery, and
customer use lifecycle. Dedicated to building key relationships both internal and external to the
organization. Values customer satisfaction and uses this to drive decision making.
Develops talented teams that operate with a sense of urgency, an enterprise-wide perspective, and
desire to shape the future. Experience is supported by a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a
Master's Degree in Engineering Management, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration.

BenMassieisLenovoInfrastructureSolutionsGroupVPofGlobalSupplyChainwithresponsibilityforallelementsofend-to-endsupplychainexecutionincludingorderfulfillment,demandplanning,inventory,materialsmanagement,orderexecution,quality/manufacturing/test/supplierengineeringandCloudServiceProvidercustomersupplychainenablement.BenispartoftheSeniorLeadershipTeamoftheInfrastructureSolutionsGroupwithamissiontobecomecustomer’smosttrusteddatacenterpartner.Benhas20yearsofexperienceinthetechnologyindustryworkingatLenovo,IBMandMicrosoftinvarioussupplychainleadershiproles,inadditiontopositionsinsalesoperations,newproductdevelopmentandfinance.AtLenovo,BenhasbeeninstrumentalinthedigitaltransformationforGlobalSupplyChainfocusingonendtoendvisibilityandsuccessfulautomationofover9,400humanactions.Thiswasdonethroughhomegrowninitiativesunder+SC(PlusSupplyChainDigitization),projectswithBTIT,IDG(PC&Motorola)andstrategicindustrypartnerships.BenhasincreasedInfrastructureSolutionsGroupcompetitiveadvantagethroughtransformingtariffandCOVIDmitigationeffortsintosupplychainsuccessstories.Benhasalsodrivenatalentfocusedculturebybuildingorganizationcapabilityandvitalitywithinalllevelsoftheorganizationandisactivelymanagingverticalmanufacturingtransformationinitiativesacrosstheglobe.Benisa2007graduateoftheExecutiveMBAprogramfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolina.HealsoholdsaBachelorofScienceinBusinessLogisticsfromPennState.HeresidesintheMorrisville,NCareawithhiswifeandfourchildren

Alan is a TED speaker and supply chain thought leader.  Alan helped drive innovation over a 27-year
career with UPS and is currently a Distinguished Fellow at The University of Tennessee, CEO of advisory
firm Thrive and Advance LLC, and on the Executive Advisory Board for the Georgia Tech Manufacturing
Institute.  He researches, invests, advises, and speaks on innovation in logistics and how all firms can
recognize and thrive in disruption.  His first book, Organizational Velocity, was released in March, 2022.
Alan holds a Ph.D. in Management from Kennesaw State University, an MBA from Indiana University,
and a BA in Business and Psychology from Lewis & Clark College.

Steven Mensch has over 25 years of Supply Chain management experience.  He joined, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, 2012.  He is responsible for leading all operational activities including Manufacturing and Contract Manufacturing Execution, Procurement, Supply Chain Engineering, Inventory, Planning and Business Operations. Previous to this position, Steven has worked with IBM, PepsiCo and Koch Industries in various functions of Supply Chain Operations. Steven Mensch is a graduate of the University of Kansas.

Mr. Marotta began his career at NYK Group more than twenty-nine years ago. Ron serves as anofficer and charter member of theYusen Logistics Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee.Since the fall of 2001, Ron has been involved in various global supply chain security initiatives,including supporting and planning multiple US Government security and resilience trainingactivities throughout the globe.He has served as a Board Member of the International Cargo Security Council, is an ASISInternational member, and a member of the RILA Supply Chain Security Committee. Ron is alsoan Executive Committee Member of the Supply ChainLeaders in Action serving on several keycommittees, is a member of the CSCMP, and is a member of the Society of CorporateCompliance and Ethics. Ron is a member of the Baltimore Propeller Club, and serves as amember of the NFPA. Mr. Marotta is also amember of Star Tides. Ron has also served on theAdvisory Board of the Fishman Entrepreneurial Studies program at Columbia College inColumbia, Missouri.In 2005, Mr. Marotta received the highest civilian security award from the ICSC, he has receivednumerous other industry and company leadership awards.Ron lives in Cranford NJ with his wife and his three daughters also live nearby. He is aLieutenant in his local Fire Department, serving for more than forty-three years, and serves asthe President ofthe local Firemen’s Relief Association. Ron has served for many years as amember of his Local Emergency Management Organization. Ron was selected in 2017 as theFirefighter of The Year by the VFW in NJ, and received a Life Saving Award in 2016. Ron is also amember of the NJ Fire Chiefs Association as well.Ron has served as the Chairman and Vice Chair of the local Cranford Zoning Board of Adjustmentfor a long tenure. As an Eagle Scout, Ron also supports various Scouting activities in hiscommunity, and founded the local Police Explorers and Fire Explorers Posts.Ron has received numerous government and community service awards including the Citizen ofthe Year award in his hometown, of Cranford, NJ

Tim joined Jockey in 2014 as M anaging D irector of G lobal S ourcing and Asia O perations. In August of 2017 he was promoted to S enior V ice P resident and C hief S upply C hain O fficer. Tim is responsible for Jockey’s end - to - end supply chain operations where he oversees G lobal S ourcing and P roduction, C orporate P lanning, P roduct and M aterial D evelopment , T echnical D esign S ervices and Distribution . Prior to joining Jockey, Tim wor ked as a M anaging D irector of Quik s ilver Asia Sourcing (based in Hong Kong), where he was responsible for G lobal P roduct D evelopment and P roduction, M aterials, R&D, T echnical, and Q uality needs for the Quik s ilver, DC and Roxy brands. Tim has a B achelor’ s degree from Monash University ( Australia ), a MBA from the Melbourne Business School (Melbourne University) and APICS certification in P roduction and I nventory M anagement. Tim’s favorite part about working for Jockey is being able to work “for an iconic glo bal brand that make s great products, has a rich history, is committed to its employees and consumers.”

Dr. Walter Kemmsies is the managing partner of The Kemmsies Group, where he executes initiatives forpublic and private sector clients who have interestsin or properties proximate to sea, river and inlandrail ports throughout North America. His expertise extends to the infrastructure sector where he assistsboth public agencies and investors in underwriting, financing, and evaluating new investment vehiclesand opportunities.Walter is widely viewed as one of the foremost experts on ports, rail and infrastructure in the U.S. Hisareas of expertise include, but are not limited to, demand forecasting, maritime and overall global traderegulatory issues, public/private port and infrastructure financing as well as long term strategicplanning/capital investment. Walter’s professional experience working and living in Europe, LatinAmerica and Asia uniquely qualifies him as a global trade economist.AchievementsHe currently advises several major U.S. Port Authorities and is routinely asked to work on complex issueswith various investment banks, private equity firms and public regulatory agencies. He providessubstantial support to the freight movement industry via presentations at major international industryconferences and advising the US Department of Commerce on supply chain competitiveness. Walterrecently testified to the US Senate Transportation and Commerce Subcommittee on issues affecting thefreightindustry. He has also published research in scholarly journals and provided expert testimony tothe US Senate Transportation and Commerce Subcommittee.Walter previously led JLL’s Ports Airports and Global Infrastructure practice. Before that he was theChief Economist for Moffatt & Nichol, a leading global maritime infrastructure advisement firm.Preceding his experience working with Moffatt & Nichol, Walter was the Head of European Strategy atJP Morgan in London and, earlier, Head of Global Industry Strategy at UBS in Zurich and London.Education and AffiliationsWalter is an advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Supply ChainCompetitiveness. He was a member of the Department of Transportation’s National Task Force onTransportation Infrastructure Valuation. From 2012 to 2018.He holds a Doctorate degree in Economics from Texas A&M University, a Master of Arts in Economicsfrom Florida Atlantic University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Florida Atlantic University.

Don Klock is a senior global procurement and supply chain executive with over 30 years ofinternational and domestic experience with major multinational consumer productscorporations, such as Colgate Palmolive, Mars, Inc. and Reckitt and Benckiser. Afterretiring fromColgate Palmolive, he decided to pursue a second career in teaching.He currently is a professorof Supply Chain Management at the Rutgers University Business School. In 2008, Don completedan 11-year career at Colgate Palmolive where mostrecently he was Vice President-ChiefProcurement Officer. During his tenure, he completed a 4-year global procurementtransformation, achieving saving in excess of $1 billion. Professor Klock’s areas of expertise areglobal sourcing, cost saving identification, supplier innovation, supply chain systems andprocesses, customer service improvement, talent management and change management.In2014, he receivedProcurement LeadersLifetime Achievement award recognizing him for bothhis business and academic contributions.This year,Don along with two other senior globalprocurement leaders launched a subscription basedon-line procurement training websitecalled Procuretrain (www.procuretrain.com).Procuretrainisthefirstglobaldigitallearningplatformspecificallydesignedforprocurementandsupplymanagementprofessionals.Donholds an MBA from University of Rochester in Operations Management and BS from ClarksonUniversity in Engineering and Management. Heresides with his wife in New York City.

Todd is a strategically focused senior Supply Chain & Industrial Real Estate Executive with over 27yearsofexperience with a proven track record of improvingbusiness performance through industryresearch & insights, experience leading complex supply chains, multi-market tenant representation,and relentless dedication to the success of my clients.Toddhelpslead a national network of the top80 industrial real estate advisors across North America that cover all primary, secondary, and mosttertiary markets, focused on providing my clients with world class market insights, distributionnetwork capacity planning, and transaction management.Prior to Colliers, Todd enjoyed a long career in supply chain leadership at Newell Brands, Walgreens,and EY.

Bill Blair is currently Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Planning at Ferguson Enterprises. Ferguson is the leading value- added distributor of residential and commercial plumbing supplies and pipe, valves, and fittings in the U.S. The company is also a major distributor of HVAC equipment, fire protection systems, waterworks and industrial products and services. Bill joined Ferguson from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products where he worked for over 21 years in various supply chain management roles.

He has nearly 30 years of experience in End-to-End (e2e) supply chain management, including: demand and supply planning, sales & operations planning (S&OP) / integrated business planning (IBP), service and inventory optimization, e2e product strategy, distribution, customer logistics, new product commercialization and operations planning.

Bill graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and from the Tepper school of business at Carnegie Mellon University with an MBA.  He currently resides in Chesapeake, Viginia.

Dr. Capliceis the Chief Scientist for DAT Freight and Analytics.In this role, he pioneered thedevelopment of the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC).He is also a Senior ResearchScientist at MIT and serves as the Executive Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics(CTL) where he is responsible for the planning and management of the research, education, andcorporate outreach programs for the center. He created and leads the MITx MicroMaster’s Program inSupply Chain Management, the first online credential offered at MIT, for which he was awarded theMITx Prize for Teaching and Learning, the Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement toMIT Education, and the MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Award.He is also the founderof the MITFreightLab–a research initiative that focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed,procured, and managed. He received a Ph.D. from MIT in 1996 in Transportation and Logistics Systems,a MSCE from the University of Texas atAustin, and a BSCE from the Virginia Military Institute.Twice theCouncil of Supply Chain Management Professionals has formally recognized him: the DoctoralDissertation Award in 1996 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2016.Chris was named the SilverFamily Research Fellow in 2016

Professor Thomas Goldsby is the Haslam Chair in Logistics,Department of Supply Chain Management atHaslam College of Business.He previously served on the faculties at The Ohio State University (twice),University of Kentucky, and Iowa State University.Dr. Goldsby is former Co-Editor-in-Chief of theJournal ofBusiness Logisticsand theTransportation Journal.His research interests include logistics strategy, supply chainagility, and the economics of urban logistics.He has published over 100 articles in academic and professionaljournals and co-/authored five books in the areas of Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Management,Lean, and Sustainability. He is the recipient of multiple best paper awards, received several recognitions forexcellence in teaching, and was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Supply Chain Leaders inAction in 2019 and as a “Rainmaker” byDC Velocity.He delivered a course in Business Operations for TheGreat Courses’Critical Business Skillsseries in 2015, which continues to rate as a bestsellingNonfiction/Business title at audible.com. In his spare time, Dr. Goldsby competes as one of the top masters(over-40) runners in America for distances between the mile and the marathon

Rachael is a 17-year Starbucks partner with experience in Supply Chain Strategy, Planning and Sourcing.
In her current role as Director of Replenishment Planning, she leads the team responsible for store
inventory management ensuring that optimal inventory levels are maintained across both core and
promotional products in the 10k Company Operated Starbucks stores across the US and Canada. Her
team most recently worked alongside a cross functional team to launch new technology leveraging
advanced forecasting algorithms to transition Food and Lobby products to automated ordering. Outside
of work she enjoys time spent with family, running for exercise and traveling to explore new places.

As Executive Vice President, Solutions and Services, Chris Jones is primarily responsible for Descartes marketing activities and professional services for Descartes' solutions. With over 30 years of experience in the supply chain market, Chris has held a variety of senior management positions including: Senior Vice President at The Aberdeen Group's Value Chain Research division, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development for SynQuest, Vice President and Research Director for Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions at Gartner and Associate Director Kraft General Foods. Chris is an active member in the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and has numerous articles and blog posts published including a permanent blog on the publication DC Velocity. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. Chris has 2 children and lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and pet dog.

Todd is a strategically focused senior Supply Chain & Industrial Real Estate Executive with over 27yearsofexperience with a proven track record of improvingbusiness performance through industryresearch & insights, experience leading complex supply chains, multi-market tenant representation,and relentless dedication to the success of my clients.Toddhelpslead a national network of the top80 industrial real estate advisors across North America that cover all primary, secondary, and mosttertiary markets, focused on providing my clients with world class market insights, distributionnetwork capacity planning, and transaction management.Prior to Colliers, Todd enjoyed a long career in supply chain leadership at Newell Brands, Walgreens,and EY

Morris Morrison attained his Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a MastersDegree in HR/LaborRelations, before navigating the ranks of several fortune 500 organizations, including BB&TBank and Pfizer, Inc. With a business background in Human Resources, Sales andEntrepreneurship, Morris Morrison has a rare mix of creative talent and business acumen thatfuels his desire to help people grow and inspire teams and families to stay focused. Today, asCEO of Morrison Global Brands, and President of The Morris Morrison Foundation, manyorganizations such as Microsoft, GE and The National Basketball Association have witnessedMorris Morrison’s energy live on stage and in his latest book,OVERNIGHT SUCCESS: An InspiringStory About Culture, Results & The American Dream. His unforgettable message sounds like aHollywood script, as MorrisMorrison uncovers the connection between culture, Netflix, andthe #1 topic dominating everyone’s mind today-how to get what we want... faster.Inspired by his faith in God, family and building healthier communities, Morris Morrison isknown for celebrating his biggest accomplishments off stage-as Lisa’s Husband and Dori’s Dad.Morris has also served as a board member for several organizations including Big Brothers & BigSisters, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, The National Speakers Association-Carolinas andmany others. He is currently on the West Virginia University Alumni Board of Directors and he isthe Chairman of the YMCA Board of Directors for the Lowes Y in the Greater Charlotte YMCAAssociation.

Ken has been involved in the supply chain for over 20 years.Recently at Rich Products for 4years.Rich’s being a global food supplier with manufacturing and distributionin countries throughoutthe world.Ken is responsible toprovide vision and direction on the best practices for demand planning,supply planning, network modeling/optimization, customer service, and logistics to the globalmarkets.In addition, he ensures the design and execution of the IBP process within each global marketis meeting the business needs of that market as well as the collective needs of the global enterprise.Heensuresalignment and standardization of processes and tools across global markets, to include US/Cwhere applicable.Ken directly manages the US International Export CS&L Team.He trains, coaches andinfluences groups of associates at local and regional levels consisting of both regional/local marketbusiness leaders as well asvarious functional associates in the application of demand & supply concepts,in the development of regional and local objectives, and the effective implementation of the IBP process& tool

Mary is a Partner with KPMG US and part of the Life Science sector within KPMG’s Deal Advisory andStrategy organization.Mary has25+ years of consulting and industry experience with a specialty inSupply Chain andOperations. Her experience in this space spans a broad spectrum including: DueDiligence and Transactions; Global Expansion; Performance Improvement and Operational Excellence;Manufacturing and Network Strategy; Operating Model Design; Organization and Talent; Digital andSystems

David Null Bio

David Null

SVP – Customer Experience and Demand Fulfillment

David leads the Customer Experience and Demand Fulfillment capability for Georgia-Pacific’s Packaging and Cellulose Segment which includes Containerboard, Kraft paper, Corrugated, Cellulose, Recycled Fiber and Pine Chemicals.   David is passionate to drive these businesses to be the Preferred Partner to GP’s customers and other partners.

Georgia-Pacific is one of the largest US shippers, both domestically and internationally.  David’s team manages the end-to end supply chain, including customer account management, Sales and Operations Planning / Integrated Business Planning, production planning, inventory management, shipping operations, marine logistics, interactions with truck and rail capabilities, external warehouses, as well as SC transformation initiatives, including two new ERPs, customer portals and CRMs.  David’s team are also responsible for sourcing and trading of externally supplied pulp, containerboard, kraft paper and cartonboard.  In addition, David and his team have P&L responsibility for GP’s Pine Chemicals business.

David has been at GP for 15 years.  Prior to his involvement with supply chain, David was responsible for Strategy and Business Development supporting the Packaging and Cellulose segment.  Prior to joining GP, David worked for a Pulp and Paper Industry Management Consulting Company and was involved with Koch’s entry into the Pulp and Paper Industry.  David spent the early years of his career working in operations at two paper mills.

David has an MBA from Southern Illinois University and a BS in Pulp and Paper Science from Western Michigan University.  He lives with his wife in Roswell, GA, and between them, they have 5 sons.  David enjoys golf, travel and spending time with his family. 

Dr. A. Michael Knemeyer, Distinguished Professor of Logistics at Fisher College of Business, holds a Ph.D.in logistics from the University of Maryland, College Park. His dissertation focusing on logisticsoutsourcing won the Institute for Supply Management outstanding dissertation award. He received hisBSBA in logistics and marketing from John Carroll University, where he was recognized as theoutstanding logistics student in his graduating class. His research focuses on the areas of logisticsoutsourcing, supply chain risk management, and supply chain collaboration.Dr. Knemeyer’s work hasbeen accepted for publication in leading journals, includingHarvard Business Review,CaliforniaManagement Review,Supply Chain Management Review,Journal of Business LogisticsandJournal ofSupply Chain Management. Findings from his research have also been cited in theNew York Times,World Trade Magazineand theWall Street Journal.He is co-author of two books:ContemporaryLogisticsandBuilding High Performance Business Relationships.Dr. Knemeyer teaches a variety of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level courses at the FisherCollege of Business. Heis a frequent speaker at academic conferences, executive education seminars,and professional meetings.He has taught over 100 individual sessions of executive education atlocations in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. He has received recognition forexcellence in teaching at the University of Maryland and The Ohio State University

Stephen Jones is the VP of Supply Chain and R&D IT service at Campbell Soup. His responsibilitiesinclude leading the strategy, design, development, maintenance, governance, and evolution of theportfolio of IT services and solutions supporting SupplyChain and R&D processes. This includescommercialization, enablers, laboratory, innovation, engineering, procurement, and regulatory.Previously Stephen worked at Procter and Gamble for 28 years

Nick Banich is the Chief Revenue Officer for MiebachConsulting in North America and a partner of theglobal organization. For nearly 11 years he has worked on evaluating, designing, and deliveringbenchmark supply chains. His career has spanned engagements ranging from merger and acquisitionsupport withsome of the world’s largest consumer goods companies to overseeing the development ofcustom applications for niche mid-cap players. Industries he has worked with includes consumer goods,fashion and apparel, retail, and health. After leading the supplychain strategy practice for several years,he is now responsible for customer success, alliances, and commercial activity for Miebach’s practice inthe United States and Canada

Samay Kohli, GreyOrange Co-Founder and CEO, gained recognition as a robotics and software innovator while still an engineering student at Birla Institute of Tech and Science, a top-5 college in India. After winning numerous worldwide team robotics competitions, Samay and fellow teammate Akash Gupta, now Co-Founder and CTO at GreyOrange, channeled their passion for robotics, AI software and machine learning into a company focused on applying these solutions to transform fulfillment operations in supply chain. Founded in 2012, GreyOrange, the fulfillment platform leader, partners with companies all over the world to drive business solutions that support scale and growth. The GreyOrange platform gets the right product to the right person at the right time, offering organizations a competitive advantage by increasing productivity, mitigating labor challenges, reducing risk and creating better experiences for customers and employees. A frequently speaker at logistics, fulfillment, robotics and technology industry events, Samay has also been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35, and Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list.

As Executive Vice President, Solutions and Services, Chris Jones is primarily responsible for Descartes marketing activities and professional services for Descartes' solutions. With over 30 years of experience in the supply chain market, Chris has held a variety of senior management positions including: Senior Vice President at The Aberdeen Group's Value Chain Research division, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development for SynQuest, Vice President and Research Director for Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions at Gartner and Associate Director Kraft General Foods. Chris is an active member in the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and has numerous articles and blog posts published including a permanent blog on the publication DC Velocity. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. Chris has 2 children and lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and pet dog.

Steve Holic, CEO, Holic Supply Chain Solutions, is a global supply chain leader, coach andmentor. He founded Holic Supply Chain Solutions LLC after retiring from Royal Dutch Philips inFebruary 2021 .He is an Influential, battle-tested global supply chain leader with over 35 yearsof accomplishments. He has developed, deployed and taught concepts that drove an agile,resilient supply chain while reducing cost and improving quality. As a consultant he nowprovides proven supply chain concepts and executes solutions that deliver value toorganizations. He translates business strategy and sustainability goals into supply chaininfrastructure, policies, and processes, while considering market dynamics, risks, and globaldevelopments. His core professional strengths are global optimization of end-to-endwarehousing and distribution infrastructure, physical distribution and operational excellencewith lean deployment, transportation management tools and processes, data transparency andsupply chain visibility, sourcing strategy and tactical global deployment, supplier developmentand strategy, sustainability and reducing C02 emissions, mergers and acquisitions, logisticsintegration, supply chain education,leading and organizing company supply chain councils andtalent development. Steve has been an active member of Supply Chain Leaders in ActionExecutive & Education Board Member since 2011

Deborah W. Gann

Vice President, Business Development

Debi Gann is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Armada. In her role, she leads the marketing, sales and new business development strategy for the business, builds partner relationships and brings new clients onboard.

Debi has spent her career in logistics—as a supply chain practitioner in both supply chain planning and execution as well as selling and implementing supply chain software to global enterprise customers and Logistics Service Providers.

Debi is a member of the Women’s Foodservice Forum, CSCMP and Women in Logistics.

Chelsea C. White received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (UM) in 1974 in Computer,Information, and Control Engineering. He has served on the faculties of the University of Virginia (1976-1990) and UM(1990-2001). Hehasserved asSchool Chair ofthe H. Milton Stewart School ofIndustrial& Systems Engineering(2005-10)and holds the Schneider National Chair of Transportation and Logisticsat the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is theformerDirector of the Trucking IndustryProgram(TIP) and the former Executive Director of The Logistics Institute.While at the University of Michigan,he was the founding Engineering Co-Director of what is now the Tauber Institute for Global Operations.He serves on theboardof directors for the Industry Studies Association, the board of advisors forFreightWavesand is a former member of the board of directors for Con-way, Inc. (NYSE: CNW, 2004-2015), The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, ITS America (a Utilized Federal Advisory Committee),and theITS World Congress.He has been a keynote speaker at a variety of international conferences andmeetings and has provided testimony to legislative committees at the Federal and State levels.He is aFellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of INFORMS, andaformer member of the World Economic Forum tradefacilitation council.His most recent research interests include analyzing the roleand valueof real-timeinformation and enabling information technology for improvedsupply chain productivity and riskmitigation, with special focus on the U.S. trucking industry

Shon Clements is the Director, eCommerce Supply Chain for Ferguson Enterprises and has been in this
role since late 2019. Shon has responsibility for eCommerce / Omnichannel strategy and deployment as
well as Vendor Collaboration and Reverse Logistics. Prior to Ferguson Shon spent 15 years with Walmart
in a variety of roles within DC Operations, Logistics Systems, Reverse Logistics, eCommerce Fulfillment
and Product Management. Shon is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and lives in
Williamsburg, VA with is wife Jessica.

Renée Ure is Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for internal operations and efficiency, cost, expense, transformation, supply chain & procurement with a mission to become customer’s most trusted data center partner. Renée Ure joined Lenovo in June 2017 as the VP of Global Supply Chain within the Infrastructure Solutions Group. Renée has been instrumental in the transformation of the ISG business by driving new technologies such as blockchain and AI into daily operations, placing supply chain at the forefront of cloud customer relationships and instilling a talent focused on people first culture. In her tenure as the leader, the Global Supply Chain organization has delivered a 26% efficiency to the bottom line and has improved customer experience to an all-time high of 96% on time delivery. Prior to joining Lenovo, Renée retired from IBM in June 2017 with more than 25+ years of executive leadership experience. She joined IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York and throughout her career has built her skills in multiple areas of operations, procurement, demand planning, sales operations, manufacturing, fulfillment, and finance. Renée was key to driving the integration of pre and post sales execution operations for IBM, while driving operational excellence from quote to cash for IBM. She was the Vice President of Global Operations for Enterprise Services and led a global organization of over 7,500 employees, covering a quote to cash supply chain for software, hardware, services, and solutions, in over 50 different countries and over $80B in revenue. Outside of Lenovo, Renée is an executive board member of Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA), an association of Distribution Business Management consisting of executive leaders seeking strategic ideas and thought leadership to improve supply chain and logistical operations. She is also a board member of Project 44, a world leading Advanced Visibility Platform™ for shippers and logistics service providers. Renée holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She is married, has two sons and lives in Moneta, Virginia with her husband & two dogs, Oakley (Golden Retriever) and Maddie (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever).

Michael Jacobs is the Senior Vice President, Supply Chain for Ferguson Enterprises and has been in this role since February 2017. In this role, Mr. Jacobs is responsible for all logistics operations, ecommerce fulfillment, inventory management and the development of supply chain strategy. Prior to Ferguson, Mr. Jacobs held various roles at Keurig Green Mountain which included leadership of new business ventures as Chief Product Officer and led the re-engineering of Keurig’s supply chain as Chief Logistics Officer. Prior to Keurig, Mr. Jacobs was Senior Vice President, Logistics for Toys”R”Us where he led store, ecommerce and omni-channel fulfillment globally. Mr. Jacobs is a graduate of Penn State University with a Masters in Supply Chain Management. He also attended Manhattan College where he holds both an MBA and BSBA. Mr. Jacobs lives in Virginia with his wife Karolyn. They have two sons who are also graduates of Penn State University and reside in Texas.

Pat Martin joined Estes in a sales position at the company’s Richmond terminal in 2001. He became regional vice president of the company’s west region in 2006, and was named vice president of field sales and strategic planning in 2010. In 2012, Pat was promoted to corporate vice president, sales. His responsibilities include revenue growth management for the LTL division and the coordination of sales strategies enterprise-wide.

Experienced engineering leader with a passion for solving complex business problems and developing high performing teams. More than 10 years of experience in supply chain distribution and ecommerce fulfillment. Implemented numerous automated solutions through strategy, design, execution and continuous improvement. Passionate about creating structure and strategy out of complexity.

Karoline Dygas is Starbucks Corporations Vice President leading Global Sourcing, Store Development Supply Chain, and Siren Retail Supply Chain.  She is part of Starbucks Global Supply Chain leadership team and is accountable for sourcing of all capital and commercial equipment, FFE, R&M and QA services, as well as leading the global end-to-end supply chain for Store Development and the Starbucks Roastery, Reserve, and Princi Programs. She leads her team in creating flexible supply chains with a supplier base that elevates the Starbucks Brand. Karoline joined Starbucks in April 2014, with a proven track record of building and cultivating global cross-functional relationships at all levels in an organization.  Karoline has established global experience and acumen while working with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers, and customers from Poland, Germany, UK, Switzerland, France, Italy, Brazil, Russia, UAE, India, Japan, Hong Kong, and China. Before joining Starbucks, Karoline was the Senior Director Strategic Sourcing at Walgreens based in Deerfield, Illinois where she was responsible for $1.5B annual spend across multiple categories supporting Store Development, Energy & Environmental Sustainability, and Marketing.  She earned her Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and later completed her dual MBA from both Purdue University and ESCP-EAP European School of Management in Paris, France.

John Bode currently serves as EVP, Chief Operating Officer of Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC. ReaderLink serves the publishing community as the largest full-service distributor of hardcover, trade and paperback books to retailers in North America. Customers include the largest retailers across various retail channels including mass merchants, warehouse clubs, drug stores, grocery stores, military bases, transportation centers and others. Additionally, Readerlink publishes trade books through an affiliate publishing house. Printed books remain a vibrant and growing media category. Prior to accepting a leadership position at Readerlink, John owned and operated a boutique strategic consultancy. Clients included both legacy media companies as well as a group of start-ups building new products and services such as cyber-security technology, podcast production, and marketing collaboration tools. As a result of John’s work as a consultant and his prior jobs at various media companies, as discussed below, John has a deep network of connections in media, private equity, hedge fund and commercial and investment banking communities. Prior to founding his own consultancy, John was the Chief Financial Officer of Tribune Publishing Company where he led the team executing the spin-off of Tribune Publishing Company into a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE. John began his career as a CPA with BDO Seidman, LLP after graduating from Notre Dame with a degree in Accountancy. He entered industry as the Corporate Controller of NASDAQ listed Source Interlink Companies, Inc. where he was promoted to various senior level finance and operating positions before reaching the position of Chief Financial Officer. Source Interlink was a $1B+ multi-divisional holding company that combined a large distribution and logistics business with the largest publisher of men’s enthusiast titles in the United States including leading titles in the automotive and action sports verticals such as Motor Trend, Hot Rod, and Surfer magazines. John serves on the Board of Directors of Postmedia Network, Inc, the largest publicly traded newspaper group in Canada as well as McClatchy, Inc., one of the largest privately-held newspaper groups in the United States.

Todd is a strategically focused senior Supply Chain & Industrial Real Estate Executive with over 27yearsofexperience with a proven track record of improvingbusiness performance through industryresearch & insights, experience leading complex supply chains, multi-market tenant representation,and relentless dedication to the success of my clients.Toddhelpslead a national network of the top80 industrial real estate advisors across North America that cover all primary, secondary, and mosttertiary markets, focused on providing my clients with world class market insights, distributionnetwork capacity planning, and transaction management.Prior to Colliers, Todd enjoyed a long career in supply chain leadership at Newell Brands, Walgreens,and EY.